The imprecision of some concepts used in formal models in information science has led to attempts to apply fuzzy set theory to aspects of information science. An analysis of various kinds of imprecision that can occur indicates that fuzzy set theory is not an appropriate formalism for these models. (Author/MBR)

Mossie J. Richmond, Jr. responds to Keith Baker's criticisms directed at "Effects of Extended School Year" (Education, 97, 392-8), maintaining that Baker has criticized research and research methodology with which Baker has never come in contact. Richmond presents definitions, classifications, and rationale for his research methodology.…

Society, the patient, and the mental health professional each define ideal mental health from a different vantage point. A truly adequate picture of an individual's mental health is possible only if these three facets of a tripartite model of functioning are evaluated and integrated. (Author/SJL)

Definitions of social work that describe what social workers do often become unwieldy because social workers do so many different things. Here is a concise definition built around the common goals that unify the profession's diverse fields and specialties and make them social work. (Author)

Discusses redundancy in language and proposes an operational definition which could be used in studying the effects of redundancy on communication between writer and reader. (MKM)

Reviews the various meanings of the words "normal,""functional," and "healthy," and suggests greater caution and guidelines for the use of these words to avoid ambiguity and erroneous implications. (Author)

Presented in part at the Second World Conference of the International Society on Family Law in 1977, the article discusses child abuse management from a critical sociological point of view, focusing on some of the professional conflicts between the medical and legal perspectives. (DLS)

Eighty-five teachers enrolled in graduate school responded, in writing, to the meaning the statement, "I trust my principal," had for them. The responses served as the basis for a questionnaire administered to another group of 167 teachers in graduate classes. (Author/MLF)

The new copyright law expressly includes "choreographic works" as subject matter for copyright, but its treatment of choreography has flaws, including the lack of definition and dealing with choreographies created before the act becomes effective. These and other problems are discussed. (LBH)

Draws attention to the need for an interdisciplinary approach to social and human sciences. Compares social science research to the art of weaving, in which the weaver knits separate pieces together in a unified whole. Available from: Unipub, Box 433, Murray Hill Station, New York, New York 10016. (Author/DB)

There is a need in art education to clarify the conceptual meaning of art attitude and to delineate the qualities implicit therein. This research provides that clarification by presenting a definition of attitude applicable to art and art-related referents. Compares this definition to some fundamental characteristics of attitudes previously…

Health is a dynamic state of interactive personal and socioecological wellbeing. (Author)

Examines the ways in which an increasing reliance on explicit rules tends to undermine higher education's traditional governance models, which promoted academic freedom, and to replace them by "rational management" models, which may not. (Editor)

Among the variety of approaches to curriculum development, one methodology uses the idea of "consensus". It has been especially effective when used to define content areas within larger disciplines. While the technique may be applicable to curricula within any discipline, this research focuses on its application as a basis for the…