Paper presented in Ottawa, Ontario, October 13, 1972. (DS)

A description of the methodology used in the teaching of the course described in this article has been submitted in the Ninth Annual Kazanjian Foundation Awards Program for the Teaching of Economics which is administered through the Joint Council on Economic Education. (Editor)

In most seminars, the teacher's lack of personal involvement and active interest in the subject along with uninspired direction result in an underinvolvement of the student and a waste of time and resources. (IR)

Areas of controversy covered center around the nature of the disorder, the effects of drugs, and methodological problems. Alternative approaches offered focus on evaluation and remedial techniques. (DLS)

Special emphasis is given to the kinds of control that can be exercised over initial status, including the use of proxy input data. A rationale for the classification scheme is developed, based on (1) three one-shot, one cross-sectional, and two longitudinal data types and (2) two types of referencing: criterion referencing and norm referencing.…

This paper explores the fault-tree analysis approach to isolating failure modes within a system. Fault tree investigates potentially undesirable events and then looks for failures in sequence that would lead to their occurring. Relationships among these events are symbolized by AND or OR logic gates, AND used when single events must coexist to…

Reviews assessment research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. Assessment methods covered include structured interviews, questionnaires, and psychophysiological evaluation. Although initial attempts to evaluate traumatized children were either unstructured or based on incomplete screening for PTSD symptoms, recent…

Presented in this book for prospective and practicing foreign language teachers is an historical review of language teaching and teaching techniques--some new, some traditional. Presentation and method in relation to scholastic level and pupil interest are discussed, as well as language teaching in the elementary school, the use of audio-visual…

Bullying is a common and damaging form of violence among children. New Jersey state law defines "harassment, intimidation or bullying" as any gesture or written, verbal or physical act that is reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived distinguishing characteristic and has the effect of causing harm to a student…

Statistical regularities in language have been examined for new insight to the language acquisition process. This line of study has aided theory advancement, but it also has raised methodological concerns about the applicability of corpora data to child populations. One issue is whether it is appropriate to extend the regularities observed in the…