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Peer reviewedKoeze, Jeffrey S. – School Law Bulletin, 1988
The literature on the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is filled with confusing technical terms and jargon. This primer defines some of those terms and provides some basic information about AIDS. (MLF)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Definitions
Peer reviewedChalofsky, Neal – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1992
Reviews existing definitions and proposes a unifying definition of human resource development: the study and practice of increasing the learning capacity of individuals, groups, collectives, and organizations through development and application of learning-based interventions for the purpose of optimizing human and organizational growth and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Professional Development
Peer reviewedSchalock, Robert L. – Mental Retardation, 1994
This article explains features of the 1992 American Association on Mental Retardation's definition and classification of mental retardation and then discusses six major implications of the system, such as the purpose of diagnosis, basis of classification, reliance on clinical judgment, provision of education and habilitation services, focus on…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Mental Retardation, Standards
Peer reviewedJames, Carl – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1993
Ostensive and expository definitions of applied linguistics are assessed. It is suggested that the key to a meaningful definition lies in the dual articulation of applied linguistics: it is an interface between linguistics and practicality. Its role as an "expert system" is suggested. (45 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Definitions, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedAtkinson, Maxine P.; Blackwelder, Stephen P. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Analysis of popular magazine articles published from 1900 to 1989 revealed that the definition of fathering has alternated over the century between fathers as providers and fathers as nurturers. Interest in fatherhood throughout twentieth century was found to have fluctuated rather than increased. Found evidence for increased interest in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Definitions, Fathers, Periodicals
Peer reviewedMaher, Michael Forrest; Hunt, Trina K. – Counseling and Values, 1993
Sees counseling and helping arts as hesitant to openly embrace concept of spirituality as part of their working knowledge base. Notes that part of dilemma centers on sometimes confusing religious view with more secular concept of the term and on variety of ways term is used by both. Investigates roots of problem. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Definitions, Religious Factors, Spirituality
Peer reviewedHalpern, Diane F.; Smothergill, Daniel W.; Allen, Mary; Baker, Suzanne; Baum, Cynthia; Best, Deborah; Ferrari, Joseph; Gersinger, Kurt F.; Gilden, Eugene R.; Hester, Maureen; Keith-Spiegel, Patricia; Kierniesky, Nicholas C.; McGovern, Thomas V.; McKeachie, Wilbert J.; Prokasy, William F.; Szuchman, Lenore T.; Vasta, Ross; Weaver, Kenneth A. – American Psychologist, 1998
Proposes a five-part definition of scholarship in psychology. Includes original research (creation of knowledge), integration of knowledge (synthesis and reorganization), application of knowledge, the scholarship of pedagogy; and the scholarship of teaching in psychology. Contains 10 references. (MMU)
Descriptors: Definitions, Instruction, Knowledge Level, Psychology
Peer reviewedSheffield, Dale S. – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1998
Attempts to provide the counseling profession with a concise definition of counselor impairment. Offers an overview of the various definitions of counselor impairment, and proposes a protocol for dealing with the impaired counselor. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselors, Definitions, Intervention, Models
Peer reviewedHerrick, Earl M. – Visible Language, 1999
Notes that the term "roman" when used to describe characters of written languages, can be confusing because it is overloaded with four different meanings. Distinguishes among these four meanings and suggests alternative terms for each of them. (RS)
Descriptors: Definitions, Higher Education, Printing, Romanization
Peer reviewedHoffmann, Terrence – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1999
Provides two meanings for the term "competency." One refers to the outputs or results of training, that is, competent performance. The other refers to the inputs, or underlying attributes, required of a person to achieve competent performance. Includes a typology to show that the term has several meanings depending on the context. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Definitions, Job Performance
Peer reviewedHariman, Robert – Argumentation and Advocacy, 1998
Cites Robert Scott's 1967 essay on rhetoric as a way of knowing as a statement defending rhetoric as a social practice and a tradition of study. Suggests emphases on humanism, ethics, and argument place undue limitations on understanding how rhetoric can be a way of knowing. Offers a theory of aesthetic knowledge parallel to Scott's theory of…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Definitions, Ethics, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLibman, Karen – Youth Theatre Journal, 2001
Examines the development of the Children's Theatre Conference's 1956 definition statement, which names the word "creative dramatics." Turns to the 1978 Children's Theatre Association of America position paper, which explicitly moves away from the term "creative dramatics" and advocates, "creative drama." Concludes…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Definitions, Educational History, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGordon, Joanne M. – Journal of Nursing Education, 2000
Nurse educators (n=201) identified their concept of critical thinking and agreement with nonnurse experts (a Delphi panel of academic scholars) on critical thinking items. They agreed on skills and dispositions, but nurse educators were more likely to consider research, problem solving, decision making, and planning as critical thinking…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Definitions, Higher Education, Nursing Education
Direct linkEnglish, D.J.; Graham, J.C.; Litrownik, A.J.; Everson, M.; Bangdiwala, S.I. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objective:: For nearly 25 years researchers have suggested that better taxonomic systems conceptualizing and reliably differentiating among different dimensions of maltreatment are required. This study examines the utility of three different characterizations of one dimension of maltreatment, chronicity, to predict child behavioral and emotional…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Prediction, Definitions, Child Abuse
Mollen, Debra; Ethington, Lanaya L.; Ridley, Charles R. – Counseling Psychologist, 2006
Why has the specialty of counseling psychology been overlooked in the larger conversation about positive psychology? Is it reasonable that counseling psychology claims positive psychology as its own? What are some of the problems in defining "positive psychology," and how does the lack of consensus around operationalization thwart discourse on…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counseling, Definitions, Persuasive Discourse
