Educational research is said to influence classroom teaching by affecting the design of curricular materials, providing a model of human learning, and furnishing data applicable to solutions of particular problems. (GW)

Contrasting approaches to early childhood education are evident in the constructivist versus instructivist schools of thought. On one side, the child is seen as active constructor of knowledge and understanding; on the other, the child is dependent on another's instruction in knowledge and skills. This paper explores some of the implications of…

Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) prorated IQ and subtest scores were related to improvement in physical rehabilitation. Independent psychiatric ratings evaluated physical improvement in patients from admission to discharge. In physical rehabilitation intelligence apparently may interact differentially with idiosyncratic attributes…

The dependence of immediate, short-term and long-term reproductive memory on operative understanding was studied in elementary school students. Results are interpreted in terms of Piaget's theory. (ST)

Four basic assumptions of IQ tests - age constancy, scholastic validity, standard environment and performance suggiciency are alien to Piaget's theory. Heredity cannot be statistically separated from environment; therefore, Piagetian theory would suggest the nature-nurture controversy is devoid of meaning. (ST)

This study examined the extent to which the Auditory Association subtest of the revised Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) measures the ability of children to complete verbal analogies. (Author)

Prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine of 1944-45 had no detectable effects on the adult mental performance of surviving male offspring; birth weight was not related to mental performance; and the association of social class with mental performance was strong. (AL)

Suggests ways teachers can provide students with practice in thinking (Editor)

The usefulness of certain psychological tests administered during infancy for the prediction of intelligence test performance during early childhood was the focus of this investigation. (Authors)

An interview instrument was developed and validated to ascertain its utility as a measure of characteristics of home environments and its effect on a child's intellectual development. (JB)

In this critique of June T. Fox's article (EJ 003 566), author contends that Bruner has resolved experimentally some of the rather muddy philosophical ideas suggested by Dewey and that the remaining differences between them may ultimately be seen as differing aspects of an identical problem. (Author/MB)

The article examines some of the changes in attitude or activities required if schools of education are to meet the needs of the future. (MM)

The objective of this daily, hour-long program is to provide a rewarding and constructive experience for this country's 12 million preschool population. (MF)