Background: The preliminary phase of a project aimed at establishing appropriate outcome measures for intervention with children who have pragmatic language impairments (PLI) is reported. Assessment methods for children with PLI are considered in the context of developing outcome measures for intervention studies. Communicative function…

This paper attempts to bring into a clearer perspective the concept of assessment of learning in art by defining a theory of accountability that is compatible with public education, formulating the presuppositions that underlie a theory of art and of teaching, and examining the concepts of a behavioral methodology for assessment. (Author/RK)

Boolean analysis makes the Interpersonal Perception Method (IPM) readily adaptable to a wide variety of investigations. A general technique for the derivation of terms is demonstrated and a sample set of determinations for evaluation of marital therapy is derived. (Author)

This study investigates the population sensitivity of the commonly used linear equating methods in the Non-Equivalent-groups with an Anchor Test (NEAT) design: the Tucker, the Levine observed-score, and the chain linear methods. For a detailed analysis of the subject, we apply three distinctive approaches to a real data set from a NEAT design: a)…

Describes a workship designed to help counselors learn to use various major behavioral techniques within their own situation. (Author)

This article discusses the importance of a good take-off technique in the high jump. (JS)

This study was conducted in order to evaluate available linking techniques for forming large item pools and to make recommendations as to which techniques should be used under various circumstances. Variables of interest included calibration model and procedure, sample size, overlap level, and linking procedure. The calibration models considered…

This report of research findings describes a confidentiality-preserving data collection method called the Context-Determined, Rule-Generated, Pseudonym (CDRGP) technique, a specifically constructed set of questions based upon personal information known to the respondent (but to few others) which each respondent answers whenever data are gathered;…

PROBLEMS OF UNDERACHIEVEMENT WERE STUDIED. THE PROJECT WAS ENVISIONED IN 1963 WHEN THE GOVERNOR LEARNED THAT FEWER THAN 80 PERCENT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE STATE FROM 14 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE WERE IN SCHOOL. HE PROPOSED THAT AN EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL BE ESTABLISHED TO DISCOVER WHY IQ SCORES OFTEN SHOWED ABILITY NOT REFLECTED BY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.…

Included are papers (in French or English, with summaries in the other language) presented at a UNESCO-International Biological Programme symposium in 1967. The symposium provided an opportunity for the exchange of information on recent advances in soil ecology, with particular emphasis on soil productivity. Papers on broader theoretical aspects…

Three quantitative methods are outlined, with suggestions for application to particular problem areas of educational administration: (1) The Leontief input-output analysis, incorporating a "transaction table" for displaying relationships between economic outputs and inputs, mainly applicable to budget analysis and planning; (2) linear programing,…

In an attempt to eliminate sexist bias in the design and interpretation of research, an investigation of early sex differences is presented. Included are quotations from "The American Woman,""Time," March 20, 1972, "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black" Lorraine Hansberry, "Change and Continuity in Infancy," Jerome Kagan. Results show that male and…

The inconsistent and non-significant results in human early experience literature and suggestions of why results of early experience manipulations have not measured up to enthusiasm for this topic are summarized. Section headings are: the problem of subject selectivity; the problem of environmental specificity; the problem of stimulus specificity;…

The notion of the practical as a language for curriculum and the concept of curriculum as the study of educational experience are investigated and elaborated for their methodological implications. It is shown philosophically and by means of concrete illustrations that different forms of curriculum enquiry produce different forms of discourse and…

Using educational organizations as a case in point, it is argued that the concept of loose coupling incorporates a surprising number of disparate observations about organizations, suggests novel functions, creates stubborn problems for methodologists, and generates intriguing questions for scholars. (Author)