Outlines an alternative procedure for counselors in junior high and secondary schools who find that a nondirective stance leads to confusion and frustration in adolescent clients. (EV)

Presented are comments on P. Newcomer's article (EC 100 217) on the limitations of the diagnostic-remedial model and benefits of the teacher consultant approach in assessing mildly handicapped students with learning problems. (SBH)

Presented is a critique on P. Newcomer's article (EC 100 217) which focused on the limitations of the diagnostic-remedial model and supported the teacher consultant role as an alternative to assessing the mildly handicapped student with learning problems. (SBH)

Reviews research done on the nature of vision from a neurologic perspective. Proposes a multiplex filter model to explain patterns in the signals transmitted to the brain from the retina. Describes experiments done to test the model. (CW)

Speech and language consultation services are presented as a viable form of service delivery in the public schools. Expert and process models are discussed and the roles and responsibilities of the speech-language pathologist are highlighted for each model. Consultation services are seen as a supplement to individual or small group direct therapy.…

Examined data from 96 college students and applicants who applied for career counseling. Found that the predictions of the hierarchical model for the structure of occupations regarding the relative proximity between occupational fields were more adequate than were those of the circular model. (NB)

Health and its cognate disciplines are the subject of wrenching changes in Western society today, changes calling for creative response on the part of institutions offering educational programs in the health disciplines. (MLW)

A visit to the natural history museum is part of many pupils' educational program. One way of investigating what children learn about animals is to examine the mental models they reveal through their talk when they come face to face with animal representations. In this study, representations were provided by: (1) robotic models in a museum; (2)…

Article considers the motivation for perceptual recognition and cognition in evaluating the reasons for reading difficulties of children. (RK)

Attempts to explicate styles of administration as well as underlying assumptions in American colleges and universities, emphasizing social roles and intergroup interaction, and presenting a model which may be used for an in-depth study of higher educational institutions. (Author/JM)

Presents a model of role conflict coping behavior that is based on three levels in the role process: structural role definition, personal role redefinition, and reactive role behavior. Using the results of a survey of college educated women, 16 behavioral strategies are identified and classified. The relationship between coping behavior and…

The interdistances between thirteen places situated in different parts of the world were estimated by 60 subjects. The estimates were analysed by Kruskal's multidimensional technique and, after a cosine transformation, by factor analysis. (Author)

Authors feel that bringing the nonverbal communication of teachers to the level of conscious awareness could make possible the analysis and understanding of the nonverbal dimension in classroom communication. (Authors)

Examines and rejects two traditional assumptions about fluent reading: that identification of letters is necessary to identify words; and that identification of words is necessary to comprehend. Proposes that identification and comprehension are two separate tasks and that a reader comprehends because he reads for meaning in the first place. (MB)