Contents

Abstracts

The Journal

From the Editors

Theory and Research Papers

The Effects of the Observation of Dynamic and Static Assessment on Teachers’ Perceptions of Learners with Low Academic Results

Louis Benjamin and Lilian Lomofsky

Communities of Learners and Thinkers: The Effects of Fostering Writing Competence in a Metacognitive Environment

Miriam Alfassi

Preschool Cognitive Education: Why, How, With What Effects?

Jean-Louis Paour and Sylvie Cèbe

Cognitive Education Around the World

Emergents and Rational Behaviorism (Reprint)

Duane M. Rumbaugh

What's New in Cognitive Education?

Abstracts of Theses and Dissertations

The Analogical Reasoning Learning Test: Theoretical and Empirical Foundation of a Diagnostic Tool for Individuals with Moderate Mental Retardation

Christine Hessels-Schlatter

The Effects of Intervention in Seriation from the “Bright Start” Program on the Development of Seriational-Mathematical Thinking of Israeli Kindergarteners of Ethiopian and Russian Origin

Riva Mandel

Testing the Validity of a Meta-reading Model

Ariel Gross

News Briefs from the John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development

Braille Reading and Brain Function

Mood and Brain Activity

David Salisbury

Instructions for Authors