This publication contains 22 refereed research papers, 4 refereed action research and classroom application papers, and 3 research training papers from a national conference on promoting excellence in research and teaching for business. The research papers are "Analysis of Executives' Written Documents" (Jennings, Vice); "Assessment…

Draws transcription teaching principles from Gagne's theories about learning. Recommends 12-16 weeks of instruction, pre-transcription development of related skills, frequent feedback, and use of teaching materials that are arranged to take advantage of learning cycles. (SK)

This article differentiates between sustained productive learning and short term enthusiasm in learning. (BB)

"In Part I of a two-part series, polysensory learning is defined in the context of a multi-media instructional system. (Editor)

A study was undertaken to determine the Piagetian stages of intellectual development of a group of Saskatchewan high school students. Results confirmed that the percentage of students at the final substage of formal thought was less than 50 percent, indicating serious problems. (JC)

The ideal instructor must be totally conscious of the training process, step by step. He is at the third stage of the four-stage learning process, conscious competency. The four stages are unconscious incompetency, conscious incompetency, conscious competency, and unconscious competency. (AG)

A discussion of how learning hierarchies were constructed by high and low ability students as they learned matrix algebra. (Author)

This study is aimed at trying to discover the isolable characteristics of intelligence, of the kind of mental processes which result from it, and of the relationship between intelligence and the formation of concepts. (Author)

The behaviorist believes he can teach by pasting things on the outside; the humanistic psychologist believes that he must look for what is already inside and help it emerge. This humanistic essay criticizes teaching too early those things a child will learn when ready. (Author/JB)

The National Assessment tells us that many Americans are duds in the marketplace simply because they don't know the basics of its mathematics. (Editor)

Research was done to investigate the interfunctional relationships between a child's ability to order a set of objects and the development of language descriptives used to describe differing aspects of a group of objects which had been ordered. Results show that mean age of concrete operation acquisition is 7.1 years. (Author/JB)

Intelligence variables were found to be good predictors of recall performance at later stages of acquisition under delayed recall, while under immediate recall, memory variables predicted recall performance best at early stages of acquisition. (Authors)

Discusses the differences between students who learn to work with their heads as contrasted with those who work with their hands. Suggests structural changes designed to close that separation. (RK)

Article presents suggestions for improving pupils' skill at problem solving, thereby opening levels of learning for all children. (Author/RK)