Discusses the characteristics of pressure groups and how they attempt to influence decision making. Provides a synthesis of three typologies classifying pressure groups. Offers school administrators suggestions for dealing with pressure groups, emphasizing the need to accommodate various interests within the educational system. (MLF)

Organized data describing school facilities are necessary for planning. Eleven categories that organize facility data by components are listed and discussed individually. (MLF)

This study explored ways in which lecturers prepare and give lectures. Factor analysis yielded six scales for identifying approaches to lecturing, and subsequent cluster analysis yielded five distinctive types of lecturer's styles. The styles were associated significantly with subject area, marginally with status, but not with years of experience.…

Discusses the concept of temperament interactions in the context of statistical interaction. Categorizes temperament interactions that involve temperament as an independent variable, as a dependent variable, or as both. Describes use of hierarchical multiple regression for the analysis of temperament interactions. (Author/CI)

Reviews current themes in sentencing and prison policy. The eight articles of this special issue discuss selective incapacitation, prison bed allocation models, computer-scored classification systems, race and gender relations, commutation, parole, and a historical review of sentencing reform. (JAC)

Indicates what the non-verbal elements in education are, some ways in which these new perspectives have been developed, and suggests some ways in which a coherent program of study, practice and research could be developed. (Author/RK)

Described is a taxonomy for determining the quality and extent of learning activity going on in a classroom at a given time. Research findings indicate that teachers should always stay within the frame of reference of pupils and encourage them to reflect at a deeper level on what they already know. (Author/DB)

Using Bloom's taxonomy as the basis for an empirical investigation, this paper examines what engineering students and professionals want from engineering education. Fifty engineering students, from Computer Science and Information Technology courses, were asked to rank activity verbs in order of their impression about frequency of their occurrence…

This explorative data mining project used distance based clustering algorithm to study 3 indicators, called OIndex, of student behavioral data and stabilized at a 6-cluster scenario following an exhaustive explorative study of 4, 5, and 6 cluster scenarios produced by K-Means and TwoStep algorithms. Using principles in data mining, the study…

"Occasional Papers" deal with varied aspects of librarianship and consist of papers that generally are too long or too detailed for publication in a periodical, or are of specialized or contemporary interest. This latest volume in the series is a detailed look at the causes of and cures for the two fundamental types of misinformation…

This paper addresses instrumentation design and an ongoing study of an online formative assessment instrument and its effects in pre-college (developmental/remedial) mathematics courses. The use of facet theory and instructional technologies are harmonized to construct and scale an online instrument designed to document student procedures while…

This paper explores the role of organising data in representing numerical data in an organised way--a skill which does not come naturally to most students. Grade 6 children were given a series of lessons on organising data and then representing the data graphically. It was found that after instruction, more students were able to reorganise the…

Educational assessment is a process of collecting evidence and interpreting it to provide instructors with information regarding students' learning. However, the current design and scoring of most standardized educational tests are insufficient to serve this purpose. The limitation exists primarily due to the lack of cognitive information…

Creating a catalog for the synagogue or church library is a vital ministry, one that leads workers and parishioners to available resources for information and inspiration. Pointing out that cataloging is not too difficult or complicated for untrained professionals and volunteer librarians, this guide sets forth basic procedures for: (1) aiming…

In order to produce adequate catalog records for rare books, catalogers concern themselves with detailed transcription of title page information and an exact description of the book. Another concern largely unknown in general cataloging is the tracing of special access points that relate the physical features of a book and terms for persons…