Interresponse time (IRT) data were used to investigate the hypothesis that the learning to cluster (effectively organizing presented material) phenomenon should be interpreted as the result of a retrieval strategy. A systematic increase of category exit criterion should produce an increase in clustering because more category words should be…

The literature of bibliometrics suggests that the results of bibliometric studies can be of practical use in libraries by providing a scientific basis for collection management decisions. Reports on the application of these studies are virtually nonexistent and a number of reasons for this are suggested. (EM)

The role of the coauthor relationship in the structure of informal communications networks within disciplines is explored, and the validity of coauthor graphs used to map these relationships is tested for both small and large databases. (CLB)

While there are many ways to differentiate among community colleges (size, control, student characteristics, etc.), there have been few attempts to categorize them. The Carnegie Foundation's classification system, published first in 1971 and since revised several times, categorizes research universities, comprehensive institutions, liberal arts…

Trade and industrial educators are finding it necessary to provide individuals with a multiplicity of skills to meet the needs of the nation's scientific and technological complex. The cluster skill concept should be initiated in the pre-employment training program for trade and industrial education. (AG)

Results indicate that responses are not organized per se, but that response grouping is mediated by stimulus categories. (Author)

Purpose of this project was to devise a program for a teaching machine which would increase the ability of subjects to perceive alternatives in their environment and to facilitate the integration of dimensions. (Author)

Results show the major effect of word association over rhyming as an organizational basis in a list where either or both types are possible. (Author/MB)

Results of three experiments affirm prior research concerned with the distinction between associative and encoding factors in free recall. (Author/MB)

Investigates why children under eight years of age show categorical clustering above chance expectations in free recall, when such organization does not correlate with recall. Six-year-old children and adults were tested for memory of 24 pictures of categorizable items. Proportion of items recalled in category strings and number of strings of each…

Relative difficulty of Separate (Form S) and Grouped (Form G) True-False tests may be expected to be dependent on the ability levels of examinees. At some levels Form S should be less difficult, at others equally difficult, and at still others, more difficult, than Form G. (Author/RL)

The use of evaluations for policy and program development and change is critically reviewed. Existing conceptions of utilization are discussed and improvements in the methods of detecting use are suggested. Five clusters of variables affecting utilization are described and hypotheses about the reasons for their effects are outlined. (Author/AL)