Analysis of recent literature covering visual experiments with infants and young children documented a progression of visual functions in early development. (Author)

Presents a study of perspective taking ability among children aged 3 to 7. The first task involved a classic block appearance task. In the second task, the child and/or the experimenter each wore different colored glasses and the child was asked to describe how a white card appeared to each of them. (BD)

Assesses elementary school teachers' needs through use of the Moore Assessment Profile. One hundred and seven K-6 teachers responded to the survey. Factor analysis revealed that the sample perceived four need areas: (1) providing realistic science experiences; (2) developing basic science skills; (3) developing an understanding of the relationship…

A report and discussion is given of some of the results of testing students at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology on diagrams which involved the use of visual conventions. (MN)

Reports on a series of four experiments designed to determine more precisely the characteristics of the stage of visual feature analysis of word identification and to examine response competition factors in this interference task. (SB)

Discusses women's labor force activity and resultant changes in the economic and social structure of the family on consumption patterns, on the division of labor among spouses, and on child-rearing practices. (TA)

Examines the implications of image analysis and discusses two different strategies, one relating to content and one relating to form. (MH)

The data do not support either the expectations that males are invariably superior in mathematics achievement and spatial visualization or the idea that differences between the sexes increase with age and/or mathematics difficulty. The pattern of differences in mathematics achievement, spatial visualization and affective variables strongly…

The experiments reported here are aimed at exploring in more detail the possibility that context can improve perception itself. In particular, they are concerned with clarifying the conditions under which context might aid perception and with localizing the stage of processing at which context would have its effects. (Author)

A mathematical model based upon signal detection theory is developed that characterizes social influences upon judgments of a stimulus. A social influence cue and the physical aspects of the stimulus were assumed to have independent effects upon performance. (Editor)

A former school trustee recounts his experiences as a young board member, highlighting his frustrations with the trustees' roles and decision-making processes. (GW)

Experiences at a junior high school in the ghetto are recounted by a former teacher there to illustrate how the principalship became the focus of a highly personalized power system. (GW)

A study measured children's attitudes toward and knowledge of older people in American society. Findings indicate that children have little general knowledge of the elderly and very complex, mixed attitudes toward older persons. Ways are suggested in which schools can inculcate positive attitudes toward all people, including the elderly.…

"Exploring Female Images Through Movement," a course at Skidmore College, features activities that help students reexamine their attitudes toward their bodies, improve their self-image, and, through a combination of physical education and women's studies, experiment with new activities and ideas about themselves as women. (MB)

Educational institutions are geared toward teaching skills in coping with what is regarded as the "real" world while overlooking the potential inherent in the individual person's emotional, intuitive, and spiritual nature. (JD)