The author answers general questions on the meaning and function of leisure counseling, as might be posed by students, professionals, and researchers. (MJB)

Attempts to delineate and define more clearly what is meant by "begin instructional design by stating your objectives" and suggests that a lack of discrimination among three major sets of objectives has led to trivial, over-exclusive, or unmanageably large sets of terminal behaviors. (Author)

Haiku is a Japanese poem that deals with nature and contains seventeen syllables divided among three lines in the pattern of 5-7-5. Senryu is also a disciplined Japanese poem which deals directly with people and ideas. In Haiku, the reader utilizes imagination; in senryu, the interpretation has been supplied. Here are some creative suggestions for…

This article is not an attempt to outline the training program for developing humanistic competencies nor is it intended to list those immeasurable words that have been used so much in the past such as caring, genuineness, loving and others, but merely to point out that there are models from which observable changes can take place. (Author/RK)

Defines technical writing and gives contrasting illustrations of different kinds of technical writing. (MB)

Widespread dissatisfaction with the present federal definition of learning disabilities suggests that the term should function as a conceptual rather than a categorical term. (DB)

The authors clarify factors affecting contemporary nursing research, including the need for definitions of nursing, practice, and institution. They predict future trends in nursing research. (CH)

The article presents the position of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders regarding replacing the term "seriously emotionally disturbed" with "behaviorally disordered." The rationale for such a change is outlined and concerns about it are answered. (CL)

Clarifies terms used in Bialystok and Ryan's article on the definition of metalinguistic skill (in this issue) and more explicitly delineates the purpose the proposed framework may serve in theory building. (Author/KS)

This paper begins by discussing the term "bibliography" in light of Rudolf Blum's exhaustively learned treatise, and continues with an original exposition on "documentation." Authors who contributed to the development of the meaning of "documentation" are cited. Sixty-nine references are included. (EJS)

The author replies to criticism of his Revolving Door Identification Model by citing his critics' methodological problems and their misunderstanding of his definition of giftedness. (CL)

Developmental disabilities are reviewed from the standpoint of definition, service systems, and interventions. Definitions from relevant laws outline population characteristics and required services. Intensive, comprehensive, coordinated ongoing delivery mechanisms are emphasized, including vocational, residential, and generic services. General…

Discusses problems with the term "mass communication." Contends that mass communication research must include the study of public communication in the sense of finding out what people do with media and what are the problems of diffusing information or public knowledge. (PD)

Few resources in music education are more traditional than the round. Describes numerous uses of rounds, in a variety of classes. (Editor)

Current research in primary school drama education provides a complex and challenging stage for playing out current theoretical debates in both education and within the specific field of drama. This paper discusses some of these controversies, in particular, the view that education has a modernist agenda, and the conflict this causes in what many…