Contends the hierarchy principle demonstrates that, in response to communication failure, individuals make low-level changes to message plans rather than more demanding alterations to message content and structure. Examines effects of different message preparations on cognitive loads associated with high-level message plan alterations in three…

Reviews nature of strategy and strategic leadership in schools. Considers how leaders can map and reconceptualize the nature of strategy and develop strategic capabilities for longer-term sustainability. Questions hierarchical models of leadership. Highlights three characteristics of strategically oriented schools; suggests ways to improve art of…

This article looks at one instance of a teacher attempting to discipline students for sexually profane heteronormative language and the resulting events that demonstrate a discipline over all discourses in the school. Using Fairclough's critical discourse analysis (2005) to analyze the narrative, I argue that the discourse in the school reinforces…

Briefly describes the benefits and shortcomings of the family-style grouping of many British infant and junior schools. (ED)

After a brief review of the growth of cable television from 1948 to 1965, the paper examines in more detail trends in the structure of the industry since 1965. Specifically, interest revolves around the apparent trends of concentration and vertical integration within the industry. Corporate histories of the leading firms are then used to…

Presents experiments which compare two theories of memory for routine events, one emphasizing temporal sequence of events, the other focusing on events' hierarchical structure or centrality. Findings suggest that sequence and centrality information may be computed as needed, rather than precompiled. (Author/BK)

Argues for a multilevel format of written communication that presents ideas in a typographical format allowing the reader to easily choose alternative paths through the material. (HOD)

Learning hierarchy research has been characterized by the use of ad hoc statistical procedures to determine the validity of postulated hierarchical connections. Various data sets are analyzed using a restricted maximum likelihood estimation procedure; results are compared with those obtained using the method suggested by Dayton and Macready.…

The "discipline ladder" approach emphasizes that each successive offense of the same type should result in punishment made more uncomfortable by designed increments. (Author/IRT)

On picture matching and word recall tasks, children performed better on slot-fillers, or items classed in a superordinate category (such as food) and in the same event context (such as eating breakfast), than on coordinates, or items classed in a superordinate category but in different event contexts. (BC)

Discusses the shift in the organization and classification of knowledge as a result of the World Wide Web and considers implications for the liberal arts and education in the liberal arts. Highlights include the postmodern period and the obsolescence of knowledge hierarchies; and personal meaning schemes. (LRW)

Background: The argument put forward in this paper is that we should reorganize the existing framework most often used to describe creativity, which relies on person, process, product, and place. Aim: To that end a new hierarchical model is proposed. This accomplishes several things: It re-organizes the existing categories of research and…

PROVIDING A COMMON GROUND OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN EDUCATOR AND ARCHITECT IN THE PLANNING PROCESS IS THE GOAL OF THIS REPORT. CLOSING THE COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY DISCUSSING EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS. ABANDONMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO FORMULA IN FAVOR OF VARYING GROUP SIZES IS SUGGESTED AS A…

The General Strategies Hypothesis and the Strategy-deficiency Hypothesis are discussed in relation to conclusions made by Symposium participants. A contrast emerges between Borkowski, et. al.'s embrace of the Strategy-deficiency Hypothesis and Turnure's dissatisfaction with it. (LMO)