Differences in the effectiveness of a school-based prevention-with-intervention and a prevention-only program for aggressive children were examined. A total of 32 teacher-referred children, matched on externalizing behavior, age, and sex, were randomly assigned to either a treatment group which received both the prevention and intervention…

Two hypotheses were tested in this study: (1) that the elaborateness of children's descriptions would increase with grade level, and (2) that there would be a decrease in peripheral descriptions and an increase in central descriptions with grade level. A total of 211 kindergarten through eighth-grade students were instructed to describe an adult…

Students designed and painted a mural entitled, THE FAMILY OF MAN. They focused on people from all corners of the world and learned about the dignity of man while creating a work that now proudly hangs in their school cafeteria. (Author/RK)

The effectiveness of mental imagery instructions and picture presentation was evaluated in first and fourth grade children and in adults. Results indicated that the visual mnemonics reliably facilitated cued recall and recognition (but not free recall) in children but facilitated only free recall in adults. (Author/GO)

Presents two studies of elementary school children which suggest that: (1) white children do not conform differentially to black and white models, (2) black and white children do not differ in amount of conformity, (3) blacks conform more to white than to black models, and (4) girls conform more than boys among lower- but not middle-class…

Weaving number patterns is an exciting way to drill, and the final product is beautiful! (Editor)

A program involving college psychology majors in the diagnosis and remediation of specific learning disabilities of children in an East Harlem elementary school is described. (Author/RM)

Author found out what one magazine's young readers think about their education. (Editor/RK)

Studied the effect of the presence of an adult on the responses of a racially mixed group of elementary school children to curiosity-arousing objects. Results showed that the children exhibited more curiosity when they were left alone. A significant interaction was also found for age x sex x race. (MLH)

Monitored the processing activity in the storage and retrieval stages of the information processing sequence. Storage was evaluated by analyses of overt rehearsal; correct responding and order of recall provided data relevant to the retrieval phase. Subjects were third, fifth and seventh graders. (SDH)

Investigated the hypothesis that 10-year-old children will tend to perceive delayed outcomes as being of lower value than immediately expected ones, with the effect being stronger for negative outcomes. Good- and bad-tasting foods were used as stimuli. (SDH)

A description of a child centered media program in London, England. (HB)

This article describes how one instructor can teach swimming to as many as 350 students with the aid of about 12 inexperienced volunteers. (PB)