Essays and reviews by film critic John Simon, originally published in "The New Leader" magazine, are collected here. They cover the period from 1967 to 1970, a period that some contend has brought about major changes in the art of filmmaking and in the subject matter on which that art focuses. (JK/JY)

Indicates a paradox in good writing: goals of truth and originality hinder writers, but at the same time, consistent and interesting writing must appear true and original. (MS)

Discusses an essay, "Cheerio," written to support the author's argument that there is no such thing as a dull subject. Reflects on the influence of "occasion" on the writing process. (JAD)

A statistical experiment was conducted in an operational setting to determine the contributions of different sources of variability to the unreliability scoring of essays and other free-response questions. Partially balanced incomplete block designs facilitated the unbiased estimation of certain main effects without requiring readers to assess the…

Provides a step-by-step guide for writing a college essay so that students are better prepared to complete college admission forms. (JOW)

This paper focuses on the relationship between different aspects of the linguistic structure of a given language and the complexity of the computer program, whether existing or prospective, that is to be used for the scoring of essays in that language. The first part of the paper discusses common scales used to assess writing products, then…

Electronic Essay Rater (e-rater) is a prototype automated essay scoring system built at Educational Testing Service that uses discourse marking in addition to syntactic information and topical content vector analyses to assign essay scores automatically. This paper gives a general description of e-rater as a whole, but its emphasis is on the…

This textbook is fifth in a series of readers. Selections include essays, short stories, and poems related to American history and culture. [This textbook was written with the assistance of May Harris.]

Excerpted from Never Tease a Dinosaur'' (1961), this tongue-in-cheek account focuses on the practical workings of democracy in a classroom, democracy as practiced by children. (JB)

A view of Jacksonian America is given in this outline of conditions in Chautauqua County, New York, between the years 1833 and 1836. (JB)

A case is made for financial support for research and study in the humanities, which form part of what we call our cultural inheritance.

A Russian Academician concludes that the finite limits of optimal human population cannot be determined now, and depend on the use of living space, resources, and man's ability to avoid war. (Author/AL)

Investigates the effects of four typewriter faces and handwriting on the level and reliability of grades awarded to English themes. (DG)