Proposes a narrow and more manageable definition of creativity in order to consider the question of whether and how children's art-making may be said to be creative. (Author/RK)

Describes efforts by the Michigan State Board of Education to implement a Six Step Accountability Model as a method for developing goals for public education. (RK)

"Earnings capacity" is suggested as an alternative to "annual money income" as an indicator of economic status. The socioeconomic and demographic determinants of poverty as measured by earnings capacity and by annual money income are compared and contrasted. (WL)

Reviews the legislative and judicial history of state and federal laws relevant to the education of Spanish-speaking students and attempts to provide legally operational definitions of important terms and concepts related to the provision of equal educational opportunities for such students. (JG)

This study is a preliminary attempt to examine the nature of statements expressing traits as qualities of actions. It investigates the relative importance of five different variables in determining the trait attribution made to a described act. (Author)

Article discusses the importance of the democratic process of involving people in thinking and making decisions about and in planning and playing an active part in the development and operation of services that affect their daily lives; and the value for personal fulfillment of belonging in groups. (WL)

Available from: Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Child Study Cente, 1100 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117. The author discusses the concept of developmental dyslexia and attributes the wide variation in estimates of prevalence to the use of conflicting definitions of the disorder. (IM)

Available from: Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Child Study Center, 1100 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117.

Reviews the literature to address questions that school psychologists and teachers have regarding emergent literacy in kindergarten. Defines emergent literacy; examines the importance of reading to children; and discusses print awareness/concepts of print, knowledge of letter names, phonemic awareness, formal reading instruction, early readers,…

Examines changes in the definitions and purposes of literacy that have evolved in response to changes in the history of the United States. Discusses literacy as a skill; literacy-as-school-knowledge; and literacy as a social and cultural construct. Argues for no singular history or definition of literacy, but rather multiple definitions, purposes,…

This article for clinicians treating children with phonological disorders reviews changing trends in the definition of stimulability, standardized and nonstandardized approaches to its measurement, and clinical implications of stimulability for prognosis and treatment plan development as they have evolved over a 40-year period. Clinical…

Constructivism assumes that people create knowledge from the interaction of their existing knowledge or beliefs and the new ideas or situations they encounter. While constructivism is emancipating and empowering, classroom application is neither widespread nor systematic. Teachers should construct feasible, well-conceived implementation plans and…

This paper discusses problems arising from prevailing definitions of intelligence that are based on a rational paradigm, the typical form of acquiring knowledge in the modern world. Argues that perceptions of "being intelligent" are formed by the requirements of traditional scientific method. Suggestions are outlined for understanding…

A federal report finds that in 1995, 13% of colleges did not publish annual security reports required by federal law, and an equal number did not use the definitions of crimes prescribed by law. Common offenders were trade schools and colleges enrolling under 200 students. Among reporting institutions, 26% reported violent crimes, and 44% reported…