Examines some of the failings of educational television and discusses the Television Guidelines for Early Childhood Education, which suggest directions for furure development. (MM)

Authors discuss the effects of malnutrition on retardation of mental development and intellectual capacity. Research findings on undernourished experimental animals are cited as well as studies involving children suffering the effects of malnutrition in infancy. (Editor/LF)

A look into the future confronting higher education in 1996. (Editor/IR)

Paper presented at the Summer Meeting of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf held in Philadelphia, June 24-27, 1970. Discussed are concepts of curriculum development, cognitive development, and educational methods with implications for the handicapped. (CB)

Studies published in the 1960's and 1970's are reviewed. (CB)

Emphasizes the importance of spontaneous play for growth in cognition and social values. The author specifically discusses finger painting, water, blocks and dramatic play. (AJ)

Shows that, contrary to Piagetian Theory, formal thought in a variety of subject matters is not possible until sufficient requisite concrete background experience in each content area involved has been attained. (MH)

The relation between sex of child, parental educational level, and performance on three different types of cognitive tasks was investigated among 48 2-year-old children. Results confirmed the expectation that parental education would be positively related to superior performance on all of the tasks for girls but unrelated for boys. (Author/WY)

Language is shown to be an inappropriate tool for developing a child's mind, based on a Piaget-derived theory of intelligence in which thinking is not primarily language-based. Implications for teachers of normal and deaf students in terms of classroom activities to develop students' thought processes are considered. (KW)