Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA) was recently introduced by Hwang and Takane (2004) as a component-based approach to path analysis with latent variables. The parameters of GSCA are estimated by pooling data across respondents under the implicit assumption that they all come from a single, homogenous group. However, as has been…

The essential components of educational curriculum are identified, and their absence in many drug education programs is highlighted. These components are operationalized specifically for drug education programs. (MJB)

The term "problem" has been poorly defined in the literature on the research process. The author has attempted to define the term more specifically than as an instance of indeterminacy. It can be determined as one of four instances of indeterminacy: anomaly, unverified facts, uncharted areas, or conflicting evidence. In each of these…

This review of representative articles from the International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences (1968) reveals the neglect of language by social scientists in the sixties. On the other hand, most of the linguists, in the four articles on language and three on linguistics, failed to mention cultural or social relationships. (CFM)

Presents and analyzes two experiments designed to explore the role of the syllable in perceptual segmentation of words. Results suggest the subjects' detection response probably precedes lexical access and is based on the prelexical code. (Author/BK)

Some regularities are noted in the beginnings of texts: anaphora, proper names, and deictics in particular. (FL)

Conscious of the importance of enhancing semantics at higher levels, this paper proposes the use of componential analysis to increase students' awareness of different shades of meaning (Gairns & Redman 1986). First, it briefly reviews componential analysis theory, as well as its criticisms and possible applications. Then, with the help of the…

Experiments were designed to estimate separately time required to encode the premises of a three-term series problem and time required to generate an answer. It appears that marked and unmarked adjectives are stored in the same form and premises are integrated into a unified representation. (CHK)

This paper uses the Russian language to show that polysemantic words are one of the means of linguistic synonymy and can be used in synonymy and can be used in synonymous and quasisynonymous transformations of sentences. (CK)

An essay on the Spanish word "vaina," which originally meant "sheath,""scabbard,""pod" or "husk," but which in several Latin American countries now translates as "nuisance," or "bother." (Text is in Spanish.) (CK)

This paper presents the detailed propositional analyses of the text employed in a study that compared the contents of recall protocols of high knowledge (HK) and low knowledge (LK) groups. The paper also includes the propositional analyses of the recall protocols of the HK and LK individuals, as well as detailed analyses of the results. (Author/FL)

Discuses the confusion concerning definitions of "science" and "technology," not only among the public but within the fields. Describes how this affects provision of technological literacy. Provides direction and a possible solution for those developing such programs. (CH)