Provides a detailed account of the various aspects and features of the ERIC system from its beginning in 1966. (Author)

A survey of the information resources and dissemination techniques now available is presented which, it is hoped, will stimulate the use and further expansion of similar efforts in other fields of education. (5 references) (NH)

The author advocates teaching the young fewer facts in history classes and more historical method based upon the examination of the students' own world. (Author)

Identifies 14 types of context clues college graduate students use, but suggests that the classification scheme be used only to organize instruction, not to teach students to use such clues. Table and bibliography. (MD)

The Commission on Student Records and Information, established on October 9, 1969, was charged with recommending a Council position or course of action pertaining to the institutional responsibilities of collection, protection, and use of information concerning students. (Author)

The barter system for researchers consists of two parts: a list linking various research areas with researchers willing to entertain collegial inquiriies, and a clerk to note the number of hours that participants give and receive in the information exchange. (MF)

Microfilmed data help to keep vocational educators abreast of research. Here is how the system works. (Editor)

Paper presented at the Education and Information Science Symposium," Sponsored by the Ohio Chapters of the American Society for Information Science in cooperation with The Department of Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, June 23 and 24, 1969. (MF)

In the emerging post-industrial society, there is little understanding of the characteristics of information, a basic, yet abstract resource. Information is expandable, compressible, substitutable, transportable, diffusive, and shareable. Implications for life, work, community, and conflict are considered. (AM)

Foresees the crippling effects of the Reagan Administration's budget-cutting measures on social science research. Argues that government planners and policy makers are the obvious beneficiaries of the science of society. Provides examples of information that social science research could provide to help understand and change social behavior. (DMM)

The effective communication of desired information between the generator and the user requires one to accommodate variances in decision-making style, behavior, and context. The premise that decision making in organizations follows the classic rational model is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Reviews criteria for assessment of appropriate information technology, comparing characteristics of modern information technology developed and applied in industrialized developed societies with constraints for information utilization in developing countries. Options for information technology are suggested. Four references are provided. (EJS)

A new system is needed to monitor socioeconomic statistical data for the United Kingdom (UK). The current state of UK socioeconomic statistics, an assessment of methods used to communicate available information, and the resource requirements of a successful monitoring service are discussed. (AM)

The generalizability, and therefore usefulness, of some traditional reviews of literature is questioned, and the method of meta-analysis (reducing research statistics from a number of studies to a common measure) is suggested as an alternative. Research on the relationship of self and performance measures is used to illustrate this point. (MSE)