Children made age judgments on drawing of human figures, which consisted of adult, adolescent, child, and infant characterizations. (Author)

The Cognitive Levels Matching Project trains teachers to guide students' skill acquisition and problem-solving processes by assessing students' cognitive levels and adapting their teaching materials accordingly. (MLF)

Studies comparing the strengths and weaknesses of intellectually retarded and superior groups are reviewed, with particular attention given to studies in which these extreme groups were matched with each other on mental age. (Author)

A model of professional socialization is elaborated on and applied to the education of lawyers. Its basic components are the organization, the persons occupying the position of student-professional, the socializing process, and the long-term outcome of socialization. A method to influence the development of professional identity is described. (MSE)

A program to improve student ability to perform intellectually demanding tasks might reasonably focus on four types of objectives: abilities, methods, knowledge, and attitudes. (Author/MLF)

Reasoning skills of nonmajor nutrition students were assessed on the basis of their performance on tests derived from the work of Piaget. There was no difference between those who used formal reasoning and those who did not in terms of their ability to comprehend and apply elementary nutrition information. (Author/CT)

The main obstacle to restoring the study of philosophy to the liberal arts curriculum is seen as the pervasive assumption that what the philosophers who make up the Great Tradition teach could not possibly be true. It is suggested that teachers are convinced of the intellectual superiority of our time. (MLW)

Found no correlations between types of play behavior and speech measures, that identification of objects upon verbal request was not related to any type of play behavior, and that comprehension of verbal requests for functional or representational play was positively correlated with the display of such play. Journal availability: J. B. Lippincott…

A case is made for broader intellectual education in the undergraduate years of college. (JD)

Studies the development of children's understanding of the multiple determination underlying human behavior. Subjects were kindergarten children, fourth, eighth, and twelfth graders. (CM)

Suggests categorization of words as an alternative to traditional word study. (MKM)