Details of a reasonably precise normalization technique for coefficient alpha are outlined, along with methods for estimating the variance of the normalized statistic. These procedures lead to the K-sample significance test. (RC)

This article provides the results of an investigation of the system of pronunciation faults of English speakers learning French, and describes means of correction based on the verbo-tonal system. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Lexical selection is often difficult for second language students. When, in the case of errors not covered in grammar books, the teacher is able to work out the explanation (feature cooccurrence, for example), the student will have a means of avoiding the error in the future. (POP)

The mission of this review is to appraise the new draft NAEP science framework and to determine whether it is up to snuff. This is an evaluation of the September 30, 2005, draft document, Science Framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (Framework), developed for the National Assessment Governing Board. The criteria is…

Article investigated the relations between the types of error and their connections with auditory discrimination and auditory memory. (Editor/RK)

Specific examples of the most common types of errors are cited. (RS)

The purpose of this study was to contribute new information on the effect of stimulus presentation variables on sight-reading errors, in the hope that it might aid the development of more effective and efficient instructional designs. (Author)

Practical suggestions for the treatment of false cognates and makeshift or expedient translations in vocabulary instruction. (RS)

Results do not support Piaget's explanation of object conceptualization. (MB)

Grammatical sentences were easier to imitate than ungrammatical ones only when function words were included in the sentence; with function words absent, there was no significant difference. (Authors)

Suggests the level at which errors could be treated in sixth form physics (England) and then describes two design exercises in which rough estimations of errors are used in the making of design decisions. (Author/PR)

Results supported the hypothesis that bilinguals would make more errors in English than native speakers, and that English unilinguals would err more on German than on English pentagrams. (Author)