The developmentally, physically, and psychiatrically disabled who must cope with institutionalization, disability, and their humanity, are the people whom the institution library serves. The librarian faces the challenge of professionalism, creativity, and awareness to care for and about these people. (Author/MBR)

The definition of test bias--the inventory of the ways in which the term is used--has many widely disparate aspects frequently stemming from entirely different universes of discourse. This article attempts a review of the status of each of these. (Author)

The variety of definitions of Indian tribal sovereignty may stem from the fact that there are so many differences in situation and problems from one reservation to the next. Three cases are briefly surveyed: the White Earth Chippewa Reservation in Minnesota, the Choctaw Reservation in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and the Makah Reservation in Neah…

Applies the judgment analysis technique (JAN) to the decision-making procedure of learning disabilities (LD) specialists. Each group of learning disabilities specialists, as formed by JAN, represented a different judgmental policy or a different construct of learning disabilities. (Author/RK)

Attempts "to look through the microscope" to try to understand how consciousness--or mind--comes into existence. And with mind, how language, the notion of truth, logic, mathematics and the sciences have come into the world. (Author/RK)

The article discusses a study designed to reconcile the widely varying estimates of prevalence of hyperactivity in children, in which parents, teachers, and physicians were asked to identify hyperactivity in a sample of over 5,000 elementary school children. (DLS)

An analysis of terms used to translate the English real estate "developer." A comparative study is made of English and French definitions. The following terms are suggested translations of the English "developer": "Promoteur,""lotisseur,""amenageur," and "maitre de l'ouvrage." (Text is in French.) (AMH)

This article presents the Spanish words of Greek origin that include the ending "cracia" and their meanings. (NCR)

Disagreements over budgeting are often resolved by using political power. A critique of definitions of political behavior is presented and an alternative is proposed that is applicable to groups and individuals and that addresses both the intentions and effects of political action. (Author/LBH)

The term "alternative work schedules" encompasses any variation of the requirement that all permanent employees in an organization or one shift of employees adhere to the same five-day, seven-to-eight-hour schedule. This article defines staggered hours, flexible working hours (flexitour and gliding time), compressed work week, the task system, and…

Presenting national statistics on single-parent families, this article illustrates the need for serious study of this phenomenon, suggesting that changing divorce laws, increased single-parent adoptions, and an increase in the number of supportive services for single-parent families are contingencies having significant bearing upon the…

This study seeks to determine factors affecting student interpretation of the connective "or." The conclusion is that unless instructed otherwise, a majority of students lacking mathematical sophistication will assign an exclusive meaning to the ambigious connective. (MN)

Defines evaluation and demonstrates that the general concept of evaluation can provide significant information for both the assessment of personnel as well as the assessment of the curriculum that is currently in place in the schools. Describes five steps that should be used in any evaluation. (Author/RK)

Discusses what is meant by the word "craftsmanship" and suggests that it must be re-evaluated from the traditional concept teachers have been expounding to develop a new conceptual framework more closely allied with the industrial technical society of today. (Editor/TA)

Discusses arguments supporting a redefining of the concepts of teaching and research presented within a sociology of knowledge framework. Includes the implications of these "new" definitions for teacher education and the identification of the types of research relevant to teachers. (Author/RK)