Presents an activity in which participants identify organizational situations in which they have tried to influence others and write brief essays discussing the dynamics. Working in pairs they score each other's essays with a form that includes an analysis of the tactics. Provides suggestions for using this design. (Author/RC)

Assesses the impact of the visual complexity of "Sesame Street" segments on preschoolers' visual attention, recall, and recognition. Results indicate that attention and learning are enhanced by (1) visually simple sets in terms of few objects on the screen and (2) low to moderate levels of screen activity. (PD)

Social work educators surveyed reported differential success in implementing key instructional development elements--success in specifying objectives and developing related assessment procedures, obstacles in building bridges to competence through instructional design. Aids in matching learners to learning environments are outlined. (MSE)

Examined was the attainment of projective spatial concepts of third-, sixth-, and ninth-grade students. Eight Piagetian-type tasks were developed to provide evidence for Piaget's model of groupings of mental structures dealing with time and space. Task performance among grade levels and gender was examined. (CS)

The introduction of increased involvement and participation of students in the learning process in communication courses at Heriot-Watt University is described. Lectures based on key research papers were given by students in a seminar situation, with emphasis on management applications of the theories propounded. (Author/MLW)

In Asimov's scenario of the future, the percentage of older people will increase and computer technology will relieve humanity of many tasks. The concept of education as a lifelong, natural, and enjoyable process will thus become paramount, and university extension and continuing education institutions will be challenged to meet the needs of an…

Case studies of first graders' approaches to learning reading and writing show that individual attack style is persistent regardless of teaching method and is related to personality and possibly physiology. (DD)

Recent findings related to neurological research include: (1) the Proster Theory implies that the brain works by sets of programs or prosters; (2) the Brain Growth Spurts theory defines the growth of the brain in spurts with cycles of rest; and (3) in the Hemispheric Specialization Theory, the left and right hemispheres of the brain have specific…

Replies to McLaughlin's (l978) critique of the Krashen (1975, 1977) Monitor Model of language learning, presenting rebuttals to major attacks, followed by a discussion of minor issues. (AM)

Reports classroom observations and dialogues with children that show children's understandings and use of punctuation; reports data showing that children in a class in which punctuation was taught in the context of writing learned more about punctuation than children in a class in which it was taught in isolation. (ET)

Considers the way people create knowledge, the way personal knowledge grows, and the types of educative environments that are supportive to students' efforts to improve their knowledge. (GT)

This article briefly looks at research into three of the ways in which the arts promote cognitive development--through the use of fantasy, the use of imagery, and the use of a variety of media. This research indicates that retaining the arts in education is essential. (Author/SJL)

Reports on an experiment designed to reveal how the learner's passive foreign language vocabulary is built up, what role the context plays, what kinds of learning strategies are involved, and whether a false competence results from these strategies. (IFS/WGA)

The learning process and ways in which it can hinder or contribute to intellectual development, the development of "critical consciousness," and social change are reviewed. Questions are raised about the relationship between alternative educational programs and social change. (MSE)

Twenty true-false statements are discussed as a way of presenting the scientific knowledge base on which school programs for developing literacy can be built. (Author/MLF)