Surveyed a national sample of 416 hospitals to describe the range and frequency of services offered specifically for older adults and to identify characteristics of hospitals associated with particular services. The findings show that hospitals of all types throughout the nation offer a broad array of health and related social services for older…

Presents analysis of papers and articles by teachers and research students of library science schools, professional librarians, and others which were submitted from 1971 to 1982 to 19 English language library and information science periodicals published in India. Classification of articles, chronological split, and subject scatter are discussed.…

Demonstrates application to art literature of indexing system which involves conceptual analysis of content and characteristics of documents using descriptors assigned to facets of the discipline and its literature. Indexing vocabulary and syntax, alphabetical and classified indexes, and exhaustivity of indexing are discussed. Sample indexes and…

Describes a system of subject indexing developed by Julius Kaiser (1868-1927) which is based on "concretes" and "processes" to govern the form of subject headings and subdivisions. Elements of amplification, guides for the subject index, and criticism of Kaiser's systematic indexing are noted. Five sources are given. (EJS)

The historical background of alexia (loss or impairment of the ability to comprehend written or printed language based on damage to the brain) is reviewed, classification and symptomatology considered, theories on the involvement of right hemisphere reading are noted, and the neural basis of reading is postulated. (CL)

Presents a classification of 11 language planning functions or goals that academies, committees, and commissions have been engaged in since language planning began several centuries ago or could adopt in the future. Language planning is defined as deliberate, institutionally organized attempts at affecting linguistic or sociolinguistic status or…

Examined the relationship of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory high-point codes and the diagnostic system of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual III. Identified 24 code types from a private psychiatric clinic sample (N=261). Presented the resulting clusters of diagnostic classification and a narrative summation for each code type.…

In a classification task, preschoolers matched a target stimulus with a conventional category, a visually similar item that cut across conventional categories, or an unrelated item. Items were presented in picture, verbal, and picture-verbal conditions. In all conditions, conventional classifications outnumbered visual ones, and this difference…

The neuropsychological approach to studying learning disabilities (LD) has produced two extreme positions: the view of LD as (1) homogeneous and unitary and (2) as a pattern of unique and idiosyncratic characteristics. Resulting classification approaches for determining subtypes of the population have important implications for assessment and…

The study compared the categorization skills of first-grade children presenting three levels of expressive language development (normal, mild-moderate delay, and severe delay). Results indicated a significant difference in categorization skills between the children with normal expressive language development and each of the two expressive…

Reviewed are some of the environmental periodical literature available to the public. The periodicals are divided into three categories: periodicals that deal chiefly with environmental problems and research, periodicals that are generally classified as conservation and nature magazines, and periodicals from other fields that include material on…

Discusses the problems of devising chemical names that permit the construction of a structural representation from a substance name. (MLH)

A measure for the quantification of the changes in classification under small changes in data is proposed. (Author)

This paper describes and evaluates the use of decision theory as a tool for classifying examinees based on their item response patterns. Decision theory, developed by A. Wald (1947) and now widely used in engineering, agriculture, and computing, provides a simple model for the analysis of categorical data. Measurement decision theory requires only…

In a conceptual-analytical study using a deductive classificatory content analysis method ten constructivist instructional design models were selected, and learning/teaching approaches within each model were appraised. Using the original writings of the originators of each design model, the learning and teaching approaches employed or permitted to…