This revised digest presents basic information on mental retardation for educators and others. First, definitions from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) are presented. The fact sheet then analyzes how the new AAMR definition differs from earlier ones noting the new…

The book is a typological study of grammatical roles, such as agent, patient, beneficiary, and of grammatical relations, such as subject (direct) and indirect object. In addition it is concerned with the devices, such as the passive, that alter the identities in such roles and relations. Its objective is to suggest a consistent and reasonably…

This discussion of the contested/problematic concept (i.e., words that are open to debate and discussion as to their meaning) focuses on the notion of theory as one example in educational technology. Arguing that the notions of contested and problematic suggest debate, re-interpretation, and the need for dialogue with others to establish meaning,…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: This exercise replaces the standard, often boring introductory lecture on using the dictionary with a group assignment that encourages the students to observe and analyze the entry for at least one word very carefully. In doing so, the students discover for themselves both the kinds of information…

If they are to develop more effective social intervention strategies, social scientists must pay attention to social causality in their research. This will lead to more credibility for the social sciences and more support for research funds. Social causality is defined as a social process that produces a change in some dependent variable. It…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: LEVEL: College. AUTHOR'S COMMENT: When I first began as a college composition instructor, I gave a standard explanation that definition was necessary if students wished to argue logically or to explain an unfamiliar subject. I showed examples of definitions, discussed ones in the text, and then sent…

The diagnostic testing component of the Critical Thinking Project of the Pittsburgh schools is described and a rationale for the project's particular choice of testing procedures is provided. The purpose of the project was to help students develop skills for thinking critically and communicating critical thought through reading, discussion, and…

United States history is the subject of this bilingual glossary, one in a series designed to help high school students who are literate in Lao, but not in English, to meet graduation requirements. The first part of the handbook, in Lao, contains major concepts in American history and definitions of important and commonly used terms. The second…

This bilingual handbook on American government is one in a series developed to help Vietnamese-American high school students who are literate in their native language, but who are limited-English-proficient, in meeting graduation requirements. In the first part of the book, major concepts in American government and a glossary of important and…

This bilingual handbook on American history is one in a series developed to help Vietnamese American high school students who are literate in their native language, but not in English, in meeting graduation requirements. Major American history concepts and a glossary of important and commonly used terms appear, first in Vietnamese and then in…

United States history is the topic of this bilingual glossary, one of a series developed to help high school students who are literate in Spanish, but not in English, to meet graduation requirements. The first half of the document contains major American history concepts and definitions of important and commonly used terms, in Spanish. An English…

As a step toward developing a standardized measure for evaluating the impact of child protective services, three indices were developed: the abuse index, the neglect index, and the sexual abuse index. Each is composed of physical indicators of the problem and social and behavioral indicators found to be statistically correlated with physical…

Author clarified the meaning of humanities and specified its place in the educational curriculum. He also listed programs funded by the government as well as an account of how those funds are used. (RK)

This paper described the Managerial Style Questionnaire (MSQ) and demonstrated its usefulness for measuring Management By Objectives (MBO). (Author/RK)

The question of a central focus in comparative education was discussed, brief examples of research requirements considered, and kinds of selective association implied which could provide for more effective networking, thus connecting sectors of work within the Comparative and International Society to other organizations. (Author/RK)