Presents alternatives as a part of American education in pursuit of commonly accepted goals, but utilizing progressive educational methods. (Author)

Open education and schools of choice are alive and well--even in an era labeled "back to basics". (Editor)

Discussed in the interview are such topics as the regulations for Public Law 94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act), formulation of the Learning Disabilities (LD) definition, problems in the labeling of LD students, varying incidence estimates, and divergent opinions among professionals in the field of LD. (IM)

Examined are some generic issues and problems related to the development of operational procedures for identifying learning disabled children, focusing on the formula proposed by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. (DLS)

Information is presented on the definition, causes, effects and population estimates for developmental disabilities; and a tentative hypothesis regarding the hearing impaired/developmentally disabled is set forth. (CL)

Asks what constitutes a community and what types of communities do the community colleges usually serve. Examines the characteristics of a community and compares the definitions of community and city. Identifies four kinds of communities: geographical communities, community defined as a way of life, social organizations, and living-group…

Cognitive preference as used in this research refers to a conscious decision which the subjects were forced to make, thus suggesting a relative rather than an absolute preference as with cognitive style. It was predicted that the scores derived from the cognitive preference scale would serve as good indicators for the mode of instruction from…

Biofeedback is defined and current instrumentation and applications are described in the context of the history, physiology, procedures, and major clinical uses. (Author)

Describes a comprehensive instrument used in the student teaching program at Florida State University to provide student teachers with the opportunity to evaluate all areas of their student teaching experience. (Author/RK)

Describes the range of research on ethnicity and education in comparative education, a conception of ethnicity in comparative studies, the relation of this conception to "race" and minority groups, ethnicity as a political phenomenon the need for applying culture theory, and makes some suggestions for ethno-educational studies. (Author/RK)

The article describes the severe and/or multiple child while discussing appropriate comprehensive assessment domains necessary for complete and meaningful service and programming. Specific problems and concepts related to the establishment and maintenance of severe and/or multiple units are discussed. (Author/NQ)

Attempts to describe the rationale for Teacher Centers as well as its promise as a model for inservice education. The advantages and disadvantages of this concept from the perspective of colleges of education are also discussed. (Author/RK)

First determines why evaluation is necessary and then discusses the roles and goals of evaluation. (RK)

Reports on the development and field testing of a program to prepare teachers in interpersonal skills. In this program eight affective or interpersonal skills that could be utilized by classroom teachers were identified. These skills were organized in a microteaching format, each described in writing and modeled on videotape. (Editor/RK)

Suggests that teacher competence should be defined as the extent to which a teacher can intellectually defend his practices and beliefs rather than as his conformity to current practices. (Editor/RK)