The purpose of this study was to explore relationships existing between present-day teacher competencies and those resulting from a study conducted in the 1920's called the Commonwealth Teacher-Training Study and to determine if empirical sortings will cluster "competencies" into categories that support those developed logically through…

Investigated with a sample of over 25,000 students in the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grades was the use of the Myklebust Learning Quotient (LQ) as one basis for classifying learning disabilities. Investigated were the distribution properties of the LQ when computed on scores from the California Achievement Tests, the Comprehensive Tests of…

To establish normative standards against which to contrast the speaking performance of aphasia patients, a sample of 54 adults representing a broad range of age and education were administered the picture cards of the Thematic Apperception Test to stimulate speech. The stories thus elicited were tape recorded. Each word spoken was grammatically…

A classification scheme is given for materials related to occupational and educational opportunities collected by the Rutgers College Placement Office Library. The scheme assigns a four digit number to each item. The first digit designates which of the library's general areas the material covers: general, occupational, educational, or one of the…

The efficacy of gating in the processing of simple, multidimensional stimuli was investigated. In Experiment 1, a continuous classification task was used, with subjects sorting cards according to binary dimensions of line orientation and location. Results suggested that orientation and location are integral dimensions, facilitation occurring with…

After listing a selected bibliography on the affective and its impact on the curriculum, this section provides procedures for developing a form for reviewing books on the affective, summarizing the data found on the form, and searching for schemes to make the material useful for curriculum workers. (Author/IRT)

Three sets of categories present a matrix that provides a basis for characterizing or defining any particular alternative school effort. Abstracts of five national reports recommending the offering of alternative public schools are also included. (Author/MLF)

Two environments for children, and one for a couple, demonstrate flexible design solutions to user needs. (MLF)

Major concerns of this article are: (1) the American Indian languages and their preservation; (2) their role; (3) the possibilities of change; (4) the debate on classification; and (5) the unique language characteristics of certain tribes (the Nez Perce, the Noptinte Yokuts, the Shoshoni, the Malecite-Passamquoddy). (JC)

Suggests classroom projects for investigating the diversity of insects. (LS)

This article presents a method for facilitating the explanation of regional patterns of population change by emphasizing both cartographic clarity and meaningful geographic typologies. (Author)

Racial and sexual distinctions in social schemata of 328 second grade children were examined in this study. Photographs of Black and White male and female children were presented in three-picture sets, and subjects were asked to pair two of the pictures and separate the third. All groups paired photographs more often on race than on sex. (SE)

Two codes that provide access to the identity of an item in memory are the initial letter of its name and the name of a category to which it belongs. This research compares the characteristics of these two modes of access to the identity of a memory trace. (Author/RK)