What children do in play is simultaneously influenced by the properties of the play object and the skills of the child. Properties of objects lend themselves to re-engagement in investigative play or support for shared action. Repeated play with particular objects increases the number of actions possible with these objects. The process of…

Discusses IPR as a method of counselor training in which a critique is given immediately after an interview between the counselor and client by a "recaller" or "interrogator". Evaluation is subtlely executed through a review of a videotape of the training session. (PC)

This article discusses the importance of teachers integrating new educational research into their classroom instruction. The mandatory grade 10 History course in Ontario is used as an example of how such integration leads to improved teacher instruction and therefore student learning.

An experimental study utilizing 96 black grade school children substantiates the hypothesis that learning efficiency improves as the learner elaborates on the raw material presented to him. Suggestions are offered for the implementation of new learning strategies based on this mental elaboration approach which may be especially valuable for…

Discussed Hawaii's efforts to provide for handicapped students through stimulation by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. (RK)

In Finland teaching of technology has traveled a long road during its 140-year history. It has gradually gone from the copying of the model series dating back to the 1860s to the building of computer controlled robots. Materials, techniques and technology have developed wildly but the pedagogic contents are restricted regrettably still often only…

How do children best learn science? Not by being told about it, and not by watching someone else perform science demonstrations. Children best learn science by doing science, says the author. (Editor/RK)

Reports the results of two experiments on the effect of delay of informative feedback, immediate tests, and forms of informative feedback upon seven-day retention. (RB)

Article focused on the value of some type of faculty evaluation scheme in all community colleges and discussed some guidelines for creating such a scheme. (RK)

The analytic model is intended to assist educators in systematically designing, describing, and assessing the high school learning environment. It focuses on the relationships among the items in the schools rather than deals with each item separately. The model should be of use to those desiring to assess the effectiveness of new learning…

Excerpts are presented from an article published in Russian by the U.S. Information Agency which discusses the education of gifted children in the U.S. (GW)

A review is presented of the research on the use of cooperative, competitive and individualistic goal structures on learning processes and outcomes. (Author)

In this article the results from six states in Australia involved in a cross-national analyses of an IEA Science Project are regarded as replications, on the basis of which general statements are made about learning conditions associated with the performance in science of Australian students. (Author/RK)

Discusses one of the three model programs conducted at St. Lawrence University with emphasis on the utilization of the psychological principles of Maslow and Rogers. Indicates that the learner should be free from as many external constraints as possible to form a rich learning environment for self-development. (CC)