Learning potential hypothesis and its applicability to hearing and deaf low-achieving students was examined in this article. Results indicate that learning potential procedures can be used effectively with the deaf. Implications for theory and future research are discussed. (Author/DF)

Results show that basic objects are shown to be the most inclusive categories for which a concrete image of the category as a whole can be formed, to be the first categorizations made during perception of the environment and to be the categories most codable, most coded, and most necessary in language. (Author/DEP)

Two models for teaching people to think, the Deweyan problem-solving model and the traditional discipline-oriented model, are described and evaluated. (GW)

Causal generalizations play a crucial role in educational decision-making: the prospect of discovering the relevant ones motivates much of the support that educational researchers receive and the failure to produce correct and relevant ones motivates much criticism; in this paper my concern is with how we tell when they are correct. (Author/JM)

In a study which required college students to learn to recognize four flexible plastic shapes photographed on different backgrounds from different angles, the importance of a context-rich environment for the learning and recognition of visual patterns was illustrated. (Author)

Article presented a critical comparison of the respective strengths and weaknesses of two major contending models of university organization. (Editor/RK)

Research supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)

Four instructional treatments differing in structure and student responsibility were used with 60 abstract-thinking and 60 concrete-thinking students. A differentiated outcomes hypothesis is offered to account for the findings. (Authors)

Presents a basic examination of non-physical mental acts as educational objectives. (Author)

Describes the rationale and objectives of a Title III program in the Hartford, Connecticut, public schools. (RD)