A factor analytic technique was applied to the attentional data from a visual episode presented longitudinally at 6, 13, 25 and 44 months of age. Two factors were identified: an orienting factor, consisting of fixation, cardiac deceleration, and cessation of activity, and an affect factor, consisting of smiling, vocalizing, and cardiac…

This search of the ERIC system, Dissertation Abstracts, and the journal literature yielded 27 documents which review suggested techniques for use in school and at home to increase levels of motivation. (CJ)

This technical report presents detailed instructions for sampling particulates. The table of contents includes sections on Introduction, Volume Determinations, Apparatus - Assembly and Operation, Sampling Techniques, and Acknowledgment. Six charts, 24 graphs, and one diagram are appended to facilitate sampling, as well as sections on Isokinetic…

Two techniques for writing achievement test items to accompany instructional materials were contrasted: (1) generating items from statements of instructional objectives, and (2) generating items from rules for transforming instructional statements (adapted from Bormuth). Items of each type were written by two experienced item writers. Subjects…

The article presents a simple method for estimating the instructional time a handicapped or other student will require to complete an educational/training objective. (DLS)

Performance results show that novice dictators can learn in a few hours to dictate with the speed and quality with which they write. Dictators with years of experience are from 0 to 25 percent faster than novices. (Author/MP)

Discusses the foundations of artificial intelligence as a science and the types of answers that may be given to the question, "What is intelligence?" The paradigms of artificial intelligence and general systems theory are compared. (Author/VT)

Would you like to expand your selection of glazes easily and economically? By using imagination and combinations of pre-mixed glazes and toothbrush spattering, art teachers can discover new and exciting ranges of glaze decorations. Gives a dozen combinations for experimentation. (Author/RK)

Methods employed to obtain funding from managers for microform equipment in a small industrial research library included the consultation of library literature, the identification of in-house operations potentially affected, and the accurate determination of industry-wide and in-house familiarity with and receptiveness to microforms. Written…

Gedenken experimentation provides a theoretical basis for what the indexer does, lends itself to (1) various schemes for the education of indexers, (2) the provision of graphic aids to indexing, and (3) the evaluation of indexing performance. Traditional solutions to the indexing problem are also discussed and compared with the gedanken method.…

Organizing your time, your job responsibilities, and your activities allows more time for people and creativity. (ABM)

Maintains that oral history has the ability to fill in missing emotions and other affective components of labor history. Special attention is devoted to the labor history of Hawaii. (JDH)

Discusses the use of protocols, which are concise, written descriptions of preferred practice principles and procedures to be used by child welfare workers to ameliorate situations where mistakes or omissions may have serious consequences. Explains a procedure for development of protocols and presents an example. (NH)

Argues that the nuclear threat is fundamentally a textual problem, a problem created and perpetuated by argumentative and rhetorical practices. Maintains that argument critics need to formulate a politically powerful "nuclear criticism" in order to subvert and dismantle argument formations which might motivate nations to engage in…

Suggests optimum environmental conditions (temperature, humidity), microfilm reader specifications, and handling, cleaning, repairing, and storing procedures to prevent the early deterioration of microfilm. (MBR)