This study concludes that student ratings may be a questionable method of evaluating teacher effectiveness, but the rating instrument could be defended on the basis of its high predictive efficiency. (Author)

Following nutritional recovery from severe protein-calorie deficiency, 20 young children evidenced a retarded level of categorization behavior compared to a control group of 19 adequately nourished children from similar socioeconomic background. (NH)

The question of whether or not extroversion and introversion in prospective teachers are related to psychological adjustment is discussed. (CK)

Identifies the languages and language groups in the Nilo-Saharan family (Songhai, Saharan, Mabau, Fur, Coman, and Chari-Nile). (DS)

The Index to Dental Literature" is evaluated in terms of its classification system, its standardization of nomenclature, its use of cross references and its effectiveness in machine-searching for information. (Author)

Sources of objectives in curriculum, descriptions, uses, and kinds of behavioral objectives are reviewed. Unique resolutions in each field of instruction are necessary with both cognitive and affective behaviors included in the design of a behavioral system in curriculum. (VW)

A taxonomy and a list of 108 verbs and their synonyms were compiled as first steps in developing a common language for describing the content of business and office education. By synthesizing the initial data, 57 principal verbs and their 162 synonyms proved adequate for describing 4,548 office tasks. Educational implications will be discussed in…

Any attempt today to recatalog a collection must take advantage of every tool which can simplify the task. This article represents such a venture in the application of the Library of Congress Class A schedule to the classifying, as well as cataloging, of phonorecords. (Author/NH)

Advocates the teaching of etymology and increased emphasis on vocabulary instruction by English teachers. (RD)

The problem considered is the discrepency between official classification of death as suicide, natural, or accidental and the classification of the research staff of a suicide prevention of facts by agency personnel. (DB)