Discusses the importance and influence of Cadiz, a town in Southern Spain, on nineteenth century Spanish Romanticism. (DS)

Paper presented as first public lecture in comparative literature, University of Toronto. Second part of a longer essay, "The Quest for Imagination: Essays in Aesthetic Criticism," to be published by Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. First part appeared in "Modern Language Notes," v78 n5 p471-488 Dec 1963. (DS)

Describes an essay writing assignment that combines points from R. D. Kepes' futuristic point of view and V. E. Frankl's real life projections. (FL)

Examines Martin Buber's educational philosophy and his criticisms of the philosophies of Georg Kerschensteiner, John Dewey, Johann Pestalozzi, and John Ruskin, among others. (CK)

In this naturalistic study of essay marking, 15 university lecturers graded an examination paper and completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. A significant positive correlation was found between the marks given and the grader's lie score, indicating possible effects of staff-student interactions or social desirability on biases in grading.…

Critics of the two-year community college argue that working class and non-White students are overrepresented in two-year schools and underrepresented at elite public and private four-year schools. Available data do not support the claims of community college advocates that vocational education leads to economic security and social mobility.…

Problems in improving the reliability of essay marks are examined in this Australian study that considers the markings of 338 essays, each marked by one of 13 graders. It is concluded that improvement is needed but the changes necessary for the improvement are not feasible. (LC)

Test-retest correlations can lead to biased reliability estimates when there is instability of true scores and/or when measurement errors are correlated. Using three administrations of the Test of Standard Written English and essay ratings, an analysis is demonstrated which separates true score instability and correlated errors. (Author/BW)

The methodology and results of a study of 6th graders' writing and spelling abilities are described, in addition to the advantages and disadvantages of holistic and primary trait scoring procedures. An effective way of providing useable evaluation information to prinicipals and teachers is included. (RL)

This paper elaborates on the work of Cardinet, and others, by clarifying some points regarding calculations, specifically with reference to existing computer programs, and by presenting illustrative examples of the calculation and interpretation of several generalizability coefficients from a complex six-facet (factor) design. (Author/RL)

An essay on the relationship of the visual arts to learning, particularly general vs professional art education, the question of artistic activity-making art vs viewing art, and the content of the visual arts. (Author/SJL)

After a brief reminder of the essentials of the Structure-of-Intellect model, this paper points out what this model can tell us about the nature of learning, the imbalances in education and intelligence testing, about procedures for fostering intellectual growth, and about other incidental educational problems. (Author)

Problems of rural development in less developed countries and ways of organizing a foreign aid program are examined. (MF)

Women of Asian ancestry have faced sex role stereotyping and discrimination as well as racial discrimination both in their own and American cultures since they immigrated to this country. (Author/EB)

Planning-programming-budgeting systems (PPBSs) place new demands on administrators and teachers, and responses to the innovation vary according to prior orientations, styles of work, and the manner in which the program is brought into the routine life of the school or district. (Author/EB)