When students write syntheses in response to a rhetorical task, does the rhetorical nature of the task exert some special influence on the students' composing processes? How do these processes differ? Three case studies, quantitative analyses of papers written by seventeen undergraduates, and a tentative model of a synthesizing process address…

This monograph describes industry at a point in time from the perspective of the faculty in Industrial Education at the University of Minnesota. Section 1 describes the effort to define industry from the perspective of the industrial, business, and economic literature. The remainder of this section is divided into the two components of analysis…

If human service personnel are to serve clients effectively, they must understand the condition of human need and the objects of need which satisfy the condition. While definitions of need vary according to academic discipline, a review of literature in ten academic areas revealed that need as a human condition is based upon the existence of…

The sixteen articles on prosodic analysis collected here were written by members of the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, between the years 1948 and 1961. In 1948, Professor Firth, then head of the department, published his paper "Sounds and Prosodies," in which he launched the new…

In recent years much has been written on the subject of nurse staffing but few attempts have been made to integrate the literature and show relationships between the methodologies. This document is an effort to synthesize and critically examine the major methodological research studies in the field of nursing. Included are: (1) a bibliography of…

This paper outlines procedures for (1) identification and review of curricular materials and programs that can be used for articulating a complete process curriculum, (2) specification of synthesis tasks by which well designed materials can be augmented to be more effective and better articulated for classroom use, (3) development of teacher…

This study was designed to investigate the role of information storage and processing in the cognitive process of synthesis. In particular the effect of the timing of the presentation of two subordinate informational concepts on the cognitive process of synthesis was examined. 88 high school students in four sections of an introductory chemistry…

The author discusses various approaches to the teaching of politics and attempts to determine the optimum provision by extra-mural departments. (Author)

Discusses educational software under development at the University of Oregon which enables architecture students to consider energy conservation ideas early in the design process. The role of the computer in design-oriented software is described, with emphasis on creative experimentation that allows synthesis and analysis. (Author/LRW)

Proposes an experimental computer-based curriculum in foreign language which focuses on reading and is designed to take the learner from no reading proficiency through intermediate reading proficiency. The material presented would include alphabet and sound/symbol correspondence, morphology and syntax, vocabulary, and exercise material to develop…

Discussing concepts presented in "Philosophy and Education: Eightieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education," the author suggests an approach to knowledge-building that would make educational philosophers the synthesizers of interdisciplinary knowledge in the social sciences. Problems with existing conceptual…

Advocates the addition of interdisciplinary humanities courses to the Canadian junior high school curriculum. The primary objective would be to increase student capacity to synthesize connections between diverse facts and ideas. (AM)

This review focuses on the areas of research that have the greatest relevance for bilingual programs: sociolinguistics and bilingualism, second language learning, sociocultural factors, and effectiveness of bilingual education. (Author/MLF)

Investigates differences between adolescents and older adults in their explanations of linguistic metaphors. Adults displayed a synthesizing, integrative perspective, while adolescents displayed an analytic perspective in their explanation of metaphors. (Author/SS)

Explains the process of focusing on one critical reading strategy--questioning. Notes that the teacher first modeled questioning while reading a book aloud. Concludes that as students become full participants in questioning, they understand new vocabulary, enjoy reading, and solve their problems. (PM)