A NATURAL INQUIRY SITUATION WAS CONSTRUCTED WHICH INCLUDED A RANGE OF POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC SITUATIONS WHICH COULD BE REACTED TO BY THE SUBJECTS, A ROLE PLAYING SET TO ENGAGE THE SUBJECTS' EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT, AND INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INFORMATION SOURCES WHICH THE TEACHERS COULD MANIPULATE IN THEIR INQUIRIES. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE…

THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF FIVE METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE SPELLING ABILITY OF PUPILS IN GRADES 2 AND 3 WAS DETERMINED. ASSIGNMENTS OF TEACHERS AND CLASSROOMS TO METHOD WERE BASED UPON TEACHER PREFERENCE FOR METHOD, ESTIMATED AVERAGE ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL OF PUPILS IN EACH CLASSROOM, AND RATINGS OF TEACHER QUALITY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDY A…

A SEMINAR WAS HELD DURING THE SUMMER OF 1961 TO EXPLORE THE RESEARCH NEEDS IN THE BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL RETARDATION. THIRTEEN SPECIALISTS DISCUSSED AND STUDIED THESE NEEDS AND ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES FOR SUCH AREAS OF STUDY AS (1) NATURE AND DETERMINANTS OF INTELLIGENCE AND ITS DEVIATIONS, (2) PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF MENTAL…

Elements of a theory relating cognition and affect are outlined. The theory is heavily based upon neuroscience research regarding the hemispheric lateralization of various cognitive processes and emotions; specific examples are provided. Developmental research on intelligence as well as theories of intrinsic motivation, are also discussed.…

A research plan for identifying and acting upon constraints that impede the development of knowledge-based intelligent systems is described. The two primary problems identified are knowledge programming, the task of which is to create an intelligent system that does what an expert says it should, and learning, the problem requiring the criticizing…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO IDENTIFY THE BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH DISTINGUISH POTENTIALLY CREATIVE SCIENTISTS AND ARTISTS IN THEIR ADOLESCENCE FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS. FROM A SAMPLE OF 442 BRIGHT MALE STUDENTS TAKING A NEW PHYSICS COURSE IN 72 CLASSROOMS IN 17 STATES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THREE…

A LONGITUDINAL DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY OF A GROUP OF MIDDLE CLASS CHILDREN IS DESCRIBED, WITH EMPHASIS ON A SEGMENT OF THE RESEARCH INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP OF ACHIEVEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, AND EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE. THE SUBJECTS WERE 105 CHILDREN AGED FIVE TO 6.3 ATTENDING TWO SCHOOLS IN MONTREAL. EACH CHILD WAS ASSESSED IN THE AREAS OF…

This study investigated the relation of self-concept to moral judgment in young children. Forty kindergarten children between the ages of 5 years, 1 month and 6 years, 6 months with I.Q.s ranging from 82 to 144 were each administered a self-concept appraisal and The Moral Judgment Test. Product moment correlations evaluated the relationship. A…

Although there seems to be widespread agreement that new approaches to studying intelligence should combine the differential and cognitive (information processing) approaches in isolating components of intelligence, researchers disagree about how the approaches should be combined and, consequently, about how elementary components of intelligence…

In a federal correctional institution, cognitive and behavioral variables related to the inmates' loss of freedom and their attempts at reestablishing freedom within the boundaries of the institution were collected. Variables were: (1) personal variables (age, sex, education, etc.); (2) perceptions about life and freedoms in the institution; (3)…

In this paper, Simon describes contemporary information processing approaches to the study of learning and thinking, and discusses the relevance of these studies to the distinction between rote and meaningful learning. Before defining the basic terminology of information processing research, he provides a brief literature review, describing some…

This manual describes the LOGO system implemented for the PDP 11/45 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. The "system" includes a LOGO evaluator, a dedicated time-sharing system, and various special devices related to output such as robot turtles, tone generators, and cathode ray tube displays. (Author/SD)

This manual provides a brief description of the primitives in the computer language PDP 11 LOGO. It is intended to provide a quick reference for users who are familiar with the basics of the LOGO language. (Author/SD)

The study compared the relationships of more easily administered intelligence screening instruments with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) to determine the validity of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, the Slosson Intelligence Test, and the Raven Progressive Matrices among reading disabled children. The screening measures were…

In a speech to Australian and New Zealand teachers of the visually handicapped the author stresses the importance of educating deaf blind persons regardless of the severity of their handicaps, illustrating his point with three case histories. The deaf blind are viewed under the following five headings: the highly educable (who have college…