The leadership hierarchies of 3 Mississippi communities with single major population centers of around 20,000 in 1970 were compared in terms of 3 dimensions--complexity, coordination, and openness. Similar in population size and organizational complexity, the communities were all county seats and centers for multicounty programs. They differed in:…

Reviews the history of selected topics in inorganic chemistry, including catalysis, mechanisms, transition metals, and noble gases. (MLH)

The article describes ways in which children can develop perceptual motor coordination while engaging in activities and games wearing halloween masks with taped-over eyes. (CD)

Movement skill development is discussed in terms of the role of perceptual-cognitive mechanisms in organizing movement processes. (DS)

The article explores six characteristics of children who have perceptual processing dysfunctions. (PHR)

The increasingly important role of state library agencies in coordinating planning and evaluation of all types of library services statewide are discussed. Formal statements on state agency roles, and state and federal legislation on planning are also included. (Author/MBR)

How to make day care better for children and providers, considerations of cost effectiveness and government role in child care were discussed at this workshop sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission. (KR)

Cooperative education in agriculture calls for two-way cooperation between the school and the employer in coordinating programs for their mutual benefit and for the students' benefit. The article notes a number of specific benefits to the cooperating employer. (MF)

Describing Ohio's four Regional Education Service Agencies (RESA's), this article provides a cross section of typical services offered by educational cooperatives. (JC)

How does one develop a fair distribution of equitable work loads for faculty involved in operating a cooperative education program? Attempts to specify the responsibilities required, estimate the amount of time needed to meet these responsibilities, and equate this time with the time required for meeting normal classroom requirements. (Author/RK)

Audio and visual interference did not significantly impair rhythmic response levels of second- and fourth-grade boys as measured by space error scores, though audio input resulted in significantly less consistent temporal performance. (MB)

Five methods of coordinating basal reading instruction with other instruction in grades one and two were compared: spelling words from readers, no formal composition; spelling from lists and spellers, no formal composition; composition related to the readers, no formal spelling; composition not related to the readers, no formal spelling; and no…

Age differences in play were examined cross-sectionally in children at 7, 9, 15, and 10 months of age. (BRT)

Describes the origins, definitions, tools, and principles of host-guest chemistry. Gives examples of chiral recognition in complexation, of partial transacylase mimics, of caviplexes, and of a synthetic molecular cell. (Author/RT)

The concept of distributed computing is discussed and reasons for coordinating decentralized computing at an institutional level are presented. Ten coordinative actions that an institution might decide upon are offered. (MLW)