Discusses the structuralist and the cognitivist theories of language learning, and emphasizes the importance of practice in second language learning. (AM)

Two correlational investigations attempted to establish the construct validity of the dimensions assessed by the Inventory of Learning Processes scales. The scales are Synthesis-Analysis; Study Methods; Fact Retention; and Elaborative Processing. A number of cognitive tests were also administered. (MH)

Working from data originally collected by Kropp and Stoker (ED 010 044) on the validity of Bloom's taxonomy, this paper attempts to demonstrate that a multiplicity of analytic methods leads to a clearer conception of causal relationships than any single method. (Author/MH)

This review of the concept learning literature indicates that the greater effectiveness of field-independent learners is related to memory efficiency and the ability to conduct combinatorial analysis. Short-term memory and free recall studies suggest factors contributing to the less efficient memory of field-dependent learners. (Editor/SJL)

Ten moderately and severely handicapped preschool children served as Ss in a pre-post-test design to evaluate the effects of cumulative and successive pairs programing strategies. (Author)

Examines the learning strategies of one student of French grammar, and draws implications for curriculum writers and language teachers. (AM)

Asserts that the role of biologically transmitted individual differences needs to be explored fully, examines the assumptions underlying the emphasis on childhood in empirical research, and examines the nature, persistance and later impact of two sorts of orientations which may be acquired in childhood, political attitudes and party…

Parents want to know what their children are doing in school and teachers want parents to know what children are doing in classrooms. Looks for an emphasis or method in any of the new or traditional models that will aid in improving the communication between home and school. (Author/RK)

The study compared the effects of different verbal formats--visual (printed) and aural (recorded tape)--on the performance of 60 vocational high school boys (30 each of high and low reading abilities). Findings indicated high reading ability students performed significantly better; findings relating performance to verbal format were inconsistent.…

Relying heavily on studies conducted at a free school, this paper examines the influence of the alternative climate on interpersonal communication, and discusses the difficulties in operating this type of structure in a technocratic society. (Author/RK)

"Children and Their Primary Schools" was published ten years ago this week. Here Lady Plowden assesses the impact of the Plowden Report's central recommendations. (Editor)

Investigates whether television should be called upon to assist in teaching young students the basic skills that they seem not to be learning very well. Discusses the introduction of television teaching in El Salvador and evaluates the work of the Agency for Instructional Television to see how it is approaching the teaching of basic skills.…

In the second part of her survey of developments in junior schools, the author suggests that a return to more traditional methods and content in response to the current debate may prevent children from reaching the standards of which they are capable. (Editor/RK)

Ten conclusions about childrens' learning are presented from 15 years of research by the Educational Research Council of America. These include effectiveness of short textbooks, interest in learning technical words, need for social science curriculum to challenge, and detrimental effect of ingrained teacher attitudes to teach social studies by…

Two years after conception, the Elderhostel program draws acclaim from participants, staff, and observers. The Aristotelian concept of the liberal arts deals with the interplay between subject matter and learner. So great is this interplay that it is difficult to judge whether the hosteler is more liberated or more liberating. (Author)