A Monte Carlo investigation of Markov chain matrices was conducted to create empirical distributions for two statistics created from the transition matrices. Curve fitting techniques developed by Karl Pearson were used to deduce if theoretical equations could be fit to the two sets of distributions. The set of distributions which describe the…

This compilation of government publications related to the development of the Copyright Law of 1976 includes Copyright Office Studies, legislative reports from both houses of Congress, legislative hearings, and public laws. Preliminary studies, which were begun in 1955 as the first step in the revision of the U.S. Copyright Law, are listed in the…

This report from the Freedom of Information Center outlines the kinds of reports that are available from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including operating, radiological, environmental, licensee events, technical data, inspections, financial statements of facilities, and other licensee reports; and the kinds of information they contain.…

Presents the edited remarks of the speakers at the 1979 Annual AFL-CIO Education Conference. The sessions and workshops were focused on the question of how to educate on the important issues facing the labor movement. Speakers addressed such topics as the role of educators in organizing training, the organization of training programs, responses to…

This document constitutes the narrative portion of the Annual Progress Report of the Center for Research in Human Learning for the period 15 June 1967 to 15 June 1968. It was submitted to the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota as an…

This is the first volume of the proceedings of the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM) Geometry Conference, held at Santa Barbara in June, 1967. The purpose of the conference was to consider the status of geometry in colleges at the undergraduate level. The conference, attended by undergraduate mathematics teachers,…

Report is made of activities of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) for the year 1977. Included in the documentation are: (1) a report of WCOTP activities presented on behalf of the Executive Committee; (2) resolutions of the 26th Assembly of Delegates relating to the theme "Compulsory Education: Social…

Daily summaries, official tally of votes, resolutions, and constitutional amendments adopted at the 62nd annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers, ALF-CIO, Washington, D.C., August 21-24, 1978, are presented. (JD)

The author suggests that the special education teacher plays an important role in the life of a dying child, and considers the teacher's need for support in the mourning/grief process. (CL)

A symposium on the Canadian book was intended to provide the delegates to the annual conference of the Canadian Library Association with a survey of current developments in Canadian authorship, book production and distribution, and to expore the relationship which library activities bore to these. This document contains some of the speeches and…

The papers that comprise this document were delivered at the 1973 conference "The Development of Human Values through Sports." It is stated in the introduction that the participants are of the belief that values can be developed through sport, but such development is not automatic. The book reports on some of the available research on values in…

This annual report of the California-based Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing, prepared for its second year of operation, covers (a) committee membership; (b) the committee structure; (c) licensing requirements, accomplishments, and plans; (d) membership on the examination advisory panel; (e) approved programs; (f) description,…

A two-day Health Manpower Planning Conference was held at State College, Pennsylvania, in 1971. The speakers represented a variety of organizations with responsibility for aspects of manpower planning and others not normally involved in planning. Program content was structured in such a way as to broaden the context within which manpower issues…

The papers presented at the conference fall into three main categories: 1) outlines for critical research into mass communication, 2) international perspectives in broadcasting, and 3) the functions and goals of mass communication, together with problems of democratic control over broadcasting. All papers have been translated into English, as have…

Job description and certification are the two areas which must be clarified to assure proper employment for library technical assistants (LTA) which is the purpose of the Council on Library Technology (COLT) regional workshops. (This is the second of four.) Discussion on the first day of this two-day conference was devoted to job description and…