The document summarizes the findings of the Western Australian Council for Special Education regarding the methodological and administrative problems involved in educating hearing impaired children. Following an outline of specific principles and recommendations relating to education of hearing impaired children are chapters focusing on the…

THIS RESEARCH REPORT DESCRIBES A DETAILED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE INDIVIDUAL "ELEMENTS," OR TYPES OF RESPONSES, WHICH MAKE UP THE READER'S TOTAL RESPONSE TO LITERATURE AS IT TAKES FORM IN WRITTEN COMMENTARY ON LITERARY WORKS. CHAPTER 1 DISCUSSES THE ORIGIN OF THE STUDY AND DEFINES ELEMENTS AND THE CATEGORICAL SYSTEM USED IN CLASSIFYING THEM.…

THE SECOND CUMULATIVE EDITION OF THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER/CLEARINGHOUSE ON THE RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION AND EVALUATION IN READING (ERIC/CRIER) INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS INCLUDES THREE NEWSLETTERS AND THREE INFORMATION BRIEFS. THE NEWSLETTERS PRESENT DISCUSSIONS OF THE ERIC/CRIER DOCUMENT PROCESSING FOR RESEARCH IN EDUCATION,…

IT IS PROPOSED THAT AN INDUSTRIAL ARTS CURRICULUM BE BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF MAN AS A CREATOR OF TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY IS A MAJOR AMERICAN SOCIETAL BASE INVOLVING PRACTICALLY ALL CITIZENS AND SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AS A DISCIPLINE TO ELIMINATE CONFUSION AND LACK OF DIRECTION IN THE CURRICULUM. A MACROTECHNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS IDENTIFYING A UNIVERSE…

A TAXONOMY IS AN ORDERLY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES FOR AN IDENTIFICATION OF RELATIONSHIPS. A TAXONOMY OF OFFICE ACTIVITIES FOR BUSINESS AND OFFICE EDUCATION WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE SYSTEMATIC GUIDANCE FOR OBSERVING AND ANALYZING OFFICE ACTIVITIES, A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR DESCRIBING OFFICE ACTIVITIES, A BASIS FOR CONSOLIDATING DATA FROM…

To develop a taxonomy of vocational-industrial education objectives which would provide a framework or structure for evaluating and comparing existing programs, and be useful in eventually establishing criteria for the design and development of a radically different comprehensive curriculum, a project was undertaken to apply a taxonomic scheme to…

Fifteen recognized leaders in the interpersonal relations area were asked to identify the interpersonal competencies that are related to the facilitations of learning processes for pupils, teachers, and teachers of teachers. Their reports were analyzed and a category system developed which would encompass four major dimensions: interpersonal…

A study was undertaken to evaluate existing methods of categorizing areas in buildings for pertinency to the requirements of federal agencies. The concern was primarily with defining classes of area within buildings, rather than allowances per individual, per machine, or other unit. Recommendations include--(1) adoption of a standard set of…

This report is part of a sub-series to aid biology students, biologists, biological oceanographers, and informed laymen in the identification and study of marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States. Contents of this report include: (1) Introduction; (2) Glossary; (3) Key to the marine lernaeopodoid copepods of the Northeastern United…

This paper describes a system of classifying client responses in counseling interviews. The author begins his classification at Stage 1, where the client's self-evaluation and levels of independence and self-autonomy are so low he cannot admit he needs help, and delineates each stage of the client's reaction through Stage 12, the final step, where…

The monograph presents a classification system of vocational rehabilitation program evaluation technology and literature intended to be useful for the efficient retrieval of program evaluation information and to provide greater communication among rehabilitation personnel. The classification system's purpose is to control the nuances of expression…

This paper is a study of the subclassification of English verbs in generative grammar. It is intended to discuss the subclassification of English verbs in terms of complement types and to investigate the problem of nonlocalization in complement constructions. Some verbs permit a "whether"-complement or a "that"-complement if…

Two studies were undertaken to demonstrate the usefulness of partitioning procedures for studying test items. Achievement test items in five content areas of educational measurement were used as stimuli to be sorted by groups of students with varying levels of sophistication with the content, with the hypothesis that sorting by classes with…

"Classification: Purposes, Principles, Progress, Prospects" by Robert R. Sokal is reprinted in this document. It summarizes the principles of classification and cluster analysis in a manner which is of specific value to the Marine Corps Office of Manpower Utilization. Following the article is a 184 item bibliography on cluster analysis…

Three different methods of data collection in which subjects judged proximity between object pairs were examined. One method required subjects to partition objects into homogeneous subsets; the second entailed rating object pairs on a similarity-dissimilarity continuum; and the third involved comparing interobject proximities to a fixed standard.…