Argues that there needs to be a great debate about work as well as about education. (Editor)

The rapid changes in society during the last few decades have magnified the importance of leisure time recreation. Educating people for the recreative use of leisure is an opportunity and a challenge to adult education. This article examines the basic criteria and possible activities for an adult leisure time educational program. (EM)

A self-administered health questionnaire can be a useful and relatively inexpensive method of obtaining initial health histories on students and identifying problems that require follow-up by the health center. (MJB)

The purpose of this study is to compare by accepted statistical criteria the best and average scores as estimators of a subject's maximum performance. (JD)

The educational philosophy and general principles underlying the concept of teacher evaluation are discussed and suggestions made for objectives and procedures assuring a well-planned, fair, and constructive evaluation process. (MB)

Do juries decide cases responsibly, or are they easily swayed by a defendant's appearance or by their own view about the fairness of the law? Professor Joseph Sanders, a lawyer and a sociologist at the University of Michigan, conducted a two-year project that strongly upholds the rationality and reliability of the American jury system. (Editor/RK)

Investigates the relationship between the length of a football coach's tenure and his effectiveness. (Author/RK)

Many independent schools are now devising or revising procedures for assessing the performance of their teaching staffs. How can they make sure that their evaluation programs will be fair to the teacher and useful to the school and the community? Discusses some common pitfalls in faculty evaluation programs. (Author/RK)

Considers the problems in using recidivism as a single--or even major--standard for the evaluation of a criminal sanctioning system, not only because of its tie to the problematic goal of rehabilitation, but because of the inadequacy of any single criterion of effectiveness. (Author/RK)

The moral concepts entailed in Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of moral judgment are examined and the underlying meta-ethical position is criticized. (Editor)

Describes a program in testing and instruction in written composition, developed at Chicago State University. (AA)

Defines and discusses the concept of linearity in the design and conduct of research and suggests general considerations for dealing with the problem of linearity in naturalistic inquiry in speech communication studies. (MH)

Guidelines for selecting appropriate assistive devices which afford disabled individuals access to computers are presented. In general, the individual who is to use the computer must be evaluated first to ensure that the adaptive device makes the most efficient use of his/her muscle control, mobility, reflexes, etc. (CB)

Use of multiple data sources in evaluation, or congruence analysis, promotes effective teaching. Data are systematically compared from classroom observation, teacher self-analysis, and student descriptions. A set is produced by scaling data from criteria and source. Diagnoses with suggested action are most useful in improving instruction. (CJH)

A merit pay policy for teachers will not solve educational problems because poor performance in school is rarely due to weak teachers and because "merit" in teaching is not necessarily identifiable. Possible impacts of merit raises are discussed. (DF)