The author conveys a sense of the term "health" as connoting not a passive state of freedom from disease, but an active condition of being, of growth, development, and evolution. (Author/MJB)

The authors respond to J. Kidd's article on the definition of mental retardation and urge the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Mental Retardation to develop a definition of mental retardation which has utility and generality for special education. (SBH)

Frequency, rank, and frequency rank distributions are defined. Extensive discussion on several aspects of frequency rank distributions includes the Poisson process as a means of exploring the stability of ranks; the correlation of frequency rank distributions; and the transfer coefficient, a new measure in frequency rank distribution. (MBR)

The National Society for Autistic Children sets forth the essential features (disturbances of developmental rates and sequence; of responses to sensory stimuli; of speech, language-cognition and nonverbal communication; and of the capacity to appropriately relate to people, events, and objects) and associated features of autism. (CL)

Description of inefficiency and limitations of today's office systems is followed by discussion of new technologies available and their costs and benefits. (MBR)

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An explication of the classical approach versus the phenomenological approach to the issue of andragogy, viewed in the above approaches as "an illusion which represents more jargon in the lexicon of educationese" (classical) or as "a significant contribution to philosophical discourse about adult education" (phenomenological).

This article explains the difference between Spanish "que" and "de" as translations of "than.""Que" is used in comparisons involving two different entities, while "de" is required when reference is to a single entity. (CHK)

This is an account of an attempt to find "discrimination". In one sense, the effort is unsuccessful. It was found that "discrimination" is a concept with multiple meanings, each of them vague and lacking in empirical criteria that allow a clear boundary to be drawn around the referent. (Author)

The first of four articles by members of the Habilitation Department of the Council for Exceptional Children discusses the evolution of the concept of career development, provides a definition of career education as a life centered approach to education, and offers suggestions for program development. (GW)

Traces public relations definitions in the twentieth century emphasizing the impact of publicity efforts. Available from: Public Relations Review, Ray Hiebert, Dean, College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. (MH)

The author points out two problems with the field of learning disabilities: the term caught on before a satisfactory definition had been determined and the field totally disregards the Law of Parsimony, which requires that one should never give a complicated answer when a simple one will do. (SBH)

Discusses the issue of defining "curriculum" and considers four main questions: why theorists have defined the concept, the definitions they have offered, the usefulness of these definitions, and the advisability of creating definitions for any abstract concept. For some terms no definitions can encompass all the various usages and meanings.…

To help educators understand the cognitive and behavioral sequelae of cerebral injury, the neuropathology of traumatic brain injury and the main neuropathological features resulting from trauma-related brain damage are reviewed. A glossary with definitions of 37 neurological terms is appended. (Author/DB)