The operation of a Head Start Program in a kindergarten class in Lincoln, Nebraska is described. (CK)

An analysis of the problem of illiteracy and a review of several articles on the subject that have appeared in "Educational Television International." Concluded is that, while television by itself will not provide "the panacea for all the problems of world illiteracy," it can make a more powerful contribution to solving the problem than others…

Discusses problems involved with the use of infant formulas in developing countries and then examines the other side of the story, the legitimate need for infant formula. The International Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes is also presented and discussed. (RM)

Clarifies issues related to the practice of "risk adoption," a method designed to reduce multiple placements by putting children not legally free for adoption into foster care with adults likely to adopt them upon termination of the biological parents' rights. (RH)

Supersanity is a state of being where creative problem solving occurs above the level of normal, sane, or average thinking. Supersane home economists are needed to help solve the problems that individuals and families face in the world today. (Availability: CHEA National Office, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Canada K1P 5H3) (Author)

Briefly describes the problems encountered by libraries in attempting to purchase out-of-stock books and discusses some of the reasons for changes in the way publishers handle backlist materials, including sales volume and its relation to increased printing costs. (JL)

Briefly defines the concept of copyright, discusses the role of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) in studying the problems associated with copyrights and computer software, reviews the work undertaken by CONTU, and summarizes the changes in the Copyright Act of 1976 recommended by CONTU. (JL)

The obsolescence of evaluation research is a consequence of both its failure to recognize the enterprise of evaluation as an ill-structured problem and its acceptance of implicit decision rules which maximize its own irrelevance. Systemic dialectical evaluation is proposed as an approach for enhancing evaluation's relevance. (Author/GK)

This humorous sketch contains speculation about what teacher education programs might be like if they were conducted in heaven. (PP)

Questions Husaim and Cohen's basic assumption that stimulus dimensions or attributes defined by the experimenter have psychological reality for infant subjects. Suggests that infants may perceive different attributes in the stimulus, or they may not articulate the stimulus into attributes at all. (Author/RH)

An empirical study of the power of the F test in normal populations with variances proportional to the cell means is reported. The results indicate that the power of the test can be approximated by the noncentral F distribution with a modified parameter of noncentrality. (Author/CM)

Discusses the theory of Lucy and Paul Guglielmino that individuals must take more responsibility for the management of their learning. Describes a self-directed learner as one who takes charge, accepts responsibiltiy, and is not stopped by problems. (JOW)