The author discusses an experimental revision of the Bristol Social Adjustment Guides, a classification of maladjusted behavior in the early 195o,s. (Author)

Delineates a case study of special education that provides a unique microcosm of the emergence of an educational subsystem with inherent and forceful bureaucratic controls that were present from its inception. (Author)

Identifies 14 types of context clues college graduate students use, but suggests that the classification scheme be used only to organize instruction, not to teach students to use such clues. Table and bibliography. (MD)

Although aimed at the school psychologists, this paper suggests the use of a variety of interventionists and implies a more active follow-through than has typically been taken by psychologists in the schools. (Author)

Presents the procedures, results, and implications of a study designed to (1) develop a reliable category system and method of encoding biology teacher behaviors and (2) use the developed category system and the method of encoding to obtain an objective description of the classroom behaviors of biology teachers. (LC)

Obtained a factor analysis of demographic and behavioral variables from self-ratings and observations of trained raters on a sample of 200 incarcerated delinquents, which resulted in eight identifiable factors. Results provide understanding of the relationships and disparities between self-ratings, the ratings of others, and demographic variables.…

Presents a factor analysis of personality, intellectual, demographic and behavioral variables obtained from 200 incarcerated delinquents. Results described five personality groupings: White and older adolescent offenders with good verbal skills, the older adolescent offender, the institutional disrupter, and the anxious, verbal offender rated as…

The author reviews the history of the category of educable mental retardation (EMR), asserts that students with this label are more like children with academic or behavioral difficulties than they are like their more retarded peers, and suggests an approach focusing on returning EMR students to the regular school curriculum. (CL)

When asked to identify "chairs" from a series of pictures and order them as best examples, adults used contextual clues about the objects' function in their judgments. However, contextual function clues caused children's judgment to change greatly. Results are discussed in relation to theories of concept formation in children. (MSE)

A list of subjects and sources of pictures for a classroom "picture bank" is suggested. Tips are given for the use and conservation of pictures, and a classification scheme and ideas for language and civilization instruction are included. (MSE)