Investigates concept of stability in study of work values. Australian students were assessed, using work-values lists in Grade 12 and 2 1/2 years later. Of the work values assessed only independence and intellectual stimulation increased in importance. Surroundings decreased. Further theoretical and methodological refinement of stability is…

The effect of 1 or 2 year special class placement on academic achievement and intellectual functioning of 28 learning disabled children (8 to 11 years old) was investigated. The number of years in a self-contained class significantly affected arithmetic achievement. (Author)

All children have intelligence in varying degrees in various abilities; Structure of Intellect (SOI) Institute tests diagnose those abilities successfully in gifted, deaf, retarded, aphasic and all ethnic groups. With a database of thousands of student test responses, materials are developed to prepare children for the future. (NEC)

The authors caution that in neglecting to focus on cognitive training, special education may be denying the very ideology on which it is built. (Author)

Piagetian based curricular attempts in special education may have to begin with a system for representing the individual's current level of behavioral organization and designing environmental interactions that expand the constructions of the individual into reorganized, more complex forms. (Author)

A brief review of these tests is provided, and it is concluded that the procedures possess a number of characteristics that make the evaluation of change in intelligence a tenuous proposition. (Author)

The first of these two companion papers presents an account of Dewey's position on the nature of growth and its implications for curriculum development. The second paper provides a critique of Dewey's concept of growth and sketches what C. S. Peirce would have regarded as more viable alternatives. (Author/SJL)

The impact of movement experiences on cognitive functions and academic achievement on students, in particular the learning-disabled, is described. Cognitive processes involved in the acquisition of motor skills and intellectual abilities are detailed. (CJ)

Shows that Plato's categories of knowledge may be used as conceptual frameworks for the study of film. (GT)

The production and comprehension of pointing and their developmental relationship in the young child was examined in a study of 36 male and female 9- to 14-month-old infants. (CM)

This study examines developmental differences in third and sixth graders' and college students' use of distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency information for making causal attributions. (CM)

Suggests a set of activities that foster physical and intellectual growth through thought-provoking situations which require no special equipment and can take place indoors or out. (MP)

Points out the methodological inadequacies and problematic interpretations of a negative assessment of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children that was performed by J. B. Hardy, D. W. Welcher, F. D. Mellits, and J. Kagan. (Author/RL)

To examine the impact of a bilingual intervention program on the language comprehension of Mexican American preschoolers, 28 boys and 28 girls who varied in program attendance were tested twice in both English and Spanish using a revision of Carrow's TACL. Results suggested that early bilingual education promotes bilingual language comprehension.…

Sixteen educators and noneducators comment on John Henry Martin's proposal to narrow the goals of schooling and involve others more fully in the education of adolescents. (Author/MLF)