A second study of saccadic eye movement in 20 dyslexic and 20 normal children (mean age 8.2 years) in which preprograming and patterning of ocular motor differences between Ss is examined. (PHR)

Examined differences in attitudes toward people with disabilities among rehabilitation counselors, personnel at rehabilitation evaluation centers, and sheltered workshop personnel in Oklahoma. No significant differences were found, and education, amount of work experience with disabled persons, and presence of disability were not significantly…

Examines regional mobility and analyzes impact on local services. Regional relocation to the south and west has been occurring among the younger elderly since the 1960s and among the older elderly since the 1970s. Analysis indicates a lag in locating services in areas of expected demand. (Author/JAC)

Discusses three problems in the usual approach to teacher evaluation--the failure to illuminate the differences in evaluation practices at different educational levels, the limited usefulness of the typical evaluation form, and the propensity to view supervision and evaluation as one process. Suggestions for improvement are offered. (WD)

A correction by Bond (TM 504 914) of an error by Tucker, Damarin, and Messick is acknowledged. A formula for the correlation between initial true test scores and true difference scores is presented. Observed score considerations should be replaced by emphasis on true score considerations. (Author/CTM)

Offers a theoretical distinction between self-concept and self-esteem (the former as descriptive and the latter as valuative) and suggests the implications of such differentiation. (MP)

Finds that dental education varies considerably across Europe, with differing traditions of stomatology and odontology. The European Union's Dental Directives are often poorly followed by individual schools, and differences will likely intensify as Eastern/Central European countries join. The DentEd Thematic Network Project, which aims to promote…

Explored relationship between the extent of gun ownership and the strictness of gun control laws to suicide and homicide rates in the nine major geographic regions of the United States. Found gun ownership, rather than the strictness of gun control laws, was the strongest correlate of the rates of suicide and homicide by guns. (Author)

Muses over difference and denial, spotting villains, and gritty inner-city and suburban teenage realities as reflected in several current books, as well as in some by Kurt Vonnegut. (SR)

Contributes to scholarship of language, stereotypes, and oppression by examining Audre Lorde's speech entitled "Age, Race, Class, Sex: Women Redefining Difference," which focuses on distortions around the naming and the misnaming of human differences. Contends a focus upon relational practices across human differences is more fundamental…

American sociology is a chaotic discipline. There is disagreement on foundational issues that give disciplines coherence. For example, sociologist disagree on the appropriateness of a scientific orientation, the role of activism and ideology in inquiry, the best methodologies to employ, the primacy of micro- versus macro-levels of analysis, the…

Most psychologists and educators assume that intelligence is a linear construct, meaning that smart people simply have more intelligence than their less gifted peers. Likewise, individuals with mental retardation are thought to have less intelligence. In contrast to this widely accepted belief, the authors posed an alternative hypothesis--that…

The ACT National Curriculum Survey, conducted every 3 to 5 years, collects data about what entering college students should know and be able to do to be ready for college-level coursework. This report highlights findings of the ACT National Curriculum Survey 2009 that are particularly relevant to current education policy efforts. In this report,…

The purpose of this study was to gather more information about the influence of beginning higher education at a two-year college versus beginning at a four-year college on a student's educational achievement. The three outcomes of interest were: (1) whether a student remains continuously enrolled throughout college; (2) total number of college…

We investigated language variation and score variation in the testing of English language learners, native Spanish speakers. We gave students the same set of National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics items in both their first language and their second language. We examined the amount of score variation due to the main and interaction…