The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of the learning experiences of gifted young string players in Taiwan. Nine musicians under the age of 40, who had been accepted into music programs for the gifted, were invited to discuss their experiences and the development of their careers. Thorough interviews were conducted and then…

THIS STUDY CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO YIELD DATA ON THE PARAMETERS OF LEARNING IN THESE SITUATIONS--(1) THE QUANTITY OF MATERIAL TO BE LEARNED WAS GREATER THAN USUAL, AND (2) THE SCHEDULING OF LEARNING, REVIEW TRIALS, AND THE AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL PRESENTED WERE VARIED WITHIN A DESIGN JUDGED TO APPROACH OPTIMAL SCHEDULING IN…

Study supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. GB-1742, "Ability Components of Skill Learning.

THREE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES OFFER APPROACHES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTELLIGENCE. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO UNCOVER THE COMMON FEATURES OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC SCHOOL, LEARNING, AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES. A STRUCTURAL CONCEPT IS SELECTED FROM EACH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCIPLINE FOR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS--THE CONCEPT OF FACTOR FROM THE PSYCHOMETRIC…

Adjunct questions are test-like items interspersed at regular intervals, preceding or following prose passages, with the intention of increasing subsequent learning. In this state-of-the-art review, studies which include three major variables--age, ability, and question complexity level--are examined to determine whether a particular combination…