A unified theory of planning and debugging is explored by designing a problem solving program called PATN. PATN uses an augmented transition network (ATN) to represent a broad range of planning techniques, including identification, decomposition, and reformulation. (The ATN is a simple yet powerful formalism which has been effectively utilized in…

Learning characteristics of children with spina bifida (lesions on the spinal cord) are reviewed in the text of a presentation with slides, and the effects of such factors as hospitalization experiences and the presence of hydrocephalus are considered. Characteristics related to intelligence, sensory integration, tactile responsiveness, tactile…

The broad hypothesis that children whose histories imply the possible presence of an intellect-reducing condition will score lower on an IQ test than children whose histories do not imply such conditions was tested in a study designed to illustrate the distinction between average and normal IQ. Health and behavior histories of a sample of second…

This study examined the nature of sex-related differences in spatial ability. Results indicated that sex-related cognitive differences are concentrated among subjects having poor spatial ability. Suggestions for remedial education of females and males are given. (MK)

Three investigations examined the effects of IQ and chronological age (CA) on the calculation of severe discrepancy levels of 102 hypothetical and 125 actual severely learning disabled students (5 to 17 years old). Results indicated that IQ was highly influential on obtained severe discrepancy levels (SDLs) and related percentage discrepancies;…

THE EFFECT OF A TRAINING PROGRAM IN ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION ON THE OF EDUCATION FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENT. AMONG PRESENTED. TWENTY BOYS WITH IQ'S ABOVE 120 AND SCHOOL GRADES BELOW C RECEIVED THE TRAINING PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO AN ACADEMIC SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM. THEY WERE COMPARED TO A CONTROL GROUP OF 37 SIMILAR BOYS WHO RECEIVED ONLY…

VALIDATION AND REFINEMENT WERE MADE OF A NONVERBAL GROUP MEASURE (KD PRONENESS SCALE) OF DELINQUENCY PRONENESS WHICH CAN BE USED WITH ALL CHILDREN INCLUDING NONREADERS, SLOW LEARNERS, AND THE MENTALLY RETARDED. BEFORE-AND-AFTER DATA WERE GATHERED ON A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION, GRADES SEVEN TO NINE (N 2000) IN ONE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND…

THE QUESTION OF THIS STUDY WAS WHETHER PREVIOUSLY FOUND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AND PROBLEM SOLVING WOULD HOLD UP EVEN THOUGH SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS HAD BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THE CRITERION INSTRUMENT. SAMPLES WERE DRAWN FROM BOTH PROFESSIONAL UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COURSES CONCERNED WITH THE TEACHING OF ARITHMETIC AT INDIANA…

THE HISTORY AND CARE OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED IS TRACED FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT. A REVIEW OF MEN WHO ORIGINATED EDUCATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL WORK WITH THE FEEBLEMINDED INCLUDES JACOB PEREIRE, JEAN ITARD, JOHANN GUGGENBUEHL, EDOUARD SEGUIN, AND SAMUEL HOWE. PUBLICATIONS BY AND ABOUT THESE MEN ARE LISTED. THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS IS…

THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF DESEGREGATION AT THE SCHOOL AND THE CLASSROOM LEVEL WAS EXAMINED BY MEANS OF U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION DATA FROM THE 1965 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SURVEY. USING THE 5,075 NINTH GRADE NEGRO STUDENTS FROM A SAMPLE OF SCHOOLS SELECTED IN THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF NEW ENGLAND AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, WHO HAD ATTENDED…

INTELLECTUAL, EDUCATIONAL, NEUROLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS IN VARIOUS PATTERNS OF INTERRELATIONSHIPS INFLUENCE THE THINKING PROCESS. INDIVIDUALS DIFFER IN THE CONCEPTS THEY HOLD AND IN THEIR USE OF THESE CONCEPTS BECAUSE OF VARIATIONS IN INTELLIGENCE AND BACKGROUND OF EXPERIENCE. THE RANGE AND LEVEL OF CONCEPTS…

WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS WERE OBTAINED FROM 48 CHILDREN, FOUR FROM EACH AGE GROUP FROM EIGHT THROUGH 11, ASSIGNED TO THREE IQ GROUPS--RETARDED, NORMAL, AND SUPERIOR. USING SEVERAL OF THE FLESCH CRITERIA (WHICH USE NUMBER OF SYLLABLES, AVERAGE SENTENCE LENGTH, AND NUMBER OF DEFINITE WORDS AS INDICES), COMPOSITIONS WERE SCORED FOR DEFINITENESS OF STYLE.…

TO ISOLATE FACTORS RELATED TO EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING, DATA WAS OBTAINED ON ALL TWELFTH, EIGHTH, AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ANALYZED WERE--(1) PERSONAL VARIABLES WITHIN THE SCHOOL SITUATION IN THE TWELFTH GRADE, (2) FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DROPOUTS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, AND (3) CHARACTERISTICS OF FOURTH GRADE PUPILS IN…

THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING TRADE-COMPETENCY EXAMINATIONS ON A NATIONAL BASIS WAS INVESTIGATED, AND THE POTENTIAL UTILITY OF CURRENTLY DEVELOPED INSTRUMENTS WAS ASSESSED. TWO 1-DAY SEMINARS WERE HELD, AND, AT THE FIRST SEMINAR, FOUR INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE FOLLOWED BY SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS. AT THE SECOND SEMINAR, FOUR PAPERS WERE READ…

AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL'S PATTERN OF LIVING AND THE RETENTION OF MENTAL ABILITIES WITH AGE WAS MADE AND EVALUATED. THE OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECTS OF AN 11-YEAR INCREMENT (50-61) UPON EIGHT MEASURABLE MENTAL ABILITIES, (2) TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECT OF THE GIVEN AGE INCREMENT UPON INDIVIDUAL AND TRAIT…