Second article of a two-part series focuses on how results of research into learning, creativity, and thinking abilities can be applied to help the individual become more creative. (SL)

Through exposure to materials of good literary quality, listening and speaking vocabularies are enriched, leading in turn to the natural development of a meaningful reading vocabulary. (MB)

Considers the controversy between Bruner "et al." (1966) and Piaget (Inhelder & Piaget, 1964) followed up by Sinclair-de-Zwart (1967) concerning the role of language in the cognitive development of children between the ages of 5 and 7. (Author/RK)

Subjects examined crowded semirealistic layouts of toy objects, or photographs of these layouts, and then tried to identify added, moved or deleted items. The main study involved 96 subjects, 24 at each of four age levels (first, third, sixth grade, and adult). (MS)

Investigates the development of politeness in speech in preschool children as it relates to their I.Q., chronological age, social adjustment, and social class and concludes that such behavior relates to their social sensitivity toward adult expectations. (MH)

Illustrates a strategic-process perspective toward reading skill development, discusses cognitive research related to early reading processes, and relates the perspective to a variety of research on the early reading period (grades one to six). (JM)

Some form of individualized teaching helps to develop the potential of pupils and provides variety in the learning experience. (JD)

Process education practices are designed to assist the learner with coping with change in his life and living with the stress of immediate change, as to develop learning processes capable of coping with continuous change. (JD)

It was found that a student's attitude toward a specific college course could be measured and improved by applying cognitive dissonance theory assumptions in a formal plan of attitudinal change. (MM)

The beginning of a holistic theory that can treat paranormal phenomena as normal human development is presented. Implications for counseling, counselor education, and counselor supervision are discussed. (Author)

Examined whether spatial classification is discovered during play and if external products of play lead children to use space to represent similarity. Found through two experiments--a longitudinal study of four children's classification behaviors, and the examination of play behavior with two types of objects--that comparison of different kinds…

Explored preschoolers' inferences about language and group membership. Found preschoolers believe minorities and people with unfamiliar clothing/dwellings are more likely to speak a foreign language; do not map social group differences to language for all categories; do not derive inferences from intelligibility; and identify common property in…

Used latent class analysis to test statistically Siegler's rule assessment methodology, the number of rules needed to fit a set of data. Found that rules can be identified, that some are different from those proposed by Siegler, the correct rule is not acquired by subjects, and that the rules in the transitional period are difficult to identify.…

Used a Partially Ordered Scaling of Items method to analyze block construction play in a replication of Innes and King-Shaw's 1985 study. Found several developmental pathways for block play, illustrating the web-like nature of conceptual development. Results suggest a contextual developmental approach to better acknowledge individual diversity in…