The article reviews curriculum areas, team roles and approaches, and the transdisciplinary approach in developing individualized education programs for physically handicapped students. (CL)

Discussed is the identification and stimulation of creative imagination imagery. (Author/DLS)

The measurement of creativity in children is discussed. (DLS)

A discussion of definitions of electrical wiring terms in both general and specialized French and English dictionaries that show "conductor" to be the generic term and the other words studied to be specific. Precisions are given for each term. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

This article discusses several oral diseases and some methods used in disseminating oral health information to guide the public in safe, effective prevention programs. Some suggestions are made for more effective educational programs. (MBR)

Information Science education has not yet matured to the level of being articulated in a program plan representing the consensus of members of a profession. Components of curriculum plans are discussed and a topic inventory for information science is presented with indications of its utility in curriculum design and assessment. (Author)

Computerized conferencing is defined, its advantages and disadvantages summarized, and its usefulness in project and crisis management reviewed. (MBR)

An operational definition of public television programming and its implications for development and production agencies is sorely needed. This article explores some of the components of such a definition and examines the differences in several types of educational programming in terms of specific design and evaluation variables of the program.…

Plate tectonics concepts require a definition of fault, a new term to compliment epeirogeny, and a clarification of transform fault characteristics. This article makes proposals for these changes. (Author/MA)

The purpose of this article is to offer some suggestions which might place community satisfaction within a useful theoretical framework. Specifically, it is argued that community satisfaction can be profitably viewed as one dimension of the definition of the situation, where satisfaction refers to a definitional and community a situational…

The authors explain recommendations made by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) regarding federal legislation on gifted and talented students. (SBH)

Reviews actions of the American Chemical Society (ACS) council meeting held in March 1978 in Anaheim, California. Actions included adoption of a definition of the terms chemist and chemistry. (SL)

Notes that issues related to the concept of race emanate more from sociophilosophical origin than from science research. A major issue at present is the nature-nurture controversy. A less notorious debate ensues around the social implications that surround the attempt to use the word race in a scientific context. (Author/AM)

In response to the challenge to teach basics, schools can choose among a number of alternative ways of giving the word "basics" a local definition. Discusses five guidelines for interpreting "basics". (Author/RK)

Maintaining that the best teachers are taken out of the classroom via differentiated staffing, this article suggests that the reverse should happen; that is, the poorer teachers should be given the ancillary work and the best teachers should remain in the classroom. (JC)