This cross-sectional and longitudinal study investigated the development of human figure drawing in 42 children aged two to four years and eleven months. Drawings were categorized as scribbles, distinct forms, tadpoles, transitional, or conventional figures. Results suggest that young children draw the human figure in a tadpole form before they…

Examines some of the research and development implications of classroom computer use for educational psychology. Considers the implications of further developments in tutorial uses, reading instruction, and facilitation of thinking. (RKM)

Reports on two studies concerned with computer usage in the context of collaborative groups. Looks at the computer's capacity to stimulate active collaboration and discussion among children. Studies were made of a group of eight-year-olds and eleven-year-olds. Reports that groups in which partners were chosen had fewer problems than groups which…

Reports on a research study which investigated the nature of preschool children's choices concerning computer-based learning activities. Notes that the results failed to show evidence of calculated goal setting or progression from easier to more difficult learning tasks. Discusses implications for software development. (RKM)

Describes two studies researching whether computer use led to changes in student's problem-solving skills; "a help facility" assisted with students' acquisition of strategy to solve problems; and an "intrinsic orientation" of pupils influenced their behavior on computer problem-solving task. Results showed intrinsic orientation, gender, and access…

Reports on an experiment which used computer games to increase the efficiency of information processing and concentration skills among learning disabled (LD) children. Results showed that computer games presented within the framework of self-verbalization procedures and peer-interaction facilitated the information processing of LD children.…

Reports on a study which investigated the possibility of improving five-year-olds' critical thinking skills in reading and mathematics by using computers. Results indicate improvement in the reading area but not in the mathematics area. (RKM)

Considers the possibilities and implications of integrating psychoeducational methods and processes with the interactive transfer of information on a worldwide basis. Identifies various components and characteristics of this integration and presents some broad models of how it might work. Emphasizes the importance of educational psychology to this…

Identifies problems with the Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI) as a survey instrument for use with non-Western students. A study using ASI attempted to examine the effects of secondary educational experiences on Fiji college students' study habits. Responses suggested the students were influenced by an acquiescent response bias. (MJP)

Reveals significant correlation between older Maltese students and high test scores on their examinations to enter junior high. Older students are those born in the early months of the year. Study found little difference in scores between genders, although girls were more likely to pass the examination than boys. (MJP)

Maintains that a significant positive relationship exists between perceived teacher support, interest, and encouragement and adolescents' self-concept in Africa. Utilized the Self-Description Inventory (SDI) to reveal that specific dimensions of adolescents' self-concepts were positively affected by specific teacher behaviors. (MJP)

Argues that the conventional Delphi procedure offers decision makers a user-friendly, rigorous, and systematic strategy for collecting and disseminating critical information. Reviews literature related to the Delphi procedure, provides a rationale for its use, describes its distinctive features, reviews points of contention, and provides an…

Reports the findings of two experiments conducted with South African senior high school students to examine the relationships of metacognitive strategies and nonverbal reasoning ability to test performance in mathematics and English comprehension. Suggests that teaching metacognitive strategies to students who lack such skills may improve their…

Provides a different perspective on the recent controversy over the competing emphases to beginning reading, known as Whole Language and phonics, by examining the history of disputes about reading education. Helps illuminate the current debate by indicating which issues are novel and which continue unresolved from the past. (DSK)

Assesses effects of different gender pairings, of the tutor's sex, and of the choice of tutor on reading tutoring outcomes. Finds little evidence that any pairing was more successful than others or that the tutor's sex had significant effects on the tutoring outcome; finds possible effects for tutor choice. (DSK)