This analysis, a review of literature and experience on performance-based education, is divided into nine chapters: chapter one, "The Short Form: Best-Guess Working Hypotheses for Competency-Based Education" (a summary of the frame of reference for this study and the recommendations for performance-based education which resulted from the effort);…

Conservation education, outdoor education, and environmental education all have as a common goal the understanding and appreciation of the natural world. Outdoor education is a method of teaching wherein established disciplines, topics, and concepts which can best be taught outdoors are taught outdoors. Conservation education is the study of man's…

As theorists and practitioners in the fields of communications, computers, bibliography, and photography work more closely to provide services and products to users, the need to assure precision of communications among them and to the public they serve becomes imperative. This compilation gleaned from various sources, is an effort to improve these…

Compiled in this glossary are 275 terms related to air pollution and meteorology. Definitions are designed to be understandable by the non-scientist yet sufficiently technical to satisfy professional requirements. Many terms are extracted from the "Glossary of Meteorology" published by the American Meteorological Society. (BL)

An examination of the concept "environment" leads to a number of questions that must be answered to reduce ambiguity of any particular use of the term: "What entity in the Universe is being used as the referent for 'environment'?""What is the purpose of considering that entity's environment?""What parts of the Universe external to the entity used…

Introducing the concept of phenomenology (concern with consciousness, objects of consciousness, possibilities, and a return to "things") supported by ethnomethodology as a viable approach to rural sociology, this paper presents: (1) a brief review of selected articles discussing the conceptualization of "rural"; (2) certain…

Designed for the exclusive purpose of accompanying the Project EDNEED (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data) classification document, this volume comprises the third of a five-volume final report. It provides uniform definitions for vocational education terms found in the EDNEED classification document, and aids in…

This publication is intended to assist the leaders of collegial teams and to provide a plan for a school district program coordinator to use in establishing a number of collegial teams within a district. Part 1 presents a thorough definition of a collegial team and describes what such a team does. Also provided in this section is information on…

Testimony is presented in these congressional hearings by the nonfederally recognized Cowlitz and Grand River Band of Ottawa American Indian tribal and administrative representatives re: legislation introduced at the request of the two Indian groups following the Secretary of the Interior's withdrawal from Congress of distribution plans prepared…

Presenting information on the Indian Education Act (IEA), this brief pamphlet includes: (1) statistics documenting the educational problems afflicting the American Indian (e.g., an average educational level of 8.4 years for all Indians); (2) the unique educational needs of the Indian (e.g., rural isolation, urban assimilation, termination of…

Demonstrates that in research about prison sentencing different definitions and alternate techniques yield different results. Offers two conceptualizations of the sentencing decision and then applies either discriminate or multivariate analysis accordingly. Concludes that such definitions shape the research question, direct the focus of inquiry,…

In examining the concept "rural" and the rural sociologist's perspective towards the world, it is concluded that the concept "rural" is poorly understood for the purpose of "normal science," and that the world should be viewed as an ongoing process rather than stable fact. (KR)

A new partnership in independent education is developing, i.e., shared participation in shaping and making substantive decisions. Describes this trend in detail along with a definition of leadership, centralized and decentralized approaches to leadership, and four styles of governance basic to independent school leadership. (Author/RK)

Outlines briefly the historical development of the field of learning disabilities, describes its present status with a discussion of some of the major issues and controversies, and indicates some emerging trends and future directions. (Author/RK)