Investigates the abilities of 36 fifth graders and 30 ninth graders who were selected from 11 schools in Thailand to solve problems involving seven of Piaget's logical operations. These operations are classification, seriation, logical multiplication, compensation, proportional thinking, probability, and correlational thinking. (HM)

An iterative procedure for adjusting examination marks from papers of varying standards is given. The convergence of the procedure is demonstrated and attention is drawn to an underlying linear model. (MP)

Some contemporary school individualized learning systems in mathematics are discussed and analyzed with advantages and disadvantages listed to assist in designing curriculum materials. (MP)

Various classroom uses of simulation of random phenomena with a table of random digits are described. Examples are given to illustrate the mathematics of simulation. (MP)

Results of an investigation of numeracy skills of first-year London Transport craft apprentices are reported. (MP)

A study of affective development in the adult, nonresidential students of Empire State College, the college-without-walls, indicates that students experienced significant overall development during the testing period, unlike students in traditional settings. Differentiations in the results on the basis of such factors as age and sex are noted.…

A study to determine the effectiveness of the personalized system of instruction format used in the introductory economics course at Empire State College is reported. Also addressed are the ability of adult students in the personalized system to learn as much as students in conventional settings, and the explaining and predicting of adult…

The academic performance of Southern Illinois University students in courses taken on campus was compared with the performance of different students in the same courses, taught off campus by the same instructors in a study that addresses the quality of off campus degree programs. Grades are used as the measure of academic performance. (Author/JMD)

Literature and rationales regarding the need for parent education curricula in colleges are reviewed and a survey to determine interest on the part of parents and future parents is reported. Over two-fifths of the survey participants, high school and college students, and parents in the New York area, showed serious interest in credit courses.…

The renewed interest in general education in colleges is addressed in this discussion that also considers the problems associated with core curriculums and distribution requirements. A team teaching structure with an interdisciplinary orientation that also considers the needs of different student populations is proposed. (Author/JMD)

Adult learners are a lucrative market but little has been said about the adverse impact of higher education on the lifelong learner. Misrepresenting education's benefits, making continuing professional education obligatory, and co-opting learning are areas in which adult learning may be adversely affected. (Author/JMD)

Four suggested typologies from the literature for classifying program "types" provide a base for analyzing the problem of nomenclature in experiential education. A recommended typology of program types is presented, along with the positions supporting the types selected as well as those rejected. (Author/LBH)

Implications of the merger of field experience education and career education may be more significant for the workplace than for the campus, since it challenges the presupposition that education and work should be separated, and challenges the way drudge work is currently being done. It also poses new questions for the advocates of lifelong…

Experiential education has served as a setting for therapeutic intervention in treatment of a communications handicapped young adult. Ways are reported in which newly-learned communications skills were successfully applied in an off-campus setting and transferred to campus and home. (Author/LBH)

The merger of an innovative private college (New College of Sarasota) into a state institution is described. The instruction contract, innovative approach, and academic quality has been maintained, but the number of students in off-campus programs has declined. Reasons for the decline are discussed. (Author/LBH)