Sifts through confusing intelligence theories, arguing that intelligence is a combination of influences involving power, tactics, and content. Good thinking is an unnatural act demanding evenhanded reasoning, problem finding (versus solving), and knowledge as invention. Discusses thinking frames guiding thought processes and the implications for…

Based on research studies from fields of education, social organization, and logic, this article argues that the study of organization of knowledge has important implications for students' general intellectual development. Recurring stages of intellectual development are outlined, and implications for improving quality of library school education…

Recent alliances between communication providers and computer manufacturers will lead to new technological combinations that will deliver visually-based ideas and information to a worldwide audience. Urges that those in charge of future video programs to consider their effects on children's language skills, thinking patterns, and intellectual…

Proposes six principles to follow when teaching students to think. Aimed at teaching thinking as an indivisible process rather than as a set of discrete skills, the principles involve active learning, the articulation of thinking, intuitive understanding, structuring courses developmentally, motivating learning, and establishing a positive…

Presents a systematic approach to accountability and academic support on the part of institutional student affairs areas. Contends that the major mission of colleges and universities should be academic and intellectual achievement and that the true effectiveness of student affairs programs should be judged in this light. The Value-Added concept is…

Paper presents a two-fold operational partition of the structures involved in characterizing instructional knowledge. (Author)

The author comments on reactions made by Vincent Rogers, Elisabeth Hirsch, and John E. McGill to his original paper. (Author/RM)

A study of the development of 6- to 12-year-old children's appreciation of verbal jokes was conducted within the framework of the incongruity and resolution theory of humor. Results revealed age differences indicating that older children appreciated both structural components while younger children appreciated the incongruity structure. (ST)

Conservation is positively correlated with reading readiness and intelligence. Suggests that conservation is worthy of attention by primary teachers as a predictor of the child's readiness for learning to read. (ST)

This project investigated patterns of IQ change in normal, middle class children between ages 2 1/2 to 17 in a longitudinal study. The children changed an average of 28.5 IQ points during the course of the study. Parental influences and general environmental circumstances were seen as influential variables shaping a child's intellectual growth.…

The term experience'' has been used by developmental psychologists to refer both to effects of environmental stimulation and to opportunity for the acquisition of a particular behavior. Differing conceptions of the role of experience and their consequences for various issues in the field are discussed. (ST)

Verstehen, the understanding of human behavior, can be of value to teacher and student alike, bringing both to an increased level of sophistication in the learning process. (Author/PG)

Construct validity in intelligence test construction can be attained by the use of Piaget-type tasks, which involve the basic categories of intellectual functioning''; examples are given. (Author/SP)

TM and its potential uses for creative development of teacher personalities is discussed. (JB)

An examination of cognitive development with implications for teaching and curriculum construction. (HS)