Purpose of this study was to test the adequacy of the serial habituation hypothesis as an account of the infant's perceptual commerce with visual stimuli. (Author)

Investigates the influence of logical skills (inclusion and seriation) on the degree and kind of semantic integration performed on remembered material among 47 third- and fourth-grade boys and girls and college students. (JMB)

Described are a discrete group of isometries that fix a line but do not stabilize a point. Each type is accompanied by an example of their representation in concrete form which served as material on which young children could operate. Pupil responses to each situation are provided. (CW)

Results are reported from a study of 204 elementary and secondary health education majors who were surveyed to determine if differences exist on the relative importance of selected health content areas, including first aid and safety, nutrition, emotional health, dental health, disease, alcohol/tobacco/drugs, sex education, and body systems. (IAH)

Seriation, or serial ordering, is a type of classification involving the arrangement of items according to how much of a specific property they possess. Presents several activities for teaching seriation to preschool and kindergarten children. (PR)

Examined developmental changes in the use of distance-based and calendar-based approaches to estimate the recency of two events. Found that children's ability to discriminate temporal relationships between two events appears by four to five years of age. In contrast, use of calendar information and cognizance of annual patterns was found only in…

Fifteen students, ages three to six years, were presented with materials traditionally used in Montessori preschools to teach seriation. Children who were presented the materials with limited discussion or with frequent discussion showed greater interest in the materials but did not score higher on seriation tests than children who were presented…