Demonstrates that the process of comparing each document in an automated system with all others during the classification procedure may be avoided by the use of an inverted file. (FM)

Summarizes the results of research conducted on the nature of work-related and personal problems afflicting employee assistance program users. Based on a sample of 14,000 cases, the project sought to identify problems that seem to cluster together and the demographic profile of employees experiencing the cluster. (Author/MLF)

Reports the results of analysis of revisions in 100 randomly selected sets of 12th-grade students' essay drafts. Findings revealed that there are patterns of revising strategies among the students and that these differences are associated with the quality of their writing. (HOD)

In the first of two articles, the author discusses purposes of and problems involved in diagnosing learning disabilities (LD). Sections focus on three topics: the relationship between LD diagnosis and other assessment activity, the objectives of diagnostic classification, and specific conceptual concerns regarding the LD label. (Author/SBH)

CUTOFF is a program to identify the most efficient classification prediction cutting score. It ranks the scores of a criterion and a comparison group and organizes them into cumulative frequency tables allowing for immediate display of an index of correct identifications associated with each score. (Author/JKS)

Outlined and described is Whittaker's five-kingdom system of classifying all living organisms. Advantages of this classification scheme are discussed. (CS)

Presents an overview of a process that has been used at the University of Georgia to identify educational trends through a systematic analysis of selected professional journals. Describes the 10 steps in the process. (FL)

Discusses the type of fragmentation taking place in the curriculum, examines some of the forces causing it, and considers the educational effects. (Author/MLF)

Presents changes in the original comprehension taxonomy that make it more functional for teachers to use. Changes include regrouping and renaming the evaluation components. (FL)

Suggests ways that Adult Basic Education materials might be organized in libraries. Appendices provide categories for bookmobiles, sample major categories, and coping skills categories used in the Appalachian Adult Education Center's Library/ABE Project in Tennessee. (JD)

In response to Robin Kinross' review of "Designing Instructional Text," support is given for the use of new ways of presenting instructional text in a cost-effective manner. (RAO)

Investigated the development of classificatory organization. Two experiments examined age differences in children's spontaneous extensions of a classification and a third examined children's extensions under hypothesis-testing instructions. (JMB)

Describes the personal inverted filing system (PIFS) which features (1) storage accession numbers, (2) main entry bibliography cards, (3) retrieval by matrix or bibliography cards, and (4) classification by descriptors from existing thesauri. (CMV)

A sorting presentation procedure was used to study the effects of three classification schemes (self-generated, thematic, or taxonomic) on the organized free recall of second and fifth graders. (Author/SB)

This study attempted to determine whether a shift from complementary to similarity concepts occurred in preschool children prior to the shift from concrete-similarity to abstract-similarity concepts and had been observed among elementary school children. (Author/SB)