As a step toward developing a standardized measure for evaluating the impact of child protective services, three indices were developed: the abuse index, the neglect index, and the sexual abuse index. Each is composed of physical indicators of the problem and social and behavioral indicators found to be statistically correlated with physical…

Author clarified the meaning of humanities and specified its place in the educational curriculum. He also listed programs funded by the government as well as an account of how those funds are used. (RK)

This paper described the Managerial Style Questionnaire (MSQ) and demonstrated its usefulness for measuring Management By Objectives (MBO). (Author/RK)

The question of a central focus in comparative education was discussed, brief examples of research requirements considered, and kinds of selective association implied which could provide for more effective networking, thus connecting sectors of work within the Comparative and International Society to other organizations. (Author/RK)

The use of documents and the analysis of definitions are recommended as a means for adding zest to an introduction to public administration course to obtain student interest and motivation. (Author/ND)

Author discussed the problem the classroom teacher faces when meeting "disruptive behavior" during his teaching time. (Author/RK)

Implicit in this article are the beliefs that teachers should (1) be aware of what they value, (2) be sensitive of how their values relate to their teaching, and (3) be less uncomfortable the next time someone asks, Where does values education end and indoctrination begin? (Author)

Presents an overview of social class theory and its measurement by discussing several stratification theories, clarifying definitions of terms, tracing the measurement of social status as a construct, and evaluating the utility of various measurement scales. Suggests that each dimension of social status be separately identified and investigated.…

Introduction: The invisibility of research on information needs from the East and Central Europe in the West suggested an exploration of the published research output from Lithuania and Russia from 1965 to 2003. Method: The data were collected from the abstracting journal Informatika-59. The publications were retrieved from Lithuanian and Russian…

An examination of various linguists' definitions of parataxis, asyndeton, and juxtaposition shows that the concepts are often varying and lack precision. The author offers new definitions which distinguish three specific cases. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This article discusses the relationship between the linguistic description of language and the speaker's acquisition and use of language, with specific reference to the role of paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships in the acquisition of definition as a linguistic behavior. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Internet technologies blur the distinction between distance learning and traditional learning by enabling the convergence of these two, thus causing confusion in widely-accepted definitions, terminologies, concepts, and theories on distance learning. This paper introduces an e-education framework with three reference models in order to reduce the…

The purpose of this article is to help the classroom teacher recognize the child with learning disabilities and to present a teaching philosophy conducive to optimium learning for most children and the LD child in particular. (Author/RK)

Risk factors affecting infants and young children, such as mother's drug addiction or teenage pregnancy, are discussed. Four major groups of risk factors are considered: (1) sociocultural and demographic factors; (2) biomedical risks; (3) personal-social risk factors; and (4) family history factors. These risk factors intersect to increase…

This document presents an overview of the design and implementation stages of the Spencerport (New York) More Effective Schools/Teaching Project. The first section lists nine reasons for the uniqueness of the Spencerport project, including district size, its racial and economic components, participant satisfaction, a set of clearly defined goals,…