Methods of automatically generating controlled subject headings and classifications from free indexing in the INSPEC data base were evaluated. (PF)

The process of discriminant analysis is reviewed in four different aspects: focusing on formulations, interpretations, and uses of discrimination, estimation and classification. Other issues, problems, and recent developments in discriminant analysis are also reviewed. (Author/DEP)

The author purports to prove that Bloom's taxonomy is not hierarchical. He argues, however, that the taxonomy can be a useful tool for planning mathematics syllabi and tests. (SD)

Sixty-four four-year-old and 64 five-year-old children were presented a set of 25 pictures of common objects, classifiable either perceptually (color) or semantically. (Author/CL)

Two experiments investigated the role of the sorting-presentation procedure in promoting organized recall in second grade children. (Author/JMB)

Examined the relationship between two components of class inclusion (hierarchical classification and quantification of inclusion) and investigated the effects of methodological modifications. Subjects were nine girls and nine boys each from first, second, and third grades. (Author/JMB)

Lists potential reinforcers that may be employed with various motivational tactics, and groups them into ten categories with specific examples of each. Most of these reinforcers may be used in manager-evaluated contingencies, with the exception of a few, which are listed because of their value in self-control tactics. (Author/VT)

Although publications of conferences may be handled as either serials or monographs, at present there are no definitive guidelines. The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, International Standard Bibliographic Description for monographic publications, and practices at the Library of Congress, and the University of Iowa Libraries are discussed.…

Fifth- and sixth-grade students were asked to sort cards by one of three possible sorting methods. Subjects received either general praise, descriptive praise, or no praise. The extent to which the two praise groups sorted by the method for which they were reinforced was assessed. (Author/JMB)

Functional relationships among domains of learning and a process of diagramming relationships between instructionally significant behaviors are discussed. (RAO)

Assumptions that learning is basically concept development and that it is also a process of successive approximations of a terminal behavior lead the author to a definition of concept and a hierarchy of concept development. The nine-stage model of cognitive development is presented in a chart with sample items and instrumentation for each state.…

This paper is written to propose and describe a set of four criteria for the empirical evaluation of psychiatric classification. (Author)

The merit of exploring an intertidal jetty sound is described in terms of the marine organisms living in the jetty's algal zones: calothrix, enteromorpha, and fucus zones. (JC)

The activities and interests of library science are placed in four categories: institutional (the library), professional (librarianship), functional (information exchange), and library-related (associated fields). Library science dissertations are classified into the four areas by year of publication, and changes in subject perspective over time…

Presents a typology of the teaching roles (cognitive knowledge, affect, cognitive skills and strategies, motor skills) and programmatic roles (student support, public access, program support) that television can play in an adult educational program utilizing television as an instructional component. (VT)