Instruction in the teaching of reading should more closely approximate the natural way children learn and reading instruction will meet with greater success. (Author/RB)

Results indicate that subjects are not able to work within a closed abstract system before they have attained the capacity for formal-operational reasoning. (RB)

Sixty college students formed mixed conceptual categories in original learning (e.g., PEACH, SHIRT, PANTS, and PEAR; and SHOE, ORANGE, DRESS, and APPLE). They were then required to perform either a reversal shift or a conceptual shift. Results are discussed in relation with mediation theory. (Editor/RK)

Considers the art of reading, interpretation of literary works, and the factors teachers should be aware of in order to effectively teach literature. (RK)

Study examined the effects of the variables of list length and pronunciation instructions on performance in the verbal discrimination and two category classification tasks and found that the effects of these variables on the two tasks were quite comparable. (Author)

Argues that the key question in psychotherapy and rehabilitation is not can we change a person's personality, but rather what behaviors can and should; and how do we maintain the behavior that we have changed. Several behavior innovation programs are examined. (Author/JM)

Dairymen learned to improve their milking techniques by utilizing a video tape recorder. (RK)

This study dealt with the question of white versus black superiority in learning, viewing such differences in sociocultural terms. (Author)

A list of 25 nouns containing five sets of five words beginning with a different initial letter was presented for five learning trials. Categorized lists were recalled better than uncategorized; free recall was better than cued. (Author/KM)

The third paper of a series on intellective factors in learning mathematics, critical reviews of research concerned with variables that influence mathematical ability are presented here. (Author/KM)

Author states that information and communications technology offer students an opportunity for a better learning situation and considers developments taking place in both fields. (Author/RK)

Teaching techniques, such as a word-o-gram supplied, can motivate students to learning in a satisfactory manner. (JB)

Several skills important to successful learning by discovery were found to be less essential to successful learning by rule. Results also supported the hypothesis that the outcome of discovery is the structural integration of previously known concepts, while the outcome of rule learning is the addition of new structure. (Authors)