Despite the uniqueness of each individual's experience, approximate communication is possible in the margin of overlap between the speaker/writer's experience and that of the hearer/reader. This vague phrase, "margin of overlap," can be clarified and given an empirical base through application of the measure of vagueness developed in…

Discussed is early identification of children having special educational or developmental needs, with emphasis on the use of screening to identify the potential high risk learner. Terms are defined and criteria to help select a screening instrument are given. The Zeitlin Early Identification Screening (ZEIS) is described as an example of a…

This paper provides a detailed analysis of the differential impact of alternative allocation procedures for Title I funds provided for under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and including the impact on both selected states and all states of changing the poverty definition, the impact of updating the poverty count, the impact of changing…

Article evaluated the types of research consistent with the idea of promoting the aesthetic welfare via a cultural service field. (Author/RK)

Discusses Ramon Menendez Pidal's contribution to Spanish and general lexicography in his prologue to Samuel Gili Gaya's "Diccionario General." (AM)

A pervasive and persistent subjectivist slogan concerning the nature of right action, uttered most commonly by new students of moral philosophy, is stated and its absurdity exposed. (Editor)

Basic rights of patients are considered as well as the role of the patient advocate in helping to obtain those rights. (RK)

This article deals with the key element leading toward therapeutic change in counseling confrontation. This view challenges much of the current trends in counselor education which focus on empathy and accurate reflection of feeling and content. (Editor)

This article discussed some of the professional affairs in counseling psychology which are challenging it to define its role and status as a speciality. (Editor/RK)

Author provided guidelines for making order out of a complex task, a noble attempt to inject some sanity into an otherwise frenzied ritual. (Editor/RK)

The combined use of rational sets of concept instances and of a concept definition is validated as a powerful controllable variable in instructional material that is designed to facilitate concept attainment. (Author)

This international glossary of vocational education, its full text and index in both English and French, is intended to serve a dual purpose: (1) to establish a generally acceptable international terminology in the two major working languages of UNESCO in order to facilitate international communication in the field of technical education and (2)…

This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…

Definitions and recording rules for use in observing parent/child interaction are stipulated in this codebook. Settings and behaviors of focal concern are those associated with the type and amount of instruction provided by parents to children. Definitions are established for setting, parent behavior and child behavior variables. The four…

The terms "rigor" and "relevance" most often surface in discussions of methodological adequacy. Assessing epistemological relevance is equivalent to answering the question, "Is this particular research question worth asking at all?" Epistemological rigor refers to the properties of a "researchable" problem.…