The extent to which identification as learning disabled is a function of the definition used and the extent to which different classifications would result from use of different definitions were examined in a study involving 51 students (6 to 12 years old) referred for psychological evaluation as a result of academic difficulties. The school…

This report presents the findings and conclusions from the first phase of a two-phase study of education and work councils (community organizations of business leaders, school officials, and representatives of other institutions, formed to ease the transition of youths from school to work). The report describes the education and work councils…

This monograph examines sociological perspectives and their applications. It is intended to help the college student coming to sociology for the first time to recognize that there are several perspectives within sociology and to disentangle the mass of terms associated with each. The first distinctive sociological perspective came from the work of…

The report analyzes the scope of child sexual abuse and reviews treatment approaches to the problem. A tentative definition of child sexual abuse is offered, and incidence figures are examined. Family dynamics surrounding incest are described, as are effects on children and families. Characteristics of successful treatment and prevention…

This essay assesses the principal literature published on the theory of information science during 1971-1976. This literature is compared to the article, "From Information Science to Informatics: A Terminological Investigation," by Hans Wellisch. What has been written since Wellisch wrote was found to be not equal in quality to this…

This glossary was compiled to provide reference material for participants at Hawaii's Second Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services and is especially useful to those individuals not familiar with the terminology of the library and information sciences. Entries consist of 194 names, acronyms, and other terms which are arranged in…

The questions that are central to the curriculum field--why certain things should be taught, who should get what knowledge, what rules should govern the teaching of school subjects, and how the components of the curriculum should be interrelated--indicate that curriculum development is not a neutral, technical activity. Curriculum development…

This paper defines technical writing as writing about subjects in the sciences in which the writer informs the reader through an objective presentation of facts. The emphasis in the definition is on three aspects of writing: the writer's subject; the writer's purpose; and the writer's attitude. A stanza from Shelley's "To a Skylark" and the entry…

In order to have more utility as constructs, international and intercultural communication must be redefined and interrelated. International communication is any symbolic interaction among people of different nation states. This definition rules out all communication which does not pass across national boundaries, but includes all social messages…

The capacity of the visually impaired to perform normal tasks is the basis of a new classification system proposed to supplant the current legal definition of blindness, now based on arbitrary numerical values used to measure visual acuity and angular field. A discussion of the current plight of the visually impaired focuses on the failure of the…

This paper describes two types of teacher educators, discusses "in" and "out"phrases of educational jargon, and concludes with six proposals. The author criticizes teachers who teach six months in a ghetto school and then write a book about the terrible teaching of their colleagues; and he criticizes teacher educators in large…

This report describes the concept of open education, analyzes the content of the literature, and describes the development and final revision of a list of the characteristics of open education. The first half of the report describes the selection of literature to be examined for insight into open education, presents a framework in which to analyze…

The seven levels of education, as classified numerically by International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), are defined along with courses, programs, and fields of education listed under each level. Also contained is an alphabetical subject index indicating appropriate code numbers. For related documents see TM003535 and TM003536. (RC)

This paper, in an attempt to develop a meaning for the term "competency" as it relates to education, begins with a brief review of the literature of competency. The authors then offer their definition: a competency is a rational performance which satisfactorily meets the objectives for a desired condition and can be categorized as (a) basic, or…

The glossary is one of twenty in various subject areas of vocational education designed to assist the student in vocabulary mastery for particular vocational education courses. They are part of the Vocational Reading Power Project, Title III, E.S.E.A. This glossary is for a course in advertising. It is divided into two parts: one provides the…