The purpose of the present experiment was to examine questions on information specification raised by P. R. Laughlin. Ss were asked to solve one attribute-identification problem, using the selection paradigm. (Author/RK)

This study reported on the feedback received from electric response boxes for developing in musically unsophisticated grade VII children the ability to keep track of the forms of minuets and sonata-allegro movements, and simultaneously to notice more elementary aspects of the music tracked. (Author/RK)

Emphasizes neglected problems in the study of mass communication and socialization and suggests some new lines of theorizing and research. (TO)

Study examined the effect of individual goal-setting conferences on academic achievement and attitudes in an ongoing educational setting. (Author)

A presentation of arguments demonstrating piaget's sensorimotor stages in Hebb's terms, and the suggestion for performing a computer test. This paper is an early progress report of an attempt to translate some plausible arguments into a rigorous demonstration. (Author)

Author presents his theories on educational research and seeks to stimulate other research theorists to build better theories about the patterning of research to meet the needs of a field of social practice. (Author/GB)

Do prior hedonic and excitational variations have influence on the appreciation of subsequently presented music? Implications for the manipulation of response to music and to other affect-producing communications through variations in prior stimulation are discussed. (Author/KM)

A list of 25 nouns containing five sets of five words beginning with a different initial letter was presented for five learning trials. Categorized lists were recalled better than uncategorized; free recall was better than cued. (Author/KM)

Article refers to EJ 045 083. (CB)

Analyzed student productivity values determined by three tests in terms of three presentation methods and three subject materials. Concluded there was a preference for the taped lecture with visual aid over the methods in teaching all kinds of materials. (CC)

Paper examines the principal benefits and costs of basic education with special emphasis on economic benefits; reviews some of the major methodological problems associated with the measurement of these benefits and costs; and seeks to establish the best possible research design, given these problems. (Author)

Reports the presence of a facilitating effect of exposure to a pretest on the Watson-Glaser score and a posttest following grade 12 biology instruction. (AL)

Article raises and answers questions about the relationship among constructs of creativity manifested by counselor trainees. The Porter Test of Counselor Attitudes, Consequences test and Alternate Uses test were administered to 27 graduate students in counselor education. Creativity was shown to have influence on the counselor's approach. Data…