Examines how four classifications of learning styles--field dependence/independence, holistic/sequential, styles linked to the experiential learning cycle, and "deep" and "surface" learning--relate to curriculum values. Draws on research at Sheffield Hallam University into the learning styles of General National Vocational…

This article discusses using the term "general learning disorder" instead of "mental retardation." It addresses the offensiveness of the current label, discusses ingredients needed in a more appropriate diagnostic term, and offers a proposed grouping of developmental disabilities based on cognitive ability, language ability, physical ability, and…

Provides a basic definition of metadata, including the usefulness of metatags for online information retrieval and documentation. Defines the elements of the Dublin Core, the next level of metadata. Discusses how librarians can take advantage of metadata. Describes the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) Project whose goal is to use metadata to…

Thirty-seven students who were blind or had low vision listed as many examples of 10 categories as they could and the prototype order of examples was scored. No differences between blind or low-vision students were found, but categories with which the students had a greater degree of direct sensory experience produced more examples and higher…

Reviews the historical basis and rationale for identifying children as learning disabled due to a discrepancy between scores on measures of intelligence and achievement. Discusses the validity of such classifications and the role of IQ testing in the designation of children as learning disabled for research and public policy. Alternative…

Describes the development of the Children's Social Behavior Questionnaire (CSBQ), an instrument designed to provide an extensive list of behaviors frequently observed in children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. The successful results of the CSBQ in distinguishing the characteristics of this disability are reported.…

Australian and English professional rugby players completed various physical fitness performance tests to determine differences when grouping players into three different rugby positional categories. Results found minimal differences in test scores on the basis of players' specific positions on a team, however, when players were grouped according…

With data from 444 civil service employees, a model was developed to weight individual and occupational characteristics in order to assign employees to interpersonal or technical skills training. Age, gender, education, management level, and job tenure were significant variables associated with each type of training. (Contains 56 references.) (SK)

When systems of ordering, such as classifications and thesauri, are used, two mappings are involved: objects (documents) in the collection and searchers' queries. Four means to achieve this are: relative indexes; syndetic structures; entry vocabulary indexes; and human intermediaries. These forms can supplement and augment each other. The…

Two major research streams of information science, bibliometric mapping and document retrieval combined in the literature visualization movement with the implementation of VIRI (visual information retrieval interface). The capability now exists to quickly map the citation images of thousands of persons through AuthorLink, to map displays of…

Examines situations/purposes users have for searching the Web and perceptions of the textual features that assist users in characterizing documents/text retrieval in actual Web searches. The study employs a bottom-up approach to derive a set of genres built around actual use of the Web. After employing content-analytic techniques to derive a…

Proposes a mechanism that carefully integrates human and machine efforts to explore Web users' search interests. The approach consists of a four-step process: extraction of core terms; construction of subject taxonomy; automatic subject categorization of query terms; and observation of users' search interests. Research findings are proved valuable…

The Nonprofit Program Classification System being developed by the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) provides a way to enrich the information available on nonprofits and utilize the newly available NCCS/PRI National Nonprofit Organization database from the IRS Forms 990 filed annually by charities. It provides a method to organize…

From Aesop to Sun Tzu, the importance of working together has long been acknowledged. Yet as long as cooperation has existed, so have the difficulties associated with it. Pooling two fields might mean twice the power, but this union also brings twice the jargon, twice the competing theories, and twice the head butting. Nonetheless, in this…

Young infants are very sensitive to feature distribution information in the environment. However, existing work suggests that they do not make use of correlation information to form certain perceptual categories until at least 7 months of age. We suggest that the failure to use correlation information is a by-product of familiarization procedures…