Argues that biology has become the anti-discipline of the social sciences. Describes precedents from the history of biology and discusses developments within individual social science disciplines that suggest growing susceptibility to biological explanation. (Author/DB)

Experiment 1 examined the effect of negative attention and repeated demands on the noncompliant behavior of children. Experiment 2 studied the relative effectiveness of negative attention, isolation, ignoring, and a combination of procedures in reducing noncompliance in children. (GO)

First, notes several important non-epistemological factors that seem to be particularly relevant to the success or failure of interdisciplinary inquiry and then turns to the epistemological and methodological constrinsts on interdisciplinary work. Also expands on the notion of interpretive knowledge. (Author/AM)

Concepts involved in the various methods of individualization of instruction are not out of reach in the sub-optimal setting, but adjustments in implementation of the methodology are necessary. (MJB)

Statistics prepared by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) indicate that enrollment for the nonpublic school will show modest signs of growth. (Author)

A critique of 13 commonly-held ideas concerning student-teacher relationships, discipline, goals and methods of instruction, and student motivation. (BF)

This discussion of home economics as a discipline which should focus on its affective foundations, covers the following areas: Affective context of home economics education, the adequacy of the home economics value complex for coping with environmental problems, and toward an acceptable environmental ethic. (SH)

Reported are citizens values regarding the importance of: (1) various university goals and activities; (2) various academic fields or disciplines; and (3) various reasons for attending the University of Minnesota. In a stratified random sample of 722 Minnesota citizens there was a 56 percent response rate and categories of values were identified.…

Discusses Foster McMurray's critical retrospective essay, included in the second edition of Arthur Bestor's "Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in Our Public Schools." Disagrees with McMurray's conception of liberal education and maintaining the centrality of the academic disciplines. (PS)

The difference between accepted and enrolling students was modeled over a 30-week period using total number of students accepted, mean composite SAT scores, and mean high school quarter rank. The enrollment yield and academic ability difference functions were collectively modeled for the university and separately for each academic college.…

Departmental and graduate studies committee chairpersons were surveyed regarding their opinions on the need for and potential use of a database system to provide (1) departments with easier access to data and (2) the graduate school with an easier means of monitoring departmental activities pertaining to graduate education. (Author/MLW)

Salary data gathered from 261 public and 478 private institutions are presented by rank (professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, and instructor) for 47 disciplines. (MSE)

Participant observation of 118 teachers and interviews with 21 teachers examined teacher pupil control ideology in a residential school for the hearing impaired. Among three hypotheses supported was that deaf teachers held and were perceived by colleagues as holding more custodial views than their hearing colleagues. (Author/DB)

There are now established methods and models to assess critical thinking in any discipline. The approach selected will depend on how critical thinking is defined, whether national norms are needed, and how the results will be used. (Author)

Briefly reviews contemporary delinquency problems and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention programs aimed at preventing them. Discusses how law-related education (LRE) is being used successfully in training schools (reformatories) and public schools to help young people avoid drugs, alcohol, crime, and other forms of delinquency.…