Describes an exercise in which students cut out T-shirt drawings, sort the T-shirts into groups, and "write" a classification essay by pasting the T-shirts on sheet of paper. The T-shirts in each group become the examples used in one body paragraph of the classification essay. (HTH)

Examines possible rules governing reference interviews: needs rule, wants rule, face value rule, and clarification rule. Face value rule is defended as a legitimate expression of one conception of the reference librarian's professional role, implying a restricted view of librarians' responsibility for outcome of reference inquiries. (MBR)

An annotated bibliography of materials published during 1984-1985 on subject analysis covers classification, indexing, subject headings, and thesauri. The major theme is the need for improved subject analysis and the new computer technology is seen as the way to achieve it. (EM)

Presents an exploratory taxonomy of small group interaction-coding systems. Six dimensions that characterize interaction-coding schemes are presented in a hierarchical order ranging from abstract conceptual issues to specific methodological ones. These dimensions are: philosophical perspective, conceptual and operational focus, observer inference,…

Expert systems are briefly reviewed and applications in special education diagnosis and classification are described. Future applications are noted to include text interpretation and pupil performance monitoring. (CL)

Combining a phyletic approach based on history and current organizational theory and a phenetic approach through a national sample of institutions and multivariate analysis, a structural taxonomy was developed. Autonomy and centralization of decision making and participation and formalization of procedures were common to both approaches.…

Suggests that narcissistic, borderline, and antisocial personality disorders are not discrete diagnostic categories, but that they lie along a continuum and have in common the dimensions of degree of self-centeredness and degree of differentiation. Presents evidence supporting existence of continuum of behavior rather than discrete diagnostic…

This article speculates on an underlying order obscured by the details of the Boshier-Collins cluster analysis and the mapping of Houle's types onto it. A table illustrates an interpretation of cluster analysis on Boshier's Education Participation Scale. (CT)

The authors cite a critical need for adequate client description in program evaluation efforts and propose a set of characteristics that a useful classification of clients must possess. After reviewing current classification systems, the authors discuss behavioral and ecological models. (CL)

The Rimland E2 questionnaire was applied to three groups of children diagnosed with Infantile Autism, Autism with Associated Symptoms, and Mental Retardation, as well as normal controls. Results confirmed that the scale accurately differentiates autistic from nonautistic children, but it may not permit clear differentiation of infantile autism…

A longitudinal study of school counselors revealed high career stability and positive professional growth within the maintenance stage of career development. (Author/ABB)

Demonstrates young children's shift toward a taxonomic basis for organization of both named and depicted objects. Concludes that perceptual organization in young children cannot be attributed to an inability to ignore visual information but seems to be based upon the centrality of perceptual features to the representation of objects. (Author/NH)

The technique of generalizing sample results in a classification study to large subpopulations of unequal sizes was examined. The usual output from the discriminant analysis routine in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was extended to handle the present statistical problems. Advantages of the technique were discussed. (Author/DWH)

The author examines what teaching behavior is appropriate under what circumstances, andragogically based behavior or pedagogically based behavior? To examine this issue, a classification system based on the structure of the knowledge sought is proposed. (CT)

A system for classifying educational objectives based on a description of personal attributes is proposed to fill the gap in analyzing and specifying objectives for professional education. The system's application to curriculum analysis and design in professional and other kinds of education is discussed. (MSE)