The first of a two-part radio transcript on learning disabilities contains discussion on definitional problems, incidence figures, and problems with labeling. Opinions of well known educators (including J. Gallagher, S. Kirk, and M. Frostig), are cited along with statements of parents and teachers. (CL)

This thesaurus to the evaluation field is not restricted to educational evaluation or to program evaluation, but also refers to product, personnel, and proposal evaluation, as well as to quality control, the grading of work samples, and to all the other areas in which disciplined evaluation is practiced. It contains many suggestions, procedures,…

This dictionary is written for students who are learning Swahili as a second language. The 1,837 words that are defined in it are words likely to be encountered by a primary school student in East Africa who is learning Swahili. Most of the English words in the definitions have been taken from among the English words taught during the first four…

The issue presents three articles on autism. The first, "Autism--A Professional Challenge" by Carl Smith, introduces the other two articles and very briefly defines autism as "severe communication and behavior disorders that become manifest during the early stages of childhood development and that are characterized by a severely…

This paper discusses application of the analytical pragmatic structure of a concept to the legal concept of procedural due process. An underlying assumption is that educational practitioners and theoreticians are not familiar with the structure of concepts whether they be legal, moral, or scientific. First, the paper discusses identification of a…

Twelve reference sources were used in the compilation of this glossary of water pollution control terminology. Definitions for 364 words, acronyms, and phrases are included with cross references. (KP)

In this paper, the author examines the confusion that currently exists concerning the term "physical education." In particular, he analyzes the claim that"physical education" is a "family resemblance" term--a word or phrase which may be used to denote fundamentally different concepts, but concepts in which there is some overlapping of…

The concepts, terms, and definitions as stated indicate the current level of conceptualization and implementation of the Ohio Career Development Program--a Statewide program for grades K-10. The concepts explained are: the career education program in Ohio, career orientation, career exploration, self, individual and environment, world of work,…

Ranging from Action Sequence to Zero Defects, this Kepner-Tregoe glossary defines 194 terms (including some specifically Kepner-Tregoe) relevant to the fields of management development, organization development, and industrial training. (LY)

This booklet lists definitions of terms pertaining to competency-based teacher education for the purpose of decreasing the problem of a common understanding of a useful vocabulary in this area of education. Each term has one or more definitions in order to point out variations, points of conflict, and similarities in usage. The majority of…

Over 1900 entries are found in this dictionary of terms and concepts in reading. Items were selected by examining the indexes and texts of thirty currently used books in the reading field, perusing articles in professional journals, and collating available glossaries in reading. When controversial terms are encountered, several definitions with…

The glossary is one of twenty in various subject areas of vocational education designed to assist the student in vocabulary mastery for particular vocational education courses. They are part of the Vocational Reading Power Project, Title III, E.S.E.A. This glossary is for a course in marine and small engines. It is divided into two parts: one…

Education is individualized in measure as the learning goals an individual pursues, and the means whereby he works toward them, are selected for and by him. Individualization is not limited to independent learning or learning in a tutor-student dyad. Depending on learning goal and learner characteristics, individualized education also can occur in…

This publication presents a code system developed by an ad hoc committee appointed by the United States Office of Education to be used for distributive education instructional programs. The code system is intended to assist in standardizing reporting by local and state educational agencies, thus providing better data for planning and implementing…

Functional definitions of all work performed by the University of California (UC) libraries is presented. The work of the total system has been divided into 21 major functional areas called subsystems and these have been further subdivided into 71 more specific functional segments called modules. Existing organizational structure of the UC…