| Sumario: | The article evaluates the efficacy of education in improving the intellectual functioning of the individual with emphasis on solving life problems, utilizing analytic thinking, self-direction, and creativity. Instruction is often geared to covering a certain amount of specific content with at least part of the class. Since there are individual differences among children in their rates of learning, the basic curricular sequence should be organized without reference to grade levels. However, the main problem in formulating a curricular theory is to determine what psychological operations should be included in it, and in what sequential order.
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