This annotated list of materials is intended for use by teaching teams in a bilingual multicultural urban preschool program. The works listed are those currently present in the resource center of the !ALERTA! Bilingual/Multicultural Preschool Curriculum Development Project. The bibliography is divided into four sections: (1) African-American…

The purposes of this study were to determine if single language instruction was more efficacious than bilingual instruction in a science context and to investigate the transfer of learning science content and process skills from one language to another. Fifth-grade children from four schools in New Mexico who had had bilingual education for at…

This report summarizes the final results of project activities to define a discipline-based information system program for the language sciences. The Center for Applied Linguistic's successful efforts to consolidate the relatively large and heterogeneous professional community are described in part one, Cooperation in the Language Sciences. Part…

The main sections of the text treat philosophy, religion, visual arts, performing arts, and language and literature, using the following pattern for each of these five area: (1) trends, (2) accessing information, and (3) principal information sources. Background information about the history and development of the field is presented in each…

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the foreign-born population increased faster than the native population during the 1970s. Of the current total population (approximately 217 million) almost 12 million, or 5.4 percent are foreign born. Changes in the ethnic make-up of the United States are examined. (RM)

Reports on a 1995 survey of Wisconsin academic libraries regarding collection development practices for languages and literature. Results suggest that faculty control selection; approval plans have not taken over from personal selection; and local demand is emphasized over presumed quality as suggested by review magazines. (LRW)

Discusses knowledge, organization, and the organization and representation of knowledge. Addresses the relevance of international auxiliary languages as problems of development and use of special sign systems. Argues that--for computer realization of intellectual processes by modeling, not imitation--the psychological mechanisms of human memory…

This unit was created as a result of a summer institute sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The Center's goal is to improve student learning of foreign languages in kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). To this end, the Center provides professional support for foreign language…

The National Conference of Bar Examiners commissioned American College Testing, Inc., to help them in the development and evaluation of a performance test for use in bar admissions decisions. Because it was recognized that candidate perceptions would provide valuable information, a candidate-perception questionnaire was developed to be…

Formerly published as an irregular feature of New Zealand Libraries, these three annual bibliographies (1980, 1981, 1982) list bibliographical work in progress, as well as enumerative and subject bibliographies published in New Zealand from July 1977 to June 1982. It is noted that bibliographical work in progress is compiled from an annual…

Written to assist vocational-technical educators in clarifying and harmonizing basic terminology at international meetings, this English/French glossary of commonly used terms in vocational and technical education covers sixty-three terms which have been divided into seven major categories. These categories include fundamental terms and terms…

CULTURAL RADIO PROGRAM DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS DESCRIBE THE CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN THEIR COUNTRIES, EXPLAINING THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORKS, THE LISTENING PATTERNS AND TASTES OF THEIR PEOPLE, AND THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED. THESE INCLUDE PROBLEMS OF MULTIPLE LANGUAGES,…

On-line retrieval system design is discussed in the two papers which make up Part Five of this report on Salton's Magical Automatic Retriever of Texts (SMART) project report. The first paper: "A Prototype On-Line Document Retrieval System" by D. Williamson and R. Williamson outlines a design for a SMART on-line document retrieval system…

Discusses the use of Internet-based resources in international technology transfer. Topics include hearing about technology via conferences and newsgroups, how the Internet accommodates various languages, advantages of electronic mail, cultural differences and computer-mediated communication, and successful strategies for using Internet search…