A National Academy of Science report ("Physics Through the 1990's") says that American physics has been a highly diversified and productive enterprise, but continued excellence cannot be taken for granted. Progress in six subfields (elementary particle, nuclear, condensed-matter, atomic/molecular, plasma/fluid, and gravitation/cosmology physics)…

The author argues that publication of unsolicited papers in ERIC's Resources in Education should be assigned at least as much weight by institutions evaluating faculty contributions as papers for recognized national and state conferences. Acceptance rates, qualifications of evaluators, and criteria used by the ERIC clearinghouses are described.…

Reviews six recent reports on high school reform. Concludes that theatre educators must consider change and create a stronger, more vital theatre curriculum to meet the needs of all adolescents. (PD)

Reports on the 1984 activities and achievements of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, highlighting work in the areas of federal relations, educational leadership, and service to the educational community. Identifies the councils, commissions, consortia, and committees of the AACJC and highlights some of their activities.…

Discusses perceptual processing associated with understanding cartoons; reviews literature focusing on cartoon creation, criticism, and communication; defines iconic imaging; and reviews crucial factors in understanding and creating cartoons, including leveling, sharpening, and assimilation, right and left brain imagery modes, developmental stages…

Clinicians in a public school clinical speech program designed and adopted a system of computerized reporting which generates required due process paperwork, provides student reports and copies of Individualized Educational Programs, and stores data for administrative and research purposes. Preliminary data indicate both time and financial…

Provides overall picture of growth of librarianship and information science literature (academic research and practitioner's literature) and various outlets available for reporting research findings, with special emphasis on United States and Great Britain. Discussion covers ways in which research may be undertaken and dissemination of research…

The article describes a way of preparing progress reports for special education students through the use of a computer. An example illustrates the approach that identifies a gifted student's special needs and her class accomplishments. (CL)

Presents a preliminary analysis of differences between Disclosure II and Predicasts Annual Reports Abstracts (databases which provide online company information) as available from DIALOG Information Retrieval Services. Sources of online information, duplication of information, company coverage, currency of coverage, accuracy of coverage, and…

Provided are explicit guidelines, in a form that can be used as a handout for students. The guidelines cover formulation of the statement of the problem and the hypothesis, ways of writing in a logical format, and ways of improving the readability of the term paper. (RM)

A 31-member evaluation panel of educational administrators, college or university faculty, and computer vendors were asked to rate the level of importance of 42 competencies validated by 10 nationally recognized authorities. The eight competencies rated as the most important and the four ranked as least important are listed in this brief report.…

This article synthesizes empirical studies of homework and various homework strategies on the academic achievement and attitudes of students. Findings are discussed. (Author/DF)

Reports on two projects of the National Association for the Education of Young Children: the Child Care Information Service and the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. Included are brief reports of the Public Policy Task Group and the Information Services Task Group. (AS)

Data contained in the Learning Potential Assessment Device report were compared with information in a standard psychological report for value in educational programming with 146 graduate special education students. Ss rated both reports negatively. Neither report was perceived to be valuable for program planning purposes. (Author/CL)

Investigates the effect of report-writing format and style on teachers' (N=81) comprehension of psychological reports. Results indicated that teachers better comprehended reports that organize information by functional domain, describe strengths and problems in clear behavioral terms, describe the child's learning style fully, and state specific…