Explores various issues, trends, and topics related to the impact and role of educational technology (particularly computers) on teaching and learning. Areas considered include how computers should be used, uses of such devices as interactive video for adult training, and the potential of artificial intelligence. (JN)

Several items from the Information and Comprehension subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children were cited by Judge Grady in his opinion in the PASE (Parents in Action in Special Education) case as being culturally biased against Black children. Error analysis showed no significant "cultural" differences between White and…

Factor analyzed the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised for both upper- and lower-socioeconomic-status classifications from the standardization sample (N=2,200). Results showed that the three-factor solution was most appropriate for both groups and that factor structure appeared to be invariant with regard to socioeconomic status.…

To break the bottleneck inherent in today's linear computer architectures, parallel schemes (which allow computers to perform multiple tasks at one time) are being devised. Several of these schemes are described. Dataflow devices, parallel number-crunchers, programing languages, and a device based on a neurological model are among the areas…

Challenges the axiom that unalloyed benefits accrue to society by virtue of untrammeled scientific inquiry and technological advance. Discusses examples of challenges from within and without the scientific community in matters of atomic energy, space exploration, genetic engineering, and inquiry into racial and ethnic differences in intelligence.…

Family and child correlates of nutrition knowledge and dietary quality were examined using fifth- and seventh-grade students. Results indicate higher scores on nutrition knowledge from older, more intelligent, and White subjects. Higher scores on a measure of dietary quality were achieved from younger, more intelligent subjects with working…

The relationship between vision and mental functioning was investigated in a study of 295 elderly residents from three levels of care. Visual acuity and mental status were assessed. Findings indicate that there was indeed a relationship between vision and mental status. (Author)

This study researches the effects of examiner verbal utterances on the intelligence test scores of educable mentally retarded subjects. It assumes that examiner-examinee rapport is essential for accurate test results. Positive verbal statements by examiners do have a significant effect on test scores. (NG)

Visual preference technique was found to be a method for exploring the genesis of normal and abnormal selective attention, pattern discrimination, and recognition memory. The study of infants with differing degrees of risk for mental subnormality produced substantial evidence for relationship between early visual selectivities and future…

Draws a comparison between the Australian belief that the aboriginal practice of walkabout is inherited and the American belief that educational failures are due to family problems, low I.Q. and poverty. (AM)

A review of data on parent-offspring resemblances in intelligence is presented in the context of correlation, regression and variance predictions from the polygenic model and an environmental model. (Editor)

The work of Jean Piaget stresses the point that intellectual functioning and growth from one stage of cognitive development to the next depends more on the quality of one's experience than on exposure to factual knowledge. Piaget's theoretical model and its implications and applications for the classroom teacher are reviewed. (Editor/RK)

This paper describes the design of the interdisciplinary study of the growth and development of Dutch children in progress at the University of Nymegen, The Netherlands. Schaie's design is based on a trifactorial model which isolates the contributions to developmental data of the factors age, cohort and time of measurement. (Author/MS)

This Study Circle guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) as part of the Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network (PDRN). The guide is part of NCSALL's effort to help connect research and practice in the field of adult basic education and adult literacy. The purpose of the study circle…

Dr. Howard Gardner's introduction of multiple intelligences theory (MI theory) in 1983 generated considerable interest in the educational community. Multiple intelligences was a provocative new theory, claiming at least seven relatively independent intelligences. MI theory presented a conception of intelligence that was in marked contrast to the…