Reviews contributions by scholars and institutions in the fields of classification, subject headings, thesauri, indexing, abstracting, and automatic classification and indexing. Also included are works exploring the theoretical foundations of subject analysis and the history of indexing and abstracting. There are 111 references. (RAA)

Three groups of older adults were compared on a free recall task with categorizable lists. Data showed that older adults' memory performance is modifiable and that efficient performance is obtained when instructional training is aimed at the processes that are crucial to task performance. (Author)

Suggests that libraries abandon full cataloging in favor of indexing, using the information provided by micropublishers. While a national index to the contents of microforms would be best, an alternative for local libraries would be to create their own COM (computer output microfilm) index. Twenty references are included. (Author/RAA)

Sixty first-grade children were trained to categorize pictures of common objects. Results indicated that children who were taught an organizational strategy and who were given verbal instructions attained higher recall scores than children who were shown a specific strategy and who were taught using a question type format that encouraged…

Educational decision makers (N=224) participated in a computer simulated decison making experience designed to ascertain the extent to which referral information biased classification decisions. Ss ignored standardized test information indicative of average performance and retained the stereotype created by the referral information. (Author)

Describes a laboratory exercise requiring students to separate a selected number of organisms into groups of increasing similarity and to relate these groups directly to the kingdom-species system of classification. (Author/MA)

In this "non-paper not prepared for the Canadian Education Association Convention," the author muses over education's absorption with overlapping special populations and wonders who is left to be average. (SJL)

Evaluated relationships among Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) code types from the Gilberstadt and Duker and the Marks, Seeman, and Haller systems. Superordinate types were identified: neurotic, psychotic and sociopathic. Data from the MMPI do not support the practice of highly differentiated classification within the three…

Examined motivations and outcomes of mid-life career change among men who left professional careers between ages 34 and 54. Changers differed in amount of education completed, additional schooling undertaken, time taken to make changes, radicalness of change, and importance of personal values. Respondents were highly satisfied with their career…

Most court cases involving harassment have dealt with male violators against females. However, five other types of harassment also exist. A diagram is used to analyze different types of harassment under different conditions. (Author/MLF)

Hierarchical cluster analysis from scores on the Child Behavior Profile was used to identify reliable profile patterns that characterized 2,683 clinically referred boys and girls aged 6 to 11 and 12 to 16. Procedures for classifying the profiles of individual children were developed and good agreement was obtained between classifications based on…

An open-category task was administered to 180 elementary students. Three modes of response (related to the ways students acquire attributes for objects) were used to score the tasks. Qualitative changes in the three modes were analyzed, and the results supported a qualitative change in the modes of response. (Author/GDC)

Reviews 1979's publications and activities in the fields of general subject analysis, classification, subject headings, and indexing. An extensive list of references is provided. (FM)

Outlines a classification scheme designed for language tapes and based on a review of other systems. The catalogue is recorded on a card index, in booklet form, and in a computer. A sample catalogue card is included and a description is given of the process used to set up the cards. (Author/AMH)

Animistic responding was generally unrelated to logical classification ability or to analytic cognitive style. Results which found high levels of animistic thinking beyond adolescence do not support Piagetian theory. Adults may respond animistically because of emotional attachments which they have formed to certain meaningful physical objects.…