Based on approximately 1,600 referrals of disabled and regular students, 94 empirically derived formulas for assessment of learning disability were used. The most discriminating formula, which included Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Wide Range Achievement Test and grade level variables, resulted in moderate coefficients. (Author/CL)

Discusses the meaning of "telecommunications" in terms of breadth of study and curriculum development. (PD)

The author traces the history of defining giftedness and asserts that, despite the controversy, general intelligence, as measured on a standardized intelligence test, still provides the best single, reliable predictor of academic aptitude, task commitment, and creativity. (CL)

The difficulty in understanding the differences between assessment and measurement is discussed. Conflicting usages in the literature are presented to illustrate the lack of conceptual clarity for these terms. (BS)

Defines workshops, compares the workshop with other program formats, discusses advantages and limitations, and proposes guidelines for determining whether a workshop format is appropriate for a particular learning situation. (JOW)

Definitions are offered to distinguish natural play from educational play, which is linked to predictable and specific learning experiences for the players. (GW)

Available from: EC 090 265.

Lists definitions for groups of initials that occur frequently in education. (Author/IRT)

Four prints were shown in order to illustrate the infinite possibilities for creating new photographic images from nature. (Author/RK)

This booklet allows parents to participate in the special education process to encounter an unfamiliar language often referred to as ?acronyms.? It may seem like a foreign language, but it is really just a language of initials, which this booklet explains and defines. Often during school meetings, many of these acronyms are used frequently, and it…

The difficulty and the beauty of Chinese lies in the simultaneous concreteness and ambiguity of each graph. (Author)

Study seeks some insight on one particular mode of inquiry into the meaning of meaning'' by describing it in terms of Jungian psychological function or personality type - the thinking type. (Author)

Originally given as the Giff Edmunds Memorial Lecture for 1967. (RS)