Sources of objectives in curriculum, descriptions, uses, and kinds of behavioral objectives are reviewed. Unique resolutions in each field of instruction are necessary with both cognitive and affective behaviors included in the design of a behavioral system in curriculum. (VW)

A taxonomy and a list of 108 verbs and their synonyms were compiled as first steps in developing a common language for describing the content of business and office education. By synthesizing the initial data, 57 principal verbs and their 162 synonyms proved adequate for describing 4,548 office tasks. Educational implications will be discussed in…

Any attempt today to recatalog a collection must take advantage of every tool which can simplify the task. This article represents such a venture in the application of the Library of Congress Class A schedule to the classifying, as well as cataloging, of phonorecords. (Author/NH)

Advocates the teaching of etymology and increased emphasis on vocabulary instruction by English teachers. (RD)

The problem considered is the discrepency between official classification of death as suicide, natural, or accidental and the classification of the research staff of a suicide prevention of facts by agency personnel. (DB)

Concerned with narrowing the gap between science and the humanities, the author examines briefly the nature of science and literature, and suggests several areas in which the science teacher and the literature may fruitfully work together. (LC)

A simple classification system for terrestrial plants is presented. The method is based on growth forms and avoids the need for identification to genus or species, although students could be encouraged to follow the work through to this level if appropriate. (Author/JN)