DOCUMENT RESUME El) 355 806 FL 021 071 TITLE The Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 1992. INSTITUTION Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, Inc. REPORT NO ISSN-0273-2459 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 302p.; For the 1990 and 1991 journals, see ED 347 789 and ED 345 584. AVAILABLE FROMSALT Journal, Accelerated Learning Systems, 3028 Emerson Ave., So., Minneapolis, MN 55408 ($30 annual subscription). PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching; v17 n1-4 Spr-Win 1992 EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Academic Achievement; *Acceleration (Education); Achievement Gains; *Anxiety; *Brain Hemisphere Functions; *Counseling Techniques; Creativity; Educational History; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Intelligence; Learning Disabilities; Mathematics Instruction; Memory; Neurological Organization; Reading Instruction; Relaxation Training; Science Education; Speed Reading; Student Interests; *Suggestopedia; Test Anxiety; Writing Instruction ABSTRACT This docment consists of the two issues (1/2 and 3/4) of the Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching published during 1992. Articles in these issues include: "Hemispheric Preference, Intelligence and Creative Interests" (John W. Zimmer, David Guip, Dean L. Meinke, Dennis J. Hocevar); "Reading Test Anxiety with the Swish" (Harry E. Stanton); "The Evolution of Accelerative Learning from Lozanov to the Present" (Uschi Felix); "Relaxation Training Effects on Anxiety and Academic Performance' (Pedro R. Portes, Susan M. Best, Daya Sandhu, Tito Cuentas); "Improving Science Education: An Integrative Approach" (Joseph Jesunathadas); "Reading and Learning Disabled Students Improve Reading and Math through Videced Analytical Training" (Jan Erland); "Suggestopedia's Evolution in the West and in the East" (Galina Kitaigorodskaya); "Description of Five Counseling Cases with Lozanov's Memory Technique (Johnny M. Young, Daya S. Sandhu); "Using the Right Brain To Teach Writing" (Richard Jewell); and "Speed Reading Improves SALT Achievement Much More" (Hideo Seki). 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Stanton 25 The Evolution of Accelerative Learning from Lozanov to the Present.Uschi Felix 43 Relaxation Training Effects on Anxiety and Academic Performance.Pedro R. Portes, Susan M. Best, Daya Sandhu and Tito Cuentas 117 Improving Science Education: An Integrative Approach. Joseph Jesunathadas 149 4 Pedro R. Portes, Ph.D. Renate Nummela-Caine, Ph.D. University of Louisville California State University Editor Associate Editor Don Schuster, Ph.D. Accelerated Learning Systems Iowa State University Minneapolis, Minnesota Production Circulation EditorialBoard W. Jane Bancroft, Ph.D Gabriel Rac le, Ph.D. Scarborough College 1554 Rolland Av Univ of Toronto Ottawa, Ont K1G 0J4 West Hill, Ont M1C 1A4 Jo Ann F. Bass, Ed.D. Shirley Johnson, Ph.D. Arkansas State University University of Louisville State University, AR 72467 Louisville, KY 40292 Win Wenger, Ph.D. John Senatore, Ed.D. 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Portes Journal Editor The Journal of the Societyfor Accelerated Learning and Teaching, aninternational and multi-disciplinarypublication,publishesori- ginal articles that advancetheory and educa- tionalpracticesinlearning,instruction and development.Appropriate papers include (1) those that advancesuggestopedia, socio- cultural and brain-basedtheoretical models of cognitive development,(2) summaries of programmatic research,(3)applications and empiricalevaluationsofinstructionalme- thods that advance development,and(4) provocative findings and analyseswhich bear on establishedpsychological paradigms. The journal also welcomes incisivebook reviews and in-depth critical analysesof recognized existing theory that centers onthe socio- historical and biological aspectsof human development. J. of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, Spring, 1992, 17(1) Hemispheric Preference, Intelligence and CreativeInterests John W. Zimmer, David Guip, Dean L. Meinke Center for Applied Cognitive Science The University of Toledo and Dennis J. Hocevar University of Southern California Abstract.In a study assessing students applyingfor a program for theartistically gifted and talented, the Style of Learning and Thinking (SOLAT), the Group Inventory for Finding Interests (GIFFI) and the Otis-Lennon Intelligence Test (0-L) were administered to explorerelationshipsamonghemispheric preference,creativeinterestsandintelli- gence. Additionally, the study examined a modifiedscoringstrategyforthe SOLAT which evaluated anexplicit preferencefor hemispheric functioning. Results obtained indicatedsignificantcorrelationsbetween right hemispheric preference and GIFFI rating. Integratedfunctioning(theexplicitpre- 5 ferencescore) was significantlycorrelated with GIFFI scores, while O-L and SOLAT subscore (Left,Right, and Integrated) corre- lations were onlysignificantforintegrated functioning. Results were discussed in terms of the dangers of directly transferring con- cepts and procedures establishedfor one disciplinetoanother,especially given the variableandsomewhatcounter-intuitive findings obtained. Introduction. The searchfortechniques andstrategiestoidentifycreativeindi- viduals has been one of the most frustrating in psychology and measurement. Conflicting definitions