Argues that the decreasing priority given to training in identification skills has hampered the development of several biological disciplines. The importance of taxonomic keys in acquiring the necessary skills is stressed and a range of such aids (with methods for their construction) is described and discussed. (Author/JN)

This article describes background and study process used by a committee of librarians and library administrators at Cornell University that has, over the past few years, significantly changed the structure of the paraprofessional staff classification scheme. Job Review Committee recommendations and job titles by "family" (library aide,…

Analyzes associations among different role operators quantitatively by taking input strings from 200 abstracts, each related to subject fields of taxation, genetic psychology, and Shakespearean drama, and subjecting them to the Chi-square test. Significant associations by other differencing operators and connectives are discussed. A schema of role…

Tests the claim to comprehensiveness of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives by analyzing educational objectives of some freshmen orientation programs and those connected with human developmental tasks. It is concluded that the taxonomy should be enlarged with a fourth domain: actual induction into tasks for which students are being…

A matrix of planning problems is developed to illustrate pitfalls typically encountered in formal planning. Problems with goals, participation, information and communication, interdependencies, and resources may occur at each of four planning stages: capacity to plan, and initiation, development, and implementation of plans. (Author/MLW)

Recommends using Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives as an aid to involve students in their writing and to overcome stilted diction while discovering that writing is a process. (CRH)

The article reviews issues in classification and remediation approaches for students with reading disabilities. The inclusive nature of the specific reading disability syndrome is noted as are difficulties surrounding classification attempts. Remedial implications are examined and guidelines offered regarding techniques for attention control,…

Describes the development and evaluation of a new classification system for fiction which is based on an analysis of users' formulations of needs. Problems of concept identification (author's intention, citation order, vocabulary control, and choice of access terms) are highlighted. Examples of questions used in retrieval tests and 20 references…

Presents an approach for estimating school site space needs that (1) identifies the various functions to be accommodated and the space needed for each and (2) determines the total amount of site space required. Provides some useful estimates of the amounts of space required for a number of common functions. (MLF)

Applies to the inclined-plane task Siegler's (1981) observation that performance on Piagetian tasks is governed by similar rule structures. Also replicates Siegler's original observations about the development on the balance-scale task and determines the consistency in children's rule usage across tasks. (Author/AS)

Discusses the development of the thinking function and factors influencing that development, and presents strategies for teaching thinking. (MD)

Various types of computerized sorting techniques are demonstrated with cardboard materials children can manipulate. Bubble, ripple, and binary sorting are each illustrated. (MNS)

A mathematics item on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was found to be faulty and received wide publicity. A detailed investigation into its mathematical and psychometric properties is presented. It was found that the problem could be considered ambiguous but that almost no one noticed the ambiguity. (Author/JKS)

Reviews overall publication scheme of authoritative version of federal statutes as issued by Queen's Printer of Canada to enable librarians to catalog and shelve materials in formal sequence. Characteristics of revision and sessional volumes and official lists and indexes used as finding aids for acts are examined. Gives six references. (EJS)

The skills in the interpretation of fiction proposed in this paper are defined by seven item types. Four question sets, based on four different texts, were administered to between 77 and 127 students each. The results confirm experimentally the hierarchical and taxonomic nature of the item types. (Author/BW)