Describes a model of the labor market which includes an implicit market for learning opportunities through work experience. (BH)

Study examined models for improving prediction of single and multiple criteria. (Author)

Combines elements of the problem solving approach inherent in methods of applied economics and operations research and the structural-functional analysis common in social science modeling to develop an approach for economic planning and resource allocation for schools and other public sector organizations. (Author)

Uses an example from educational planning (teacher supply) to show how the concepts of controlability and observability can add insight into the planning and decisionmaking process. (Author/JH)

Purpose of this investigation was to determine whether the inclusion of quadratic and/or interaction terms in a regression model would improve the prediction of student nurses' grade point averages. (Authors)

Permanent models of soap bubble configuration can be made by using a new plastic art medium. (MM)

Analyzes the relationship between teacher quality and salaries. (BH)

The basic ideas of the theory of manifolds is illustrated using elementary geometry. (MM)

A discussion of the relation between traffic density, speed and flow, used as an illustration of the ideas of functions and mathematical models. (MM)

See EJ 030 376 and also TM 500 284 in this issue. (CK)