The author describes an alternate framework, emphasizing intellectual freedom, for thinking about thinking. She introduces papers developed by members of her graduate-level course in critical thinking. (CH)

Reviews historical thinking about visual literacy; addresses the issue of setting visual literacy's parameters; provides a rationale linking individuals in an otherwise multidisciplinary movement; proposes a redefinition of visual literacy; and postulates proposals designed to foster further development and understanding of the theoretical…

Ten adoptive parents and 34 natural parents of hearing impaired children were compared to see the differences, if any, in their reported emotional responses to the diagnosis. Grief and depression appeared to be more severe for natural parents while fear for physical saftey appeared more severe for adoptive parents. (Author/CL)

Investigated adoptive parents' (N=42) attitudes toward the open birth record issues using a mail survey. Analysis indicated that parental fear was the most important variable. Most supported a measure allowing adult adoptees access to birth records, provided such access was agreeable to birth and adoptive parents. (JAC)

Compared records of 32 couples who achieved pregnancy during the adoption process with records of couples who did not. Findings suggested that medical diagnosis, age, and emotional components of the adoption study process were intertwined determining factors in couples' achieving pregnancy. (NRB)

Deals with the development and use of a scale to assess the degree of implementation of an innovative instructional system and with the analysis of the relationships between scale values and independent variables that may be related to the implementation of an instructional system. (Author/IRT)

A consideration of the factors which influence development and development predictions leads to the view that, with better instruments, improved but still very modest predictions might become possible during later infancy. Paper read to the Standing Conference of Societies Registered for Adoption: Medical Group: Day Conference on Genetic and…

The moral of this fable is that the inevitable clash between standard measurement techniques and innovative approaches to evaluation and measurement must be resolved in a manner which is relevant to the problem under study. (GDC)

Describes the use of a simulation designed mainly for trainers and educators who want to get others to consider the factors that affect change. The simulation itself is a loosely structured game which introduces participants to the question of what causes change. (Author/LLS)

Explains the diffusion of an innovative administrative structure (the "M-Form") by using a simple deterministic model commonly employed to represent the diffusion of technological innovations. The performance of the model suggests that additional insights from the study of technological innovation can be applied to the study of…

The minimal procedures for implementing a management team are determining who will be on it, determining long- and short-range goals for the organization, identifying task areas as a basis for designing job descriptions and setting individual goals, holding formal meetings, and planning for periodic reassessment of progress. (Author/IRT)

The chemical model for autocatalytic reactions is adapted to the process of adopting educational innovations and is then applied to six sets of historical data. (Author/IRT)

Presents an analysis of sponsorship as that concept has developed since 1968 in Project Follow Through and discusses the future of the sponsorship concept. (Author/IRT)

Synergistic approaches to group decision making such as Nominal Group Technique and Delphi Technique offer a structured and systematic process for maximizing participation and for separating the creativity and evaluation components of the decision-making process. (Author)