This textbook is the fifth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined, and selections are preceded by suggested points to consider.

This textbook is the sixth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined, and selections are preceded by suggested points to consider.

The committee that phrases the proposition for the national intercollegiate debates has a reasonably clear interpretation in mind when they phrase it. The next party to attempt to determine what the words of the resolution really mean is the affirmative team, which has a propensity to write a "squirrel" case that in one instance will find the…

Semiotic analysis is a method of analyzing signs (e.g., words) to reduce non-numeric data to their component parts without losing essential meanings. Semiotics dates back to Aristotle's analysis of language; it was much advanced by nineteenth-century analyses of style and logic and by Whitehead and Russell's description in this century of the role…

To clear up some of the existing confusion in gifted education terminology, the paper suggests several alternative ways of looking at the terms talented, creative, and gifted, with particular emphasis on the last two. Noted among distinctions are that the gifted have a global intellectual ability, the creative have the ability to produce…

Because it is essential that, wherever applicable, new technologies be integrated with the developing public broadcasting system, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is committed to a policy which will seek to have communication satellites utilized to the fullest for the benefit of all engaged in noncommercial broadcasting and communications.…

Comparing librarianship and science in terms of their objectives and methods of study, and their objects and means of mastery, results in the conclusion that they are antithetical as knowledge systems because the substance of librarianship is instrumental to science and vice versa. The resulting differences between them may be summarized as…

The author claims that the nature of the social sciences is to combine interpretive and empirical approaches in an attempt to understand human thought and behavior. He views the domain of social sciences as being different from that of the humanities or the natural sciences. Social scientists test interpretations by considering the extent to which…

This paper focuses on the theoretical and practical problems inherent in trying to build, create, develop, enhance, or strengthen networks among persons, groups, or organizations that would be useful in educational change efforts. The concepts of "social networks" and "networking" are defined, and background variables that…

This international glossary of adult education, its full text in English, Spanish, and French, is intended to establish generally acceptable international terminology in three major world languages to facilitate cooperation in the field of adult education. The alphabetical definition of terms, according to their spelling in each language, is…

Intended to help the laity find their way through the confusion and controversy surrounding minimum competency testing (MCT), this paper explains what MCT is, acknowledges its limitations, weighs the criticisms, and shows how MCT may be used constructively for the benefit of students and for the improvement of schools. Highlights from the paper…

The paper summarizes several approaches to the identification of learning disability and then discusses the nature of learning disability in the context of competing hypotheses as possible explanations of insufficient or unsatisfactory achievement. Because learning disability may only be inferred as a cause of unsatisfactory learning, the…

Prior experience with Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs has provided evidence that school districts are implementing supplementary programs funded by Title I which are separate and distinct from the base education programs. The focus of this study is on the relationship between the Title I supplementary programs and the base…

Evaluation can be considered as a general activity not specifically confined to educational settings. This paper considers the assumptions leading up to a definition of value, defines value within the framework of the stated assumptions, and discusses evaluation as a conceptual, rationalizing activity. Terms defined in the paper's first section…

This report on performance based teacher education (PBTE) begins with a consideration of the problem of a definition of PBTE since uncertainty and confusion have tended to result from a lack of clarity about what PBTE really is. In Chapter 2, the background of PBTE is surveyed and the intellectual, educational and political factors influencing the…