This laboratory exercise integrates the topics of cell structure, classification of living organisms, and evolution. It is suitable for secondary or college biology courses and was used in an interdisciplinary science course for nonscience majors. (BB)

A two-part animism questionnaire was adminstered to 200 female undergraduates with extensive backgrounds in science. When students classified objects as "living" or "nonliving," 67 percent gave evidence of animistic thought. Yet when subjects identified statements which reflected their own definition of living, 66 percent…

Reported is a study that sought to develop a need-identification process that would identify the educational needs of practicing pharmacists, provide a field test, and determine if selected variables affect these needs. Taxonomies of educational objectives and need identification test forms for community and hospital pharmacists are appended. (JMD)

An incidental memory paradigm was used to study involuntary encoding processes and voluntary retrieval strategies in children's memory. Subjects were 16 preschool children and 16 kindergarten children. (Author/MP)

This taxonomy should be read with Mr. Annarino's article, "Physical Education Objective; Traditional vs. Developmental," published in the October 1977 issue of "Journal of Physical Education and Recreation." (PBS)

Attempts to advance some broad considerations about the possible origins of teacher-generated, teacher-focused in service training and education, suggests a new and radical approach to such training programs and their subsequent evaluation, and offers a rationale which would help to determine priorities within that framework. (Author/RK)

The National Center for Education Statistics has commissioned a new educational taxonomy, which will include a speech communication category. The omnibus project, guidelines and constraints affecting the classification process, and the activities and decisions that relate particularly to speech communication are discussed. (JMF)

Presented at the First National Conference on Learning Disabilities in Ottawa, Canada in October, 1977, the article discusses learning disabilities and their appropriate special educational services in Canada, focusing on the processes of categorization and labeling. (DLS)

A sample of ninth-grade students utilizing the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) and other materials was used to investigate the relationship between cognitive preferences and science process achievement. The three cognitive preferences examined were: (1) application; (2) memorization; and (3) questioning. (HM)

Examined are some generic issues and problems related to the development of operational procedures for identifying learning disabled children, focusing on the formula proposed by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. (DLS)

A brief typological sketch of Wappo syntax is presented as well as a detailed presentation of one particular typological characteristic, "subjecthood." An explanation for the unusual surface coding of subjects in Wappo is given. (Author/NCR)

A variety of student work procedures and answer patterns for whole-number computation is examined. Specific suggestions for helping students who make each type of error are offered. (MN)

This paper reviews theory and research on client classification and their processing in various organizational settings, with emphasis on drug abusers. Implications are drawn in terms of developing a better model of the social psychology of institutional life, and diagnostic-screening units more serviceable to needs of clients. (Author)

Identified are four groups of faculty development practices based on their use among 756 colleges and universities: traditional practices; instructional assistance practices; those that emphasized the assessment of faculty; and those involving many faculty in improvement activities. Practices judged effective, and the organization and funding are…

Essentially, the HIM is a systematic set of categories developed for use in understanding and classifying interaction in small groups, especially therapy groups. It has, however, been used not only on T-groups, encounter groups, discussion groups, and such, but also on individual and dyadic counseling sessions. (Author)