This study attempted to simulate learning conditions for art activities in which verbal language variables as predispositions for learning in art could be systematically varied and observations made of their effects on aesthetic quality of art products, aesthetic judgmental abilities, and art acceptance attitudes of early adolescent art students.…

The first purpose of this research was to study the effect of distraction on achievement and to clarify some discrepancies in research findings on the effect of response mode. (Author/RK)

Standard practice in educational program evaluation expends considerable resources in planning and executing elaborate research designs, but lacks description of how the programs do differ in the experimental'' and control'' situations. A serious consequence is that elaborately designed evaluation studies may end up appraising non-events, with…

Author attempted to raise some valid points not answered by the published studies of the Reading Research Foundation and questioned the wisdom of the editors who allowed such research to be published in their journals. (Author/RK)

Described is a method to assist developers of mathematics programs to make formative evaluations. The method involves periodic achievement testing via item sampling. Details of item construction, periodic testing, and profile construction are given in a discussion of how this method was applied to modify a sixth-grade mathematics program. (JP)

Discusses the uses and learning effectiveness of microform materials and equipment. (RK)

Results, depending upon which measure is accepted as a criterion, could support either side of the familiar controversy as to the effectiveness of psychotherapy. (Authors)

Results indicated that the children's behavior had an effect upon the parents, with mothers and fathers interacting more and being more controlling when the children were dependent. (Authors)

Methods used by the National Assessment of Educational Progress project for regularly collecting census-like information in ten subject areas on the knowledges, skills, understandings, and attitudes of nine-, thirteen-, seventeen-year olds, and young adults. Article deals with the areas of reading, literature, and writing. (RB) Aspect of National…

Article concentrates on historians who are becoming proficient in utilizing computer technology for research purposes. (RK)

Existing item response data on three achievement tests were used to compare the use of two sequential testing procedures with conventional testing for purposes of dichotomous decisions on each of the three dimensions. (Author/AG)

Results are discussed in terms of why children of the same age fail to conserve number in the standard conservation task and how complex number concepts might develop. (Author)

The logical extension of results may be valuable in adding to our understanding of the variety of phenomena involving mediational processes, such as transposition, reversal and nonreversal shifts, imagery, concept formation, word meaning, and the effectiveness of verbal stimuli in discrimination and generalization. (Authors)

Rewritten and shortened version of presentation given at a symposium of the American Psychological Association meeting, New York, New York, 1966. (MS)