Two experiments investigated the process by which children encode briefly presented spatial positions. First, third, and fifth graders were asked to judge whether a test dot occupied the same position on a card as any one of a number of dots which had been presented tachistoscopically. (JMB)

Kindergartners, second, and fifth graders made repeated trips through a large- or small-scale model town, and then constructed from memory the layout of buildings in either large- or small-scale space. (JMB)

Tests the hypothesis that children are predisposed to learn suffixes rather than prefixes. Results of four experiments generally support the hypothesis. Importance of language learning strategies and influences of child's experience on strategy use are discussed. (JMB)

Intermediate students scored better on reading comprehension tests when questions on content were interspersed in the text. (JD)

Reports the findings of experiments that suggest that much of perception, even to high interpretive levels, is automatic and independent of intention or consciousness, and that the production of words in reading may involve problems that have nothing to do with articulation, even if the words have been identified. (GT)

Suggests that a written text and its revisions are documents of decision processes controlled by the writer's outlook on information priorities. (DD)

The ability of young infants between the ages of 8 and 17 weeks to perceive outline shapes was investigated in nine experiments using an habituation paradigm. (JMB)

A study of topic choices and inductive/deductive development methods among 1,000 Oakland University students taking writing placement tests revealed significant differences in male/female thinking patterns and ability to communicate effectively. (DD)

Describes the Lozanov Method and recommends it as a source of renewal for the language teacher. (AM)

This paper analyzes aphasia using Titone's Glossodynamic Model which assumes the existence of three hierarchic levels of personality. (CFM)

Gives an analysis of how Einstein viewed "thinking," and the nature of scientific discovery, using extensive quotations from Einstein's own writings, and especially from his essay "Autobiographical Notes."

Forty second-year algebra students were interviewed while solving eight problems. Data from the interviews included frequencies of problem-solving processes and scores on the test. Conceptual knowledge accounted for 50 percent of the variance. (MP)

This study compares the effects of specific questioning strategies on children's recall of stories. (SB)

Semantic and phonological encoding in 48 young (18-24 years) and 48 elderly (60-77 years) adults was investigated using a short-term memory release from proactive interference paradigm. (Author/SB)

Paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenics were compared to normals in their performance on a sentence verification task. Results were related to past evidence and hypotheses about central processing performance among schizophrenics. (Editor/RK)