In two experiments, college students who supplied the last words of sentences they read learned more than subjects who simply read whole sentences. This facilitation was observed even with a list of sentences which were almost always completed with the wrong words. However, proactive interference attributable to acquisition errors appeared on…

Reviewed were several research studies using varying dosages of methylphenidate (Ritalin) in contrast with thioridazine and amphetamine under various behavioral conditions and situations with hyperactive, emotionally disturbed, and learning disabled children. Results from the studies with hyperactive children indicated that drug treatment was…

Using subjects classified on the basis of positive and less positive self-concepts, this study investigates the effects of instructions, a principle, and practice with four concept-attainment problems on the efficiency of the attainment of concepts among subjects. The findings indicate the subjects with more positive self-concepts attain abstract…

The author examines three teaching methodologies (repetitive, conceptual, and creative) and concludes that teaching should produce in students a balance of specific, convergent, and divergent thinking. If industrial arts educators limit teaching to known and accepted practices, programs and opportunities for young people are limited. (LH)

Describes a technique called Structural Communication (S. C.) which organizes the learning process, as well as the facts and concepts which are to be taught. An S.C. study unit on revolution is provided. (Author/DB)

The Good-Bad Class, one in which anxiety is minimized and communication is maximized, was evaluated in terms of its real value for student development and effective learning. (RK)

An analysis of two paradigms suggests that predictions in regard to the effects of stimulus preexposure must take into account not only the novelty of the stimulus, but the relationship of that novelty to that of the environment at the time of testing. (Editor/RK)

A study is reported describing an output-monitoring phenomenon in free recall and establishing that subjects have accurate knowledge concerning their previous output performance. Implications with respect to other known memory phenomena are discussed. (Author/RM)

Examines intrinsic individual differences in conceptual behavior with a multivariate model, three mode factor analysis. The analyses yielded five individual difference performance factors, three stage factors, and four response components indicating the importance of a multivariate representation of complex behavior. (Author/DEP)

This experiment attempts to maximize orthographic while reducing semantic bases for processing by using lists of words from a single category (girl's first names), presenting the first letter as a cue for each word during both study and recall trials, and blocking together all words with the same first letter. (Author)

The possible effects of teachers upon their students' learning processes are examined. Previous studies regarding this issue are also reviewed. (DEP)

Investigates the relationship between the amount of learning which occurs in children during home television viewing and the presence of parental interaction during this period and concludes that parental interaction enhances incidental learning. (MH)

Reports on two experiments which question the assumption that semantic processing is superior to nonsemantic processing, and which demonstrate that effective semantic elaboration cannot be equated with the quantity of semantically congrous information. (Author/AM)

In positively assessing Johnson (1978) (AA 529 124), this research proposes that the basic purpose of normative models of selection strategies is the development of continuous quantitative measures of problem-solving efficiency, while descriptive models determine degree of correspondence between formal normative models and actual behavior.…

The future of multimedia materials as aids to learning is discussed in relation to content analysis, learning tasks, learner characteristics, learning mode, learning materials, and the larger learning picture. "Part I, The Present," is found in the November 1978 CLW. (Author/MBR)