Objectives: Existing findings on cancer patients' use of information sources were synthesized to (1) rank the most and least used information sources and the most helpful information sources and to (2) find the impact of patient demographics and situations on use of information sources. Methods: To synthesize results found across studies, a…

Article described how students, seven sixth graders, learned about the ancient craft of back-strap weaving. (Author/RK)

A discussion of the advantages of using color, rather than black-and-white, visual aids. (HB)

An investigation of 4-month-old children's attention responses to pattern dimensions and orientations by comparing the duration of an infant's fixation to changes in the orientation and structural arrangement of a previously exposed pattern. (ED)

Graphic design decision-makers assume that graphic design preferences vary among demographic groups. This assumption was tested on a population of 200 college students reflecting a valid demographic distribution in four categories: sex, community size, income, and occupational status. Subjects were asked to rank order their preferences for four…

Investigated young children's ability to represent three-dimensionality in their drawings. Preschool, kindergarten and first grade children and adults were asked to draw a cube, a house, and a ball presented in a plain form, a form differentially decorated on each side, and in both 2- and 3-dimensional forms. (JMB)

The relationship between discriminability of scaling stimuli and assessed dimensional dominance was investigated in three studies. Results indicated that kindergarten children bring to the experimental situation a dimensional preference even when the values of all dimensions present are of equal and known discriminability. (GO)

This paper presents a model of infant visual recognition which proposes that an infant faced with a novel and a previously exposed target responds with one "look" consisting of a chain of 2 covert responses: (1) an attentional observing response to a dimension and (2) a fixation response to a cue. (Author/JMB)

A series of experiments is described whose aim was to define certain of the effective dimensions of stimulation in the newborn's visual environment. (Author/JMB)

Preschool and kindergarten nonconservers (N=114) were examined for their use of dimensions relevant to quantity in two conservation-of-substance tasks. The results were interpreted as being counter to Piaget's 4-step equilibration model of the development of compensation and conservation. (ST)

There is no definite statement which can be made about the types of pictures children prefer. Inadequately controlled variables, incomplete reporting, and a variety of sample problems do not allow generalizations to be drawn from the existing research. (Author/CB)

These results provide a more precise attentional interpretation of both preference and pretraining effects. (Authors)

Findings highlight a general consideration for developmental research: namely, whether CA or MA is the more appropriate developmental parameter. (Authors)

A review of the school building program in Florida's Dade County, for which a great number of forward-looking innovative schools have been constructed. (FS)