Negation as a logical operation was studied in a block sorting task in which children aged three through seven had to identify the set of not-X and not-XY from a domain of 18 blocks varying in shape and color. Seven experiments were carried out in which number of correct responses, error types, and response latencies were analyzed. For negation…

Since the 17th century, Chinese lexicography has been dominated by a character classification system divided into 214 radical groups. The proposed initial three-stroke system would eliminate the need to select (or guess) the proper radical and count strokes. The aim of the system is to facilitate the use of dictionaries and provide the student…

A teaching aid and information source on activities, principles, and practices of cooperatives is presented. The following topics are included: (1) Basic Interests of People, (2) Legal Organization of Business in the United States, (3) What Is a Cooperative? (4) Procedure for Organizing Cooperatives, (5) How Cooperatives Are Run and Managed, (6)…

Proposed is a project on the classification of exceptional children with the objectives of increasing public awareness of labeling problems, providing a rationale for public policy, and improving the professional practice of educators and others who work with exceptional children. The study is to be guided by an advisory committee and will result…

The position paper on the education of mentally retarded children in Florida public schools acknowledges recognized definitions of mental retardation and states that Florida's definition requires that an individual have both impaired intelligence and impaired adaptive behavior. Early planned screening by teachers and school officials is…

More than 4,500 entries are included in this Ibibio dictionary which is intended for general use by field workers in the Ibibio (Nigeria) area or by professional linguists and anthropologists. Most noun entries include the following subentries: (1) noun phrases in which the head noun is qualified, resulting in a change or clarification of meaning,…

The report very briefly summarizes the research performed during the contract period March 1, 1964, to February 28, 1971. The emphasis of the research was on the discovery and development of techniques for automatically indexing and classifying documents. The research was limited to statistical techniques rather than semantic or syntactic. A…

Some of the assumptions, conditions, and parameters which deal with power structures and rural development are briefly specified in this paper. The definitions (conceptual and operational) for power, social power, authority, influence, power structure, development, and rural are discussed. The ideological orientation under which development…

Holland's occupational classification was used to analyze the work histories of a national representative sample of young men and women age 14-24. This study extended previous tests of the classification in three ways: (1) It was applied for the first time to a national, representative sample of women, (2) For the sample of men, 3-year…

The purpose of this study was to develop a taxonomy which would categorize high level physics problem-solving behaviors, and to examine the usefulness of such a classification system. This classification of learning objectives is based on complexity, a nonarbitrary measure which does not rely upon comparison between students but rather is based on…

The LIGRU project is concerned with the objectives, methods, and evaluation of literature instruction in the Swedish comprehensive school. This document presents a taxonomy of educational objectives and evaluation instruments. The resulting scheme, derived from a review of other classification schema, has two dimensions -- goal area and aspect.…

This study attempted to clarify the concept "program" by systematically examining the use of the term "program." The term was examined as it is used in ordinary language and in adult education literature. After analysis of the term within these two contexts, a typology was developed from the uses identified. The typology was then utilized as an…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DEVELOP A TAXONOMY FROM A SYNTHESIS OF PREVIOUS APPROACHES TO THE DESCRIPTION AND CATEGORIZATION OF TEACHER CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR. INVESTIGATORS FOUND THAT THE VARIETY OF VIEWPOINTS COULD NOT BE SYNTHESIZED INTO ONE SINGLE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE CATEGORIES, APPROACHES, AND CONCEPTUALIZATIONS FROM PREVIOUS EFFORTS PROVIDED…

Detailed descriptions of the data analysis procedures used in Project EDNEED (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data) are contained in this volume, the last of a five-volume final report. Results of the application of procedures and a narrative interpretation of the results are included. Priority rankings of 323 questions…

Presented is a position paper on learning disabilities developed by the Region 9 Task Force (State education directors or their designates from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont). It is explained that the Task Force met in March 1976 to share state and regional concerns about definitions,…