To determine the degree of controversy or consensus regarding definitions at the state level, questionnaires focusing on six learning disability topics were sent to each state education agency (SEA) and the District of Columbia. In general, more consensus than controversy exists when broad areas are considered. Changes in some SEA definitions…

Reviews historical thinking about visual literacy; addresses the issue of setting visual literacy's parameters; provides a rationale linking individuals in an otherwise multidisciplinary movement; proposes a redefinition of visual literacy; and postulates proposals designed to foster further development and understanding of the theoretical…

A total of 50 children between 6 and 13 years of age were tested for a predicted, eight-step sequence of family role concepts. Dolls representing typical roles were used as props, and each child was asked questions concerning role explanations and increasingly abstract family definitions. The sequence was found to be scalable and age-related.…

Defines the engineering method by: (1) giving a preliminary definition and examples of its essential term (heuristics); (2) comparing the definition to a popular alternative; and (3) presenting a simple form of the definition. This definition states that the engineering method is the use of engineering heuristics. (JN)

This paper examines the merits of contrary assumptions about the prospects for providing a strict definition of"teaching." The author contends there is reason to believe that the concept of teaching is polymorphous. (JMK)

The core of geography consists of endeavors that touch base with five core elements: landscape, maps, hypotheses, processes, and models/generalizations. All geographers have common or shared interests whether they be geomorphologists or behavioralists; many of the divisions that characterize the discipline are dysfunctional and unnecessary.…

A definition of test validity as the ratio of a covariance term to a variance term, analogous to the classical definition of test reliability, is proposed. When error scores on distinct tests are uncorrelated, the proposed definition coincides with the usual one, but it remains meaningful when error scores are correlated. (Author/BW)

Advances a definition that distinguishes ritual from other kinds of formal expression. Demonstrates the creative potential of ritual through an analysis of ritual structure as illustrated by practical drama lessons. (PD)

Review of several definitions of population education leads to the conclusion that the definition must be relevant to specific social and cultural goals. (GW)

Author discusses the relationship between imagery and creativity as well as the role that imagery played in creative functioning. (Author/RK)

This article re-examines the charge of irrelevance often levelled against the Foundational Studies in a teacher education program. It argues that the relevance expected of these studies is categorically different from that expected of the methodology courses and the practical teaching aspects. (Editor)

A case for making the vice-principal's job more responsible--one which places the administrator where the learning takes place--is presented. What the vice-principal should be doing versus what he should not be doing is discussed. (RK)

Article delineated some of the ways in which "school" has been defined. That discussion was used as a background for offering a more detailed discussion of what the concept school means in sociological terms. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this paper is to examine what is known, and not known, about competencies for the clinical supervisor--sources and methodologies for identifying competencies, competency statements and their formulation, and the issues and problems being encountered and investigated. (Author/RK)

Although the author wished that there were absolute rights, as Joel Feinberg has argued there are, he presented an argument to the contrary. Among the points he attempted to establish was that there is no hard and fast distinction between legal rights and legal privileges as Feinberg has maintained. (Author/RK)