Discusses the evolution of standards for bar codes (series of printed lines and spaces that represent numbers, symbols, and/or letters of alphabet) and describes the two types most frequently adopted by libraries--Code-A-Bar and CODE 39. Format of the codes is illustrated. Six references and definitions of terminology are appended. (EJS)

Contains definitions, approaches, and guidelines for using sight vocabulary. (Author/RB)

Proper supervision has been a concern of those responsible for education for many years. The 100-year-old definition used here may help us gain some insights regarding our sophistication and/or needs in the important area of supervision. (Editor/RK)

Argues that though there is a clear distinction between the aims of teaching and training, there need be no such distinction between the methods and mental processes involved, and that customary definitions have distorted the concept of training, which should be seen as a particular and worthwhile aspect of education. (WL)

Examines the way in which operational definitions contribute to scientific thought and discusses their use and expected results in research. (MH)

Examines various formal stylistic features of cinema in the 1930's and the relationship of these features to the technological developments of the period. Available from: Film Quarterly, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 94702. Subscription Rates: $6.00, per year; $10.80, two years; single copies, $1.50. (MH)

Article looked briefly at some of the aspects of William Wells Brown's life and attempted to interpret them within the context of creativity. (Author/RK)

This article relates the psychological dynamics of "peak experiences" to two concepts, intentionality and paradoxical intention, within the philosophical orientation of phenomenology. A review of early philosophical theories of self (Kant and Hume) is presented and compared with the experiential emphasis found in the phenomenology of Husserl.…

The author stresses the importance for counselors to articulate a viable and comprehensive approach to vocational counseling to both clients and the larger society. A re-thinking and re-stating of career education concepts can be a first step in applying vocational theory more constructively. (EA)

Attempts to evaluate the pragmatist's assertion concerning truth by evaluating the pragmatist's interpretation of the nature of consciousness, experience, and the truth-essence. (Author/RK)

Discusses the metalinguistic elements of argumentation in the legal definition. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Criticized are existing methods of identifying learning disabled children, and suggested are three objective conditions thought to be more appropriate. (DB)

The role of cognitive functions in three different valuing processes are identified and related to the development of moral autonomy. (GW)

One measure used in the name of quality assurance and institutional accountability in education is student graduate rate. In the context of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act it is important to remember that discussion of accountability and graduation rates should be rooted in existing state and federal roles. It is also important to…

This paper describes an incident between an academic researcher and a community member. The encounter, in which a researcher asked questions about farming practices, shows how cultural misunderstanding and failure to communicate the gains of research to the community has the potential to generate distorted information. The academic researcher has…