A study of attitudes related to varied information exposure styles. (CH)

Decision theory can be applied to four types of decision situations in education and psychology: (1) selection; (2) placement; (3) classification; and (4) mastery. For the application of the theory, a utility function must be specified. Usually the utility function is chosen on a priori grounds. In this paper methods for the empirical assessment…

Presented in nontechnical language, this guide suggests criteria for the selection of three computer hardware essentials--a microcomputer, a monitor, and a printer. Factors to be considered in selecting the microcomputer are identified and discussed, including what the computer is to be used for, dealer support, software availability, modem…

Chief executive officers (CEOs) often select successors who fail. CEOs may choose badly because they cannot foresee the future, recognize the qualities that led them to success, or betray company traditions. Most often, however, they unconsciously wish to prove that no one can do the job as well as they have. (Author/JF)

The need to make conceptual decisions, as well as to judge what is thus brought into the domain of art as good or poor art, is unavoidable. This paper was designed to dramatize these facts and show some of the basic problems encountered in the attempt to do so. (Author/RK)

A discussion of criteria for selection of science books by teachers and librarians, given the limitations of space, funds, and time. (LS)

The Learning Resources Center at the University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca had three principles guiding its formation--materials should be: two-year, post-secondary; technical in nature; and related to the broad field of agriculture. The various types of materials in the collection are described. (AG)

Special issue on sex education in France. (HW)

Proposes that education establish for administrators systematic, rigorous, albeit subjective, selection procedures that recognize the principle of organizational democracy and the public nature of the educational enterprise. (Author/DN)

Paper deals with the question of classifying media in the context of teaching and learning processes. (Author)

Article compared reception with selection stimulus-presentation procedures as research methods in human conceptual behavior. (Author/RK)

BEFORE SELECTING MATERIALS TO TEACH READING, A SET OF CONSISTENT AND APPROPRIATE CRITERIA MUST BE DEVISED AND USED TO OBJECTIVELY ANALYZE AVAILABLE MATERIALS. A KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHILDREN, TEACHERS, AND OBJECTIVES AND PATTERN OF THE READING PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AIDS THE DETERMINATION OF THE CRITERIA. JUDGMENT MUST THEN BE USED IN SELECTION…

THE METHODS FOR DETERMINING PUPIL READINESS WERE STUDIED TO DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR PUPIL PARTICIPATION IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT LEARNING UNITS. THE LEARNING UNITS WERE SUBPROJECTS OF COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT NUMBER 1948 (ED 003 024). EACH OF THREE UNITS IN THE PROJECT WAS EXAMINED FOR PUPIL READINESS. TEST BATTERIES WERE ASSEMBLED AND…