Presents historical comments related to these terms: absolute value, add, algebra, algorithm, calculus, ellipse, fraction, hyperbola, logarithm, mantissa, multiply, operations, parabola, radian, root, sine, and trigonometry. Suggests that students become involved in mathematics history projects. (JN)

Findings from a comparison of two samples of school age children, one sample (N=40) identified as learning disabled (LD), the other comprised of low achievers (N=51), indicated few psychometric differences. Many LD students did not meet federal definition guidelines, and many low achievers did meet the guidelines. (MC)

A definition of convexity with six conditions is discussed and illustrated. (MNS)

The case study is justified as a viable and valuable approach to educational research and program evaluation. Critiques of three common epistemological justifications of case study are provided, and four strategies for making the case for case study are discussed. (RM)

Defines electronic bulletin boards; describes how to access information from them, several bulletin boards, and the kinds of information they provide; and lists sources for more information on electronic bulletin boards. (MBR)

It is argued that equal education and excellence are not mutually incompatible, but that by embracing new and more valid conceptions of excellence, both can be achieved. Two approaches to assessing institutional quality are compared: reputational, based on consensus of opinion, and resource, based on quantitative measures. (MSE)

Defines zero-based budgeting, compares it to traditional budgeting, and discusses five steps of a zero-base budget model: determining organization's goals and refining them into objectives; listing activities to achieve objectives in decision packages; evaluating decision packages; ranking packages by order of importance; and funding decision…

Argues that the telecommunications field has specific computer applications; therefore courses on how to use computer programs for audience analysis, station accounting, newswriting, etc., should be included in the telecommunications curriculum. (PD)

Argues that rhetorical genre must be defined in terms of rhetorical action rather than form or substance. Proposes a conception of rhetorical genre based on conventionalized social motives found in recurrent situations. Points out the implications for rhetorical education: genres help students understand how to participate in community action. (PD)

Review of ten years of research into learning disabilities indicates that consensus on identifying characteristics remains unachieved. (GW)

Author focused on the current and recurrent debate regarding the relationship of cinema to literature with the intent of clearing the air of useless distinctions. He suggested that film people make peace with literature people for both theoretical and practical reasons. (Author/RK)

A review of selected experiments indicates that not all examples of experimental amnesia are due to the failure of a memory to fixate. In sum, the empirical retrograde amnesia gradient does not necessarily support traditional consolidation theory. (Editor)

Attempts to describe criteria for the evaluation of religious truth. (Author/RK)

Nonspeech stimuli were varied along two dimensions--intensity and rise time. In a series of speeded classification tasks, subjects were asked to identify the stimuli in terms of one of these dimensions. (Editor)

This brief paper explored two main implications and provided a model for a humanistic philosophy of education. (Author/RK)