A telephone survey (N=385) was completed in the Columbus, Ohio, region to determine public awareness of hearing impairment and community resources that serve hearing impaired persons. Analysis led to suggestions for public dissemination of information concerning hearing. (Author/DB)

In comparing parent predictions of child performance with actual performance on six measures of emergent literacy, it was found that both fathers and mothers significantly overestimated their child's performance on over half of the measures. (PCB)

Relationships among knowledge, perception, and assertive behavior were examined in 32 learning-disabled boys (9-12 years old) . Analysis of data from self-report, role playing, and teaching ratings revealed no significant interrelationships among the three components of social competence, though assertive behavior was more highly valued than…

Investigated the relationship between the combined effect of knowledge of child development and level of social-emotional maturity, and the extent to which this relationship affects adolescent attitudes toward parenting. Negative attitudes toward parenting were associated with lack of knowledge of child development and low levels of…

Reports on an experiment where novice and expert programmers made decisions about Fortran code segments. The results show that, although expert programmers are better able to extract and use functional information, they don't differ significantly from novices in their ability to use syntactic concepts. (Author/EM)

This study compared the cardiovascular health knowledge, perception of risk factors, and health behavior of 69 freshmen with a family history of cardiovascular disease with 154 freshmen without this history. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

The paper explores three reasons for low use by teachers of behavior modification: (1) differences in assumptions concerning causality, (2) attributions of responsibility, and (3) problems in modifying the working knowledge of teachers. The implications of these issues are discussed in terms of how consultants might increase the impact of…

Investigated different age groups' knowledge of developmental norms of children. Collected data from 280 midwestern university students through a questionnaire. Results showed that knowledge of normal development was both over- and underestimated regardless of age of student or year in school. (BH)

Results of surveys completed by 237 special educators indicate respondents' limited awareness, understanding, and experiences with nonverbal communication aids. Results have implications for preservice and continuing education programs for special educators. (Author/CL)

The topical review provides a general framework for understanding memory problems in reading disabled children by considering some factors that can influence memory performance, including the status of basic processing operations, use of appropriate control strategies, and richness of the knowledge base. Also examined is the relationship between…

Eight dyads of misarticulating school children (mean age = 7:9 years) enrolled in clinical programs were videotaped while they role-played remedial articulation lessons. Hierarchical relationships among the selected levels of analysis suggested the use of a cohesive register appropriate for clinical teaching. Children's sociolinguistic…

The author states that we must inquire deeply into the supports of liberty; these supports being the factor of power in its several overt forms, the facts of geography, the rule of law, interest in the general welfare, and knowledge of the nature of man. (CT)

A more comprehensive view of the community college would emerge, it is proposed, if a sociology of knowledge perspective toward analyses of that institution were adopted. Robert K. Merton's discussion of "insiders" and "outsiders" is applied to the often conflicting images of the role of the community college. (Author/MLW)

Secondary learning disabled students need to learn content area knowledge along with learning strategies. Techniques that can lead to meaningful learning and retention of social studies curricula include hierarchical summarization, mapping, and sociatic tutoring. In general science, optimal instructional sequences and the use of concrete analogies…

Of 100 graduate students in an introductory special education course, 70 felt that reading about handicapped individuals was enjoyable and effective in increasing their knowledge and improving their attitudes toward handicapped persons. (CL)