The WAIS M index did not correlate significantly with any of the other measures for either sex and thus should not be interpreted as a personality indicator of sexual inversion or homosexuality. It represents solely sex differences in certain aspects of intellectual performance. (Author)

Reports on Project Muse, Hunter College, New York, which has explored ways of using the camera in the teaching of reading. (NH)

Investigation of independent study programs, the current status of student self-direction and the forces opposing further development. (Editor/IR)

Student should follow individual learning program the teacher has helped him plan. (IR)

Project of the Institute on School Learning and Individual Differences and The John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development, George Peabody College for Teachers.

Examined consistency of hand preference in a longitudinal study of children between 18 and 42 months of age. Results showed a sex-specific relationship between hand consistence and intellectual development. Females with consistency of handedness were precocious compared to females without such consistency; the same relationship did not hold for…

There is a population of "invisible scholars," independent of educational institutions, who are neither served nor used by the educational system. Educators should consider specific initiatives to both aid and utilize their talents and efforts. (Author/MSE)

Argues that if teachers maintain task involvement in all children, they will achieve justifiable form of educational equality. Discusses social and personal factors which influence task involvement, including value framework of school (i.e., purpose school is seen to serve), organizational strategies adopted to facilitate learning, and specific…

A question-answer format on how specific teacher behaviors influence students' acquisition of information, ability to make information meaningful, and application of meaning to new situations. (Author/MLF)

The purpose of this article is to construct Piaget's contributions to education, focusing on cognitive aspects. Explored are the goals of education: independent inquiry and acquisition of a body of information, passivity in traditional education, and the psychogenetic view of knowledge formation. (SK)

Assessed the relationship of stress to decline in intellectual abilities in women aged 65-92. Found stress was related to the ratio used to estimate decline. Changes in personal health and health of a family member were positively related and vacations were negatively related to decline in intellectual functioning. (Author)

Miscue analysis patterns of second, fourth, and sixth grade students of high and low reading ability show that miscues acceptable in context increase by grade level and ability. (CJ)