Described is a sampling board that has been used in an introductory general ecology course that is inexpensive to construct and that effectively illustrates the principles of vegetation sampling. (Author/BB)

Reviewed are the highlights of the past 20 years in the author's search for understanding what might be done about the creativity of gifted minority/disadvantaged children. (BD)

The study involving 98 students (in grades 1-3) examined the statistical commonalities among three teacher checklists of student behaviors and one form of a self-reported personality questionnaire. (SBH)

Many are terribly frustrated in their efforts to implement the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-142). Perhaps the most anxiety-producing letters of the alphabet for educators are IEP, Individual Education Program. Such programs are mandated for all handicapped students, but if they cannot be developed in the…

The paper reviews the relevant literature and discusses the nature of Chicano concerns in regard to the implementation of legislation mandating developmental assessment of poor children. (Author/CL)

Since aptitude tests indicate an individual's abilities, they are useful in career planning and in self evaluation. Aptitudes that show no sex differences, and those at which both women and men excel are listed. The Human Engineering Laboratory, which studies human aptitudes, is described. (GDC)

Describes two years of an organizational change program in which a major federal agency utilized race training and organizational development methods to improve the effectiveness of its equal employment opportunity program. (Author/AM)

In spite of the use of nominations, rating scales, checklists, standard measuring instruments, culture-specific models, quota system models, and identification and instructional models, the number of Black students identified as gifted remains very small. New practices for identifying this subgroup must emphasize the diversity within the Black…

Argues that current adolescent literature has as its recurring hero the outsider and that unlike literature of the 1950s which encouraged conformity, today's literature for young adults encourages them to remain individuals even at the cost of breaking with society. (SRT)

Showed that the standard score difference method for determining intelligence quotient achievement discrepencies produced disproportionate racial representation, whereas the regression method produced proportionate racial representation in Learning Disabilities (LD) classes. Demonstrated advantages in measurement of discrepancies, LD program…

Discusses the need to take into account the effects of arrested fractional crystallization in the petrographic classification of volcanic rocks containing plagioclase phenocrysts. Describes the development and use of a computer program to accomplish this task graphically. (TW)

Public Law 94-142 denies socially maladjusted students services for the seriously emotionally impaired unless determined these students are seriously emotionally disturbed; thus practitioners must be able to reliably distinguish between these two conditions. Developed a set of items to differentiate between these two groups. Eleven items met the…

Two language ability tests are discussed: the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale (REEL), measuring language competencies from birth through 36 months and the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL), for children ages three to seven. Their efficacy in identifying language delays and in establishing criteria for effective…

The paper examines the issue of disproportionate representation of limited-English proficient (LEP) Hispanic students in classes for the learning disabled. Inadequate assessment, evaluation, placement, and re-evaluation of LEP students are noted. Sixteen policy considerations are identified to help school districts ensure that LEP learning…

In response to an earlier article on foreign language learning disabilities in college students, the article reports on a similar study using the Modern Language Aptitude Test and concludes that, as yet, tests are not adequate to determine a disability affecting foreign language learning. (DB)