The author describes activities of a weekly enrichment class providing right-brain tasks to gifted elementary students. Activities, which centered on artistic creativity, were taken from "Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain" by B. Edwards. (CL)

Explains why it is important for educators to learn about brain stage theory, which asserts that the brain grows in stages or spurts during which it is capable of learning at higher cognitive levels. (FL)

A follow-up study of handedness in 34 autistic persons (mean age 8 years) supported the idea that there are many factors other than brain damage, hemispheric functioning, age, and follow-up interval that contribute to hand lateralization. (CL)

A neurological exam was administered in 119 learning-disabled children and 152 controls and a Neuroimmaturity Index (NI) was constructed. Neuroimmaturity decreased significantly with age, and after controlling for age and sex, there was statistically significant differences in NI between the learning-disabled and controls. Patterns of disability…

Research on hemispheric and modality preference and implications for children with specific learning disabilities is reviewed. A chart lists information concerning performance of left and right hemisphere for modes of information processing. General and specific skill enhancement strategies for reading and general development are suggested. (CL)

Author outlines some of the basic techniques of futurology and suggests a possible course of action in getting our futurology effort underway. (Author/RK)

Article attempted to ascertain whether bilateral language representation occurred at the expense of certain musical as well as of spatial abilities. (Author/RK)

Children (N=45), who had failed to attain criterion on three tests of linear order, were trained under one of three conditions: reciprocity, reversibility, and discrimination. Under all three conditions children demonstrated learning during training and significant specific transfer effects; reversibility training led to generalized transfer to…

Special issue devoted to neurolinguistics and neuropsychology. (VM)

The educational implications of recent brain research suggest that schools should emphasize activities that balance right and left hemisphere functions in order to encourage students' creativity. Some techniques currently in favor for achieving balance are synectics, multisensory and experiential learning, creative thinking methods, and the…

Compares models and theories of modern rhetoric and traditional composition, initially lamenting the complexities of the former and simplicity of the latter. On closer examination, the article decries the "science" of modern rhetoric, predicting an even greater departure in the future from the creative aspects of composition. (HTH)

This paper describes the mechanism of conceptual development by characterizing it as a cartooning process, which is a neurological mechanism which records a perceptual kind of sketch of the world in our brains. Its unique character, its biological basis, and its consequences for education are discussed. (Author/KC)

Research is reviewed on the relationship between right hemisphere imagery and the development of creativity. The role of nonverbal imagery in the incubation period is discussed. Note: For related information, see EC 120 232-238. (CL)

Total errors served as the criterion, and combined errors from the first four subtests served as the predictor. Correlation coefficients of .89 and .88 were obtained in validation and cross-validation phases. The first four subtests provide a suitable, stable estimate of the total score in this population. (Author)

Twenty words were tachistoscopically presented to the left and right visual half fields of 80 boys (ages 8-10) to determine if incomplete hemispheric laterality is associated with all levels of reading deficiency or only with the more severe cases. (Author/CL)