Most court cases involving harassment have dealt with male violators against females. However, five other types of harassment also exist. A diagram is used to analyze different types of harassment under different conditions. (Author/MLF)

Hierarchical cluster analysis from scores on the Child Behavior Profile was used to identify reliable profile patterns that characterized 2,683 clinically referred boys and girls aged 6 to 11 and 12 to 16. Procedures for classifying the profiles of individual children were developed and good agreement was obtained between classifications based on…

An open-category task was administered to 180 elementary students. Three modes of response (related to the ways students acquire attributes for objects) were used to score the tasks. Qualitative changes in the three modes were analyzed, and the results supported a qualitative change in the modes of response. (Author/GDC)

Reviews 1979's publications and activities in the fields of general subject analysis, classification, subject headings, and indexing. An extensive list of references is provided. (FM)

Outlines a classification scheme designed for language tapes and based on a review of other systems. The catalogue is recorded on a card index, in booklet form, and in a computer. A sample catalogue card is included and a description is given of the process used to set up the cards. (Author/AMH)

Animistic responding was generally unrelated to logical classification ability or to analytic cognitive style. Results which found high levels of animistic thinking beyond adolescence do not support Piagetian theory. Adults may respond animistically because of emotional attachments which they have formed to certain meaningful physical objects.…

Summarizes research to develop a comprehensive and coordinated occupational testing and classification system. An extension of this research led to identification of measurable interest factors which are incorporated in a trait-oriented occupational classification structure contained in USES Guide for Occupational Exploration, a supplement to the…

A description is given of a sequence of activities, designed to explore the relationships between members of the parallelogram family, used with a sixth-grade class. (MK)

Presents a key for the identification of 21 species of birds at Black Hill Conservation Park in Australia. Example on how to use this key is also presented. (HM)

Contends that curriculum fragmentation does not exist, and that unless children develop a command of the details of any given body of knowledge, they will not be able to use their powers of critical and creative thinking. (Author/MLF)

Proposes a taxonomy of replication designs and applies it to a representative sample of experimental communication research reports. Results of the analysis indicate that publishability and reporting practices hamper the ability to identify replication studies. Discusses implications of these findings and suggests ways to improve the situation.…

Examines relative efficacy of dissonance theory and interpersonal attraction theory over random composition in composing groups that will work best in group therapy. Treatment variables were a tape-recorded treatment condition, a placebo condition, and a no-treatment control condition. No clear support for either theory of group support was found.…

Suggests categorization of words as an alternative to traditional word study. (MKM)

A taxonomy of organizational states is described, ranging from least to greatest chance of potential success. For each, various strategies for administrative action are discussed. The paper concludes by addressing a number of important issues concerned with facilitating instructional technology in higher education. (Author/JEG)