Discusses the effects of cooperative versus competitive educational environments, and reports a study investigating relationships between this environmental dimension and the locus of control personality variable. (DP)

The article reviews the bases for social studies programs for young children that have developed through the years and comments on the lack of intellectual quality in these programs. (Author/RM)

The author agrees with B. Spodek that the Kamii-Piagetian framework for cognitive goals is a useful conception for teachers and curriculum workers, but cautions that Spodek's analytic scheme may encourage teachers and curriculum workers to compartmentalize learning. The overriding importance of the classroom teacher in improving programs is…

The reaction paper discusses two of the goals for social studies posited by B. Spodek: social knowledge and representation. Specific and concrete examples to enable teachers to translate theory into practice are provided. (Author/RM)

Suggests intelligence tests are culture bound and as such miss many abilities particularly those of minority groups. (ST)

Article shows how intelligence, readiness and achievement tests can be put to work in the classroom-not only as diagnostic tools but as aids in prescribing cures for learning problems. (Author)

A Foster-Grandparent Program group received part-time mothering'' by elderly institutional aids for a period of up to more than 4 years. A control group resided in a similar institution which did not provide supplementary foster grandparent'' care. There was a significant difference in IQ in favor of the FGP children. (Author)

How and where to find new reading materials is only part of the problem. Learning to use the material and identifying the child's problem correctly is the basic issue. (RB)

Article deals with the interrelatedness of the food program, intellectual development, and curriculum activities of young children through the long day at the child care center. (Editor)

Text of an affidavit in the case, Kennedy v. Detroit Board of Education. Reports on a study which established that prenatal nutrition is directly related to brain size and volume determined at 48 hours of infancy and at eight months of age. Pinpoints the relationship between inadequate nutrition in pregnancy, infant brain size, and intellectual…

Brief discussion of study which compares orientation of graduate students differentiated on basis of major areas of study. Aimed at personnel workers, teachers, who work with students having differentiated interests. Inventory used was Intellectualism-Pragmatism Scale (Yuker and Block, 1964). Data tables. (Author/CJ)