Describes the modified sentence outline (MSO) format for report writing, using the actual outline form to serve as example. (HTH)

A case report of a 13-year-old with suspected learning disabilities given to 182 undergraduate and graduate students revealed a need for training in report reading and interpretation. The subject of the report was actually a poodle. (CL)

Proposes criteria for evaluating research reviews. (FL)

Post hoc multiple comparison procedures useful in assessing differences in population variability are formulated for three nonparametric alternatives to the parametric Bartlett test. The three nonparametric tests are the generalized Puri K-sample extensions of the Siegel-Tukey, mood, and Klotz tests. (Author/CTM)

These three articles describe ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers); ISSNs (International Standard Serial Numbers); and SANs (Standard Address Numbers), for organizations served by the book industry; and explains how to apply to obtain the appropriate numbers. (LRW)

This study collected self-report drug use information from 70 adult "club rave" attendees. Eighty-six percent of the respondents reported lifetime ecstasy use, 51 percent reported 30-day use, and 30 percent reported using ecstasy within the two days preceding the interview. Findings suggest that rave attendees may be an important…

Includes four articles: one lists publishers' toll-free telephone numbers and Web sites; and the others explain how to obtain an ISBN (International Standard Book Number), an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), and an SAN (Standard Address Number) for organizations involved in the book industry. (LRW)

Studied problems in reporting the use of predictive and descriptive discriminant analyses through an examination of 20 such analyses published from 1998 to 2000. Findings show that results were often very mixed and study purposes were typically not very explicit. (SLD)

Discusses issues related to school district implementation of June 2001 Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement 34 designed to change how schools report fixed assets. Includes planning for GASB implementation, conducting fixed-asset inventories, and making time for GASB reporting. (PKP)

Explores the concept of "voice," traces the historical approach to voice, and considers how to include everybody's voice in the framing of reviews. Also considers the intersection of voice and identity and representation. (SLD)

Provides a sample of seven published studies in different disciplines that inappropriately generalized reliability coefficients involving several raters to scores generated by a single rater. Score reliability when only one rater is used for scoring is lower than the score reliability for which two raters are used. (SLD)

Presents the 2001 annual reports of the Eastern Psychological Association, Midwestern Psychological Association, New England Psychological Association, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Southeastern Psychological Association, Western Psychological Association, Southwestern Psychological Association, Psychological Association, and Southern…

While multiple factors contribute to student success in primary and secondary school, student access to qualified, competent and motivated teachers is critical. Preparing a highly qualified teaching workforce is a major national challenge, but the nation is making significant strides. The 2001 amendments to the "Elementary and Secondary…

It is crucial that foreign language teachers know well what kinds of grammar teaching strategies best aid learning in the classroom in order to adjust their teaching toward a practical and successful approach. Much of the debate about how to help EFL learners achieve grammatical proficiency centers on the implicit versus explicit, or deductive…