This paper is concerned with two questions derived from Piaget and Inhelder's (1973) work on the relationship between memory and the developing intelligence of the child. First, can children retain operatively advanced information through the use of a non-operative mnemonic? Secondly, can the salience of operative versus non-operative information…

The Little Herder Reading Series is comprised of 4 volumes based on the life of a Navajo Indian girl. The books are written in English blank verse and describe many facets of Indian life. The volumes contain illustrations by Hoke Denetsosie which give a pictorial representation of the printed verse. The reading level is for the middle and upper…

This paper describes an on-going research program focused on the development of attention in children with specific reference to the strategies and patterns of activities which children use in seeking information and in directing and controlling their own attention. Findings from three earlier studies suggest that older children are better able…

The effect of individualized instruction programs on academic achievement and selected school related attitudes of elementary school children was studied. It was hypothesized that students in individualized programs would have significantly higher achievement scores, more positive attitudes toward school and self, greater self-direction, and…

This inventory was designed to assess the general problem solving ability of disadvantaged elementary school children from various ethnic backgrounds and grade levels. Twelve tasks are included in the inventory: sensing the problem, identifying the problem, asking questions, guessing causes, clarification of goals, judging if more information is…

The purpose of this paper is to describe a system of individually guided motivation which is directly tied to a total system of individually guided education. In the system of motivation, the child's entering characteristics are assessed, motivational objectives in the form of desired behaviors are set for each child, a program designed to…

The Beery Test of Visual Motor Integration was utilized in a reliability study with elementary school children. The results indicate sufficient scorer reliability and stability over time to merit its use with young children. (Author)

There is a great variety of evidence about human learning which should be considered when forming a policy about any learning situation. The learner himself, the subject he studies, the institution, teaching methods, and studying techniques are all variables of learning; also, each variable can be viewed from several perspectives: behaviorist,…

Based on previous studies with college students, this study investigated the hierarchy and creativity of responses in young children. According to the theory of hierarchies, the uncreative person initially produces stereotyped responses and soon runs out of alternatives, while the creative person initially has common ideas but subsequent ideas are…

This paper defines secondary ignorance as "not knowing that one does not know" and goes on to discuss the prevalence of secondary ignorance among school children. It describes a study in which a group of elementary school children were asked to find solutions to problematic situations and to indicate on a five-point scale how certain they were…

The Environmental Concern Inventory, three evaluative instruments for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12, is a problem solving quiz designed to help the teacher discover those types of problems or environmental concerns not clear to students. On the K-4 inventory, respondents need only place a check in the box that contains the picture which illustrates…

Fifth grade students learned to make woodcuts from techniques taught to them by professional woodcut artists. (Author/RK)

Author described a project, knitting on wooden discs, that may be successfully used with younger children, including those handicapped in some manner. (Author/RK)

Investigated preschool and third grade children's metamnemonic knowledge that in order to serve as an efficient retrieval cue of the location of a hidden object, an external marker sign must differentiate it from other locations. (JMB)

Using the multitrait-multimethod matrix design, this study investigated the convergent and discriminant validity of three selected measures of aggression in second, third, and fourth grade children based on three methods of data collection: teacher ratings, peer ratings, and self report. (BD)