Scales were developed to measure dimensions of belief about mathematics and mathematics instruction. (MM)

Authors outline specific steps to measure the degree of improvement in nursing care after staff nurses with teaching ability are given a course in using new medical techniques which they then teach to others. Means of follow-up and evaluation tools are described. (PD)

Learning of games related to the mathematical Klein group is studied with adolescent girls. (MM)

Stimulus conditions were found to interact with conservation level and relation type. (MM)

A review of 25 years of Piagetian research in intellectual growth as it pertains to the learning and understanding of mathematics and implications for teaching. (MM)

Based on the premise that the quality of care in an institution is directly related to the quality of its education program, the authors describe the in-house Ohio State Regional Medical Program. (Author/LF)

The author describes an educational program that not only accounts for past endeavors but also helps plan for future programs. (Author/LF)

The author stresses that both the employee and organization have the opportunity to provide a catalyst to continuing growth which will directly result in patient and nursing employee satisfaction. (Author/LF)

A study of conservation of length concepts covering the symmetric, asymmetric, reflexive, nonreflexive, and transitive relations. Their order of development was traced during the course of a 15-lesson sequence of related instruction. (MM)

Reports a study comparing Illinois high school band and choral directors' grading systems with systems proposed by principals. Concludes that principals placed more value on cognitive criteria and performance technique but less on concert attendance and behavior than did directors. Suggests that music educators develop course and grading systems…

Discusses a survey of the music education interests of adults who attended musical events in Austin, Texas. Reports that the piano was the instrument most frequently chosen for private study, choral groups were the preferred performance organizations, and music history and aural analysis were favorite academic study areas. Examines influences upon…

Discusses a study of the ability of 11 variables to predict performance, achievement, teacher evaluation, and retention of fifth grade beginning instrumentalists. Reports that scholastic ability and academic achievement tests were leading predictors of performance achievement. Concludes that socioeconomic status and self-concept played prominent…

Describes a study that sought to identify music skills and understandings that early childhood and elementary school classroom teachers perceived as useful. Reports that teachers favored those aspects that enabled them to present music as a supplement to other areas of study or as recreational or transitional activities. (SG)

Discusses a study of prelinguistic "referential" communication routines and their effects on infants' mastery of protoreferential communication. Reports that observations were made of interactions between infants and mothers. Concludes that infants' communicative skill development depends partly on how adults organize interactions to promote the…