Unemployment in the United States can only be made worse by continued high levels of legal immigration. Especially serious is the threat from Latin America. We must help developing countries halt their population growth and impose a ceiling of 100,000 a year for total immigration to the United States. (RM)

In this lesson, junior high students consider two instances of exponential population growth--one at the local community level and one at the world level--as a way of illuminating some of the problems posed by growth and the limits that may curtail it. (RM)

Reports the development and standardization of the teacher version of the Child Behavior Profile. Analyses showed significant differences on the scales between nonreferred boys and boys referred by teachers due to emotional or behavioral problems, supporting the discriminant validity of the teacher profile. (LLL)

Two catalogs produced at the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development describe programs and practices used by elementary and secondary level building administrators to handle common problems of instructional management. Addresses and phone numbers of principals whose practices are cited are provided to encourage information…

Active children often develop learning problems because of their need for constant stimuli. These children require activities that allow them hands-on experience. Suggestions are offered on how parents can teach in active ways at home and show the child that learning can be fun. (DF)

Issues related to an increasing incompatibility between school psychology and projective assessment are examined. These issues pertain to educational relevance, changing social and educational values, potential litigation, and technical adequacy. The authors conclude that there are few valid reasons for school psychologists to use projective…

Discusses issues of Logo learning, including mode and content of learning in Logo and possible results; use of study guide to increase children's learning of powerful ideas in Logo; subprocedures, modularity, and structured programing use and related learning problems; debugging difficulties; and Logo research needs. (MBR)

A survey designed to inventory problems encountered by pharmacy students is described. Student problem prevention programs, it suggests, should focus on financial counseling, workloads, student participation in committee and planning activities, the importance of learning and professional performance as opposed to grades, and job and career…

This section presents four worksheets for grades 1-8 on problem-solving activities with a "things to do this summer theme." Problems relate to a county fair, a library summer reading program, camp, and summer jobs. (MNS)

Provides a rationale for using bibliotherapy, then examines the proper way to administer it. (FL)

Provides guidelines and suggestions for schools faced with legal problems associated with children from nontraditional families. Sections are included on children with changed surnames, access to school records for noncustodial parents, policy conflicts between spouses over children's schooling, and attempts by noncustodial parents to remove…

Reports the results of a project that established a list of problems experienced by regular classroom teachers receiving mainstreamed children. Details the development of an approach through which assistance could be provided to teachers experiencing those problems. (FL)

Following a summary of traditional views on organizational effectiveness, the author describes relativistic, developmental, power, and social justice approaches that appeal to the various interests of organizational participants or constituents. Affirming the advantages of social justice based theories, the article then proposes an alternative…

The purpose of this paper was to review recent drug use, misuse, and abuse incidents among elementary school children in order to emphasize the fact that the drug problem in society has spread rapidly. (Author)

Examines how the Asian American movement directly and indirectly enters into the process of reconceptualization which enables many who are only marginally a part of the majority communications net to become more fully integrated. (Author/AM)