Author was concerned with clarifying the various and distinct implications which follow from the common and current uses of the growth metaphor in making claims about educational processes and programs. (Author/RK)

Article examined the concept of balance and its place in the creative process. (RK)

The primary purpose of this paper was to consider the ideas which Crevecoeur brought to bear in his attempt to uncover the character of the American man, newly settled on the eighteenth century frontier. (Author/RK)

Author presented a detailed philosophical consideration of the problems involved in defining the point at which life begins, and discussed the moral and legal implications of various definitions. (Editor/RK)

Author brought out some of the more important ambiguities in the word "consider" and related them to teaching and learning. He did so with the intention of assessing the views of those who urge the schools to consider issues they have often avoided. (Author/RK)

Played by many Indian tribes, both in the past and present, "handgame" is a guessing game played with bones hidden in contestants' hands. (JC)

Theology, once the queen of the sciences, after 18 centuries of distinquished vigor and a burst of brilliance in the 1950's and 1960's, is now in serious trouble. (Editor)

Article attempted to define the concept of mobbing and to develop principles of treatment in connection with cases which really occur, and to use the work in a regular university course providing students with successful personal therapeutic experiences. (Author/RK)

Energy is necessary for any phenomenon to occur or any process to proceed. Nevertheless, energy is never consumed; instead, it is conserved. What is consumed is available energy, or exergy, accompanied by an increase in entropy. Obviously, the terminology, "energy consumption" is indeed a misnomer although it is ubiquitous in the…

Designed to assist teachers and administrators approaching the subject of computers for the first time to acquire a feel for computer terminology, this document presents a computer term glossary on three levels. (1) The terms most frequently used, called a "basic vocabulary," are presented first in three paragraphs which explain their meanings:…

The first two of 16 booklets designed for use in an Open University course about handicapped children and their education in the United Kingdom, these texts present an overview of the course and a glossary of special education terms. The overview booklet outlines the course's major themes: understanding special education, meeting special needs in…

In this paper, individuals with no background in cognitive psychology are provided an introduction to the cognitivists' concepts of prototypes, schemata, and superordinate relations. A prototype is a most-typical instance, a composite, or an average of items in a particular set and serves as a mental representation of the set. A schema, script, or…

This study investigated the social role understanding of 72 children aged 5, 8, and 11 years. An illustrated story, written especially for the project, was used as the basis for conducting a semistructured interview with each child. The main aspects examined included role definition and children's understanding of the role's characteristics; and…