Gathers baseline data on the relationship between personal values of educators and their professed teaching style, using a sample of 162 undergraduate education majors. Based upon the results of the Teaching Style Q-Sort, a statistical analysis was performed upon each of the 36 human values ranked by the subjects. (Author)

Teachers were surveyed concerning the importance of 12 potential roles for school psychologists. Results showed that direct and remedial services which did not require the school psychologist to intrude on the teacher's prerogatives were considered to be most important. (Author)

Adapts a metaphor to draw attention to four aspects of the relationship between originator and user, and the communication medium: the problem of encoding information in graphic form, diagrams as tools for enquiry and thought, illustrations as aids to learning, and illustrations as aids to problem solving. (Author)

Defines a "communicate"--the objectification of a subject's internal model of the object of reality by means of a certain set of physical signs--and examines its information value with relation to intelligent systems. (CWM)

This article describes the distribution of mass in a hand-held object as a fundamental but unrecognized contributor to the sensation one receives from the object. Experiments producing fractions for human sensitivity are given. (SA)

Discusses reading specialists' responsibilities concerning children's vision problems. (MKM)

Identifies some functional vision problems and describes some assessment procedures for determining whether a child needs professional help. (MKM)

Thirty-nine fourth grade children exposed to a haptic (active touch) match-to-sample task made significantly fewer post-test errors, relative to control subjects, on a visual problem-soving task. (Author/PHR)

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of subjects reading passages from the novel, "Under the Ribs of Death," by John Marlyn, and then being asked role exchange questions. Subjects were pre-tested with a dogmatism scale and post-tested with a measure of empathy. No significant treatment or interaction effects were found.…

A total of eighty 9-month-old infants were presented with a problem consisting of several different conditions which separated response, position on a table, and absolute spatial position as factors leading to errors in search for hidden objects. (MS)

An attempt was undertaken to demonstrate a relationship between earliest memories and a perception of significant future events. Relevance here was in the role that early memories play in the theoretical bases and treatment processes of all dynamically oriented therapies. (Author/RK)

Subjects listened to a taped therapy interview while the client asserted her situation caused her problems and were told either that the client was chronic or being seen for the first time. Experimental subjects assumed the role of either the counselor or the client. Implications are drawn for the diagnostic process. (Author)

A study of matched groups of college women shows that women in coresidential settings have higher self-esteem, less stereotyped conceptions of sex roles, and better relationships with men and women. (Author)

This article describes ways the counselor can extend his/her effectiveness by involving other staff in counseling activities. The author conceives of a counselor who is essentially a teacher trainer and innovator. (Author/EJT)