"Children's Choices," a project of a joint committee supported by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the Children's Book Council, is published annually in "The Reading Teacher." Books recommended by children are grouped by levels: Beginning Reader (ages 5-7); Young Readers (ages 8-10); and Advanced Readers (ages…

The use of quantitative predictive models has become increasingly important to urban and regional planners within the past decade. The increasing sophistication of urban and regional information systems and of hardware devices has helped to make possible the acceptance and application of models by planners. The sources contained in this…

H. G. Wells is not quite the household name that he deserves to be, even in the households of futurists. Visions of the future in his writing and his attempts to translate these visions into reality through his work for socialism and the League of Nations are discussed. (SR)

This bibliography was prepared for a series of courses offered by the Department of Man-Environment Studies at the University of Waterloo. It contains references both to forecasting techniques and to some of the issues likely to be important over the next few decades. Each reference has been put under a broad general category. An asterisk…

Drawn from articles, books, book chapters, and audio and visual materials, this bibliography contains nearly 900 items pertaining to George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four." The items are arranged in a topical format under the following headings: (1) biographical materials, (2) general comment and literary criticism, (3) science and…

The purpose of this paper is to review the development of the Delphi technique and to explore some examples of its application in educational research. The discussion of the technique's development is intended to help potential users of the method see more clearly its liabilities as well as its potential. The eight examples of the technique's use…

This document reviews what the literature has to say about predicting the future of education, about the role of human values in affecting that future, and about the role of educational technology in the future. A review of current trends in Ontario is also presented. The literature reviewed suggests that teachers can control the future to a…

Considers science fiction as a literary genre and as a predictor of technological advances, particularly in the information industry. An annotated bibliography is included of 11 science fiction titles and 1 nonfiction book that suggest possible information futures. (LRW)

This annotated bibliography lists and comments on 24 selected items from the literature related to the terms higher education, academic programs, students, grades, placement, and motivation. Databases available at Nova Southeastern University, Florida, and Internet sites were used for the review. Most of the literature relates to the predictive…

Included in the articles and documents in this annotated bibliography are definitions of futurism, discussions of the background and applications of futurism, and examinations of some futurist writings. Some articles and documents are based in the present and discuss relatively conventional approaches to determining what is to be done to meet the…

This bibliography presents a list of resources relating to the Delphi approach and its application in many different arenas. Books, papers, and journal articles in periodicals are included in the listing, which covers the years 1963-1996. (EH)

Because prediction plays such a vital role in reading comprehension, predictable books are essential in the teaching of beginning readers. Prediction involves a three-step cycle: sampling, predicting, and confirming. Steps in using predictable books with hearing-impaired students are outlined, and a list of predictable and repetitive books is…

This paper reviews recent literature regarding the impact of teacher expectations on student performance. The first section reviews recent literature with respect to teacher expectations in which teacher characteristics were viewed as the dependent variable in the interaction. The focus of the second section is to review recent literature where…

This bibliography contains selected references to worldwide publications dealing with suicide or attempted suicide in adolescents. It consists of references to journal articles, books, dissertations, conference papers, letters, and editorials. The citations were extracted through searches of the literature of various disciplines (medicine,…

An annotated bibliography of 60 technical reports and publications on research conducted by the Personnel Research Division of the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) is presented. Research covers the identification and measurement of individual aptitude, motivation, morale, attitude, and environment factors. Keyword and personal author…