Disputes use of the term General American'' because of the excessive breadth of its scope and its indefiniteness; article is part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)

To identify factors associated with student placement in classes for the educable mentally retarded, comparisons on socioeconomic, behavioral, and achievement variables were made between a group of 17 regular class Ss with IQs less than 80, and three groups of special class Ss. (Author)

The present study is based on a form of task analysis that explicates in detail the hypothesized solution behavior of skilled performers of the task. (Authors)

Research supported in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation. (DS)

Sources of information concerning the place busing takes within the framework of the public school desegration problem are listed, some items are annotated. (75 references) (NH)

Author reports an attempt to find a more comprehensive basis for tests of musical talent by considering musical performance to be highly dependent on auditory perceptual ability. (Author/MB)

Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, February 26, 1972, in Washington, D.C. (VM)

Advises teachers to determine course objectives, to assess students' performance levels with formal or informal measures, and then to determine which competencies are needed to fulfill the course objectives. (MB)