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Gilchrist, Alan, Ed. – 1997
This set of papers offers insights into some of the major developments in the field of classification and knowledge organization, and highlights many of the fundamental changes in views and theories which have taken place during the last 40 years. This document begins with a series of reminiscences from former delegates of the first International…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification
Wasilko, Peter J. – 1997
The Continuity Project is a research, development, and technology transfer initiative aimed at creating a "Library of the Future" by combining features of an online public access catalog (OPAC) and a campus wide information system (CWIS) with advanced facilities drawn from such areas as artificial intelligence (AI), knowledge…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cataloging, Classification, Computer Mediated Communication
Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Turnbull, Ann P. – 1998
This book examines schools' legal responsibility for providing equal educational opportunities for children with disabilities under the 1997 reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). First, an introduction to the American legal system and federal policy on disability is provided. Next, the six principles of special education…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Classification, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2000
Developed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Information Network (O*NET) team, the O*NET[TM] Career Exploration Tools (Version 3.0) consist of three main parts: (1) the Interest Profiler; (2) the Work Importance Locator; and (3) the O*NET[TM] Occupations Combined List. The Interest Profiler is a self-assessment career exploration tool…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Clemans, Allie; Hartley, Robyn; Macrae, Helen – 2003
Trends in adult and community education (ACE) across Australia were examined. Data were obtained from consultations with national, state, and territory policy and funding body representatives; consultations with representatives of 40 ACE agencies across Australia; and analysis of pertinent literature, research, and policy documents. The study was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Classification
Roth, Andrew Paul – 1999
State-sponsored, tax-advantaged college savings programs (prepaid tuition plans, college savings trusts, and college savings bonds) have proliferated since 1994. This study, which examined 160 documents from 44 states, focuses on their effect on policy, and on the debate over public-versus-private responsibility to pay for higher education, as…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Responsibility
Bandi, Rajendra; Nakatani, Kazuo – 1998
The emergence of newer World Wide Web-based technologies has resulted in increased offering of distance education courses in most academic areas. However, to a great extent, the choice of technology is governed by the availability of technology rather than by the appropriateness of the technology for the course being taught and for the learning…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Word's Worth: A Quarterly Newsletter of the Lifelong Learning Network, 1998
This issue of a quarterly newsletter focuses on the theme of critical thinking skills. "Critical Thinking Skills: An Interview with Dr. Richard Paul" (Barbara Christopher) is the text of an interview in which the director of research at Sonoma State University's Center for Critical Thinking examines the meaning of critical thinking and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
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Morgan, Robert L.; Hunt, E. Stephen – 1999
This third revision of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) updates and modifies education program classifications, descriptions, and titles at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult education levels. This edition has also been adopted by Canada as its standard for major field of study classification. The volume includes the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations, Cataloging
Maine State Dept. of Education, Augusta. Div. of Special Services. – 1999
This document contains regulations governing the provision of equal educational opportunities and free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive educational alternative to all Maine student residents with disabilities between the ages of 5 and 20. Twenty sections contain provisions relating to: (1) the policy and purpose of special…
Descriptors: Classification, Compliance (Legal), Definitions, Disabilities
Moore, Julie; Knuth, Randy; Borse, Jennifer; Mitchell, Marlon – 1999
Two recent trends in education--increased technology and accountability--are driving efforts to define technology competencies and standards for teachers. The first lists of competencies from these efforts are just now being completed. While some of these competencies are linked to teacher certification and re-certification, others are developed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Benchmarking, Classification, Comparative Analysis
Benjamin, Amy – Eye on Education, 2005
Do you spend entirely too much time correcting your students' papers? Do your students' essays and term papers take side trips to nowhere? Is their writing riddled with mechanical errors? Do their lab reports and essays lack specificity and clarity? Writing in the Content Areas, Second Edition is for middle and high school content area teachers…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Essays, Teachers, Word Processing
Egbert, James C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
During the past 25 years a very significant change has taken place in the attitude of those in control of educational institutions toward the so-called summer season--specifically the months of July and August--as deserving a place in the academic year or calendar. Formerly, the extreme heat so common in many parts of the country was regarded as…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Summer Schools, School Schedules, College Administration
Van Sickle, James H.; Witmer, Lightner; Ayres, Leonard P. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
There are many children in attendance in the public schools of the United States who, for one reason or another, cannot work most satisfactorily to themselves or others when classified with the great majority of the children. School authorities have seen for many years that the presence of such children in the regular classes is detrimental to the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Socialization
Reason, Paul L., Comp.; Tankard, George G., Jr., Comp. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
This handbook is a guide to property accounting for local and State school systems. It classifies and defines the specific items of information about land, buildings, and equipment that need to be comparable among local school systems and among States, and presents additional terminology essential to their effective use. As such, it is concerned…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, School Accounting, Educational Finance
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