Points out the limitations of reading surveys and stresses the need to interpret the results carefully. A literacy survey is used to highlight the kinds of goals which surveys might legitimately expect to accomplish. (RW)

The intrinsic merits of student teaching are discussed. (CK)

A study was made to determine what steps were necessary to take in order to reactivate unemployed occupational therapists. (CK)

The recommendation to use group means when there may be nonindependence among observational units is unduly restrictive. When random factors are properly identified and included in the analysis, the results are identical in balanced analysis of variance designs, irrespective of whether group means or individual observations are employed.…

This article describes and compares two job analysis procedures, task inventory analysis and Position Analysis Questionnaire. It provides comparisons in terms of the characteristics of, the activities involved in, and the results derived from a study utilizing each of the techniques. (Author/CT)

Describes an exercise using gravestone rubbings that help students organize data and think inductively. (AEA)