Insights into learning disabilities can result from adopting the Piagetian perspective. Although significant contributions have been made by taking a psychometric view of learning disabilities, these contributions are limited because the psychometric view focuses on quantifiable differences in functioning, the end product of thinking, and the…

Two papers examine the relationship between ethnicity and nationalism in the Soviet Union and in Yugoslavia. The first paper assesses the ethnicity in Soviet Central Asia. Because in recent years an increasing number of scholars has been placed in Soviet Central Asia, observation is now combined with commonly held hypotheses to determine regional…

This paper discusses ways in which the field of speech communication can be advanced. The first half of the paper characterizes the objectivist and subjectivist views of how knowledge is acquired and the forms of inquiry to which these views have led. The remainder of the paper demonstrates the role that the "interesting question" (one for which…

Speech communicators need to return to applied research, developing theoretical statements about how groups might work better and testing the validity of those statements. Among the tasks that group communication researchers might take up are determining the range of applicability of generalizations concerning different kinds of groups, studying…

Schools could benefit by integrating some of their efforts with similar efforts of other human service agencies. This might help alleviate the competition for resources among human services organizations. Researchers must study health, social work, business, community mental health, and other fields to gain broader understanding and insight…

Science teachers participating in a seminar were asked to respond to the following question: "Based on your teaching experiences, what kinds of research related to classroom teaching practices would you like to see done?" The responses were classified into 12 logical factors by a panel of reviewers, and ranked according to frequency of response.…

Major conceptual differences exist between critical communication scholars and marketing researchers in their approaches to the study of international advertising. In marketing research, the conceptual framework is characteristically built around the multinational corporation, while critical communication scholarship stresses the nation-state. The…

A human ecology theoretical framework for the study of sexual differentiation in metropolitan area professional occupations is presented in this paper. Human ecology theory attempts to describe characteristics of organizations for a population as a whole. Differences in the characteristics of organizations among populations represent the…

The technique of causal modeling as applied to theoretical constructs in teacher education is demonstrated. The abstract principles of causality are explained, and are applied to various educational research needs. An example is made using data collected from a sample of 44 secondary level students who participated in a one semester student…

THE NATURE AND APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF THE TECHNICAL SKILL OBSOLESCENCE PROBLEM WERE STUDIED AS A RESULT OF THE WIDELY ALLEGED OCCURRENCE IN RECENT YEARS OF DETERIORATION OF SKILLS AMONG PRACTICING ENGINEERS AND APPLIED SCIENTISTS RESULTING FROM THE MASSIVE EMERGENCE OF NEW SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE DURING THE PAST QUARTER CENTURY.…

PROGRAMMATIC RESEARCH IS DISCUSSED AS ONE OF THE BASIC NEEDS OF READING RESEARCH. OTHER NEEDS ARE--(1) FOR BASIC RESEARCH THAT FOCUSES ON THE READING PROCESS, (2) FOR LEADERSHIP THAT VALUES SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVITY AND INTELLECTUAL HONESTY, AND (3) TO INFORM AND CONVINCE THE PUBLIC OF THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF READING RESEARCH. PROGRAMMATIC…

TO DETERMINE THE TYPES OF RESEARCH PROBLEMS CONSIDERED IMPORTANT IN WASHINGTON COMMUNITY COLLEGES, A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AMONG THE FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS. THE RESEARCHERS IDENTIFIED 38 PROBLEM AREAS, ALL OF WHICH WERE REPORTED TO BE OF AT LEAST MODERATE IMPORTANCE. RESULTS WERE TABULATED IN FOUR CATEGORIES--(1)…

A REPORT OF THE MICHIGAN STATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE FOR LANGUAGE ARTS, THIS BULLETIN DISCUSSES THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILD AND IDENTIFIES HIS LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES, LISTS MINIMUM TASKS AND REALISTIC OBJECTIVES FOR TEACHERS OF THIS GROUP, AND DESCRIBES SOME TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY THE GREAT CITIES PROJECT SCHOOLS AND SOME CURRENT PRACTICES…

THE POTENTIAL OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION AND VIDEO TAPE RECORDINGS AS "OBSERVATION AMPLIFIERS" IN TEACHER TRAINING IS EXPLORED. IT IS FELT THAT DEMONSTRATIONS VIEWED VIA THESE MEDIA CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS. SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. (MS)

THE "CLOZE PROCEDURE" AS DEFINED BY TAYLOR (1953) IS A TECHNIQUE IN WHICH A MESSAGE IS MUTILATED BY DELETING EVERY N-TH ELEMENT. THE TASK REQUIRES RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MESSAGE IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM. TAYLOR POSTULATED THAT THE "CLOZE UNIT" IS DEPENDENT ON TOTAL CONTEXT AND THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING ELEMENTS. A…