The reason for Navajo children's poor performance on tests of language ability may be related more to inappropriate teaching and testing techniques than to language deficits. (MKM)

Four normal preschool children and four with comprehensive academic and behavior problems were taught to judge the quality of their academic work in a classroom, and to prompt or cue their teachers to comment about the quality of that work. (Author)

Given are activities involving the use of triangles and triangle paper, in the form of problems that require searching for different possibilities to fit a given condition. (MP)

With the passage of Proposition 13, California's community colleges lost an estimated two-thirds of their local revenues. As the largest such system, the Los Angeles Community College District is preparing for the hardest impact. Retrenchment, loss of local control, and legal difficulties are problems it faces. (JMD)

A problem from number theory is used to illustrate the use of the computer and programable calculators in solving problems. Programs are included. (MP)

Why are we doing so little to meet the needs of children for whom English is not the first language? Author believes that serious trials of mother tongue teaching are a top priority if multi-racial education is to have any real meaning. (Editor/RK)

Offers a systematic review of various attempts to reach beyond the individual student to account for school behavior problems. Concentrates on family background, peer group influence, teaching quality, the school system, and society-in-general. (Author/RK)

The application of Rational-Emotive Therapy in the practice of consultee-centered consultation is discussed. The consultant's task is to identify those irrational beliefs which are impeding consultee job-effectiveness and to help modify these beliefs. Several common consultation problems and techniques for their management are presented. (Author)

Describes how the Perkiomen Valley School District (PVSD) offers a four-week Title I pre-kindergarten program for 45 children who at the time of kindergarten registration exhibit physical, emotional, social, or academic needs that may prevent them from succeeding in school. (Author)

Calls attention to a process of social negotiation in specific contexts between the distressed person and those with whom he/she is involved that shapes the way troublesome events are progressively understood. (Author/AM)

Examines reasons why educational research has failed to solve educational dilemmas. Explanations include that research cannot solve problems which are political and that research should not be undertaken as a propaganda activity by educational policymakers. (Author/DB)

Asserting that an effective rural social work curriculum begins with faculty commitment to the rural experience, this article describes the undergraduate curriculum at Lock Haven State College, Pennsylvania, a systems/planned change model, a problem-centered teaching approach, and the equasion of professionalism and activism in public social…

Entire issue contains a translation of a pamphlet which discusses the financing of the ten-year general education school in the Soviet Union. Supports current policies to further centralize the school finance mechanism of the Soviet state. (Author/AV)

The authors discuss concerns and practical suggestions involved in the education of multiply handicapped children in the following problem areas: first aid, emergency care and disaster planning; sanitation; environment; safety in routine and supplemental activities; therapy procedures; and staff protection, training, orientation, and special…

This investigation represents an effort to evaluate the use of behavior modification techniques in a social (field) setting. The attempt was made to decrease anti- and non-social behaviors while increasing pro-social behaviors in 10 fifth and sixth graders. Data indicated that the techniques could be successful in an open environment. (NG)