Using a survey to identify the classification systems employed in Illinois public community college instructional materials centers, this study considered three questions: Was there a trend developing in the use of the Library of Congress (LC) system? What factors influenced this trend? Was this trend more evident in large centers than in small…

TRADITIONAL METHODS OF ANALYZING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AS THEY OCCUR IN REFERENCE LIBRARIES ARE DISCUSSED AND CRITICIZED. METHODS OF EXAMINING QUESTIONS, THE QUESTION-ANSWERING PROCESS, AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ARE EVALUATED. A PRAGMATIC SCHEME IS SUGGESTED WHICH CLASSIFIES ANSWERS BY THEIR FORMATS, DIVIDING THEM INTO EXACT-REPRODUCTION TYPE,…

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY ENCOMPASSES ANY AREA OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY BROUGHT TO BEAR ON ANY PROBLEM OF SCHOOLS, OR PERSONS IN SCHOOLS, OR THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF SCHOOLS. AFTER WORLD WAR II, THE DEMAND FOR SCHOOL PROVISION OF CLINICAL SERVICES ROSE GREATLY BECAUSE OF THE RECOGNITION OF NEED, AFFLUENCE, AND THE POST-WAR BABY BOOM WHICH MAGNIFIED…

BASED ON A LECTURE GIVEN AT THE UNIV. OF TEXAS SCIENCE CONFERENCE, NOV. 20, 1964, THIS PAPER PRESENTS IN RELATIVELY NON-TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY A DESCRIPTION OF THE "STRUCTURAL" APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE WHICH UNDERLIES THE WORK OF THE LINGUISTICS RESEARCH CENTER. THIS APPROACH ANALYZES LANGUAGE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAN BE MANIPULATED WITH…

STATISTICAL DATA WAS COMPILED FROM A DETAILED STUDY IN ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEM OF CLASS COMPOSITIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS OF ABILITIES, AND ACHIEVEMENT BY RACES. PROCEDURES USED IN CARRYING OUT THE STUDY AND MAKING THE ANALYSES ARE OUTLINED. ALL OF THE STATISTICAL DATA IS SUMMARIZED IN A SERIES OF TABLES. BASED ON THIS DATA, SEVERAL CONCLUSIONS CAN…

THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INTO IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE IS DEFINED IN A FOUR-PHASE LINEAR TAXONOMY OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DIFFUSION, AND ADOPTION. A SCHEMA DEVELOPING THESE PHASES OF THE CHANGE CONTINUUM DEFINES SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION, AND RELATION TO CHANGE. RESEARCH ACTIVITY IS LIMITED TO…

Different languages code messages in different ways and use different channels for sending messages; thus there are many places for misinterpreting and mishearing messages in an intercultural context. To move from one language to another requires a description of the total language communication system, one that has its universals in social and…

This technical project report provides the National Science Foundation with information regarding the substantive achievements of the Social Science Education Consortium's project QUESST (Quantitative Understanding To Enhance Social Science Teaching). The report begins with a discussion of materials development and project publicity. Thirty-three…

This report describes a preliminary attempt to explore and map the research information, products, and strategies with implications for educational policy. Since efforts were directed toward breadth rather than depth coverage, the results were more useful in identifying gaps than in analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the available…

Teaching writing on the basis of purposes has certain advantages over teaching on the basis of techniques. The primary advantage is the greater resemblance to "real writing." Most student writing is apprentice work, as students themselves know, but it is far easier to point to nonacademic analogues of the categories of purpose (definition,…

An historical and sociological explanation for the misclassification of black and Mexican-American school children in special education classes for mentally retarded minors is presented in this dissertation. The California Education Code which extends back to the inception of California public education, reveals the legislative basis for the…

The purposes of this experiment were: (1) to examine the development of categorical representations by comparing the performance of children of various ages to adults, and (2) to compare the internal representations of basic level and superordinate categories. Subjects were 48 children (in second, fourth and sixth grades) and 16 adults. The…

THE STUDY MATERIALS IN THIS BOOK FOLLOW CLOSELY THE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE CLERK-CARRIER EXAMINATION (ADDRESS CHECKING TEST AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS TEST). THERE ARE STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS, TESTS FOLLOWED BY CORRECT ANSWERS, AND REPRODUCTIONS OF FORMS THE CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED TO FILL OUT WHEN APPLYING FOR A CLERK-CARRIER POSITION…

THE FAMILIAR "TYPING" OF STUDENTS AS COLLEGE PREPARATORY OR NONCOLLEGE PREPARATORY IS NO LONGER ADEQUATE IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT. AS THE RANGE OF POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY BECOMES HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED AND FORMAL EDUCATION STANDS BETWEEN MAN AND HIS JOB, THE CHOICE OF AN EDUCATIONAL PATTERN IS A VOCATIONAL CHOICE, AND A COMMITMENT…

The problems inherent in developing programed materials for the gifted are examined, and a list of 15 characteristics that programs for these children should include is discussed at some length. Appended is a list of over 25 references. (LS)