Examines whether vocal exchanges between preverbal infants and their mothers show characteristics similar to those found to be typical of conversational exchanges between competent adult speakers. (HOD)

Describes three basic approaches to needs assessment--problem identification, problem analysis, and problem verification--and assesses them in terms of their potential utility to users in business and educational settings as measured by their estimated time requirement, accuracy, and cost. Needs assessment data collection resources and techniques…

Describes what is meant by "sociological imagination," the ability to see how troubles in private lives and social trends are connected. Shows how freshmen college students learn this by writing an essay which connects the events shown on a personal and societal 50-year time line. Provides examples and teaching suggestions. (JDH)

Discusses the production of anomalous sentences by non-native students of the Japanese language and suggests that the primary cause of various errors indicated in such sentences is the confusion with English "when." In addition, it is suggested that error analysis can help clarify the nature of grammatical problems and facilitate learning of…

Investigated future outlook as an aspect of family caregiving and care-receiving. Results indicated restricted future outlook was associated with situations of greater impairment, more extensive assistance, and greater stress. A mixed outcome emerged in regard to the congruence between views of caregivers and receivers about the health care…

Discusses the historical development of the concept of geologic time. Develops the topic by using the major discoveries of geologists, beginning with Steno and following through to the discovery and use of radiometric dating. An extensive reference list is provided. (JM)

Discusses tax preparation and planning programs for microcomputers, including how programs save time and money, how they may or may not perform calculations accurately, how they compare to services offered by professional tax preparers, and the deduction of software costs. Ten tax programs are listed and described. (MBR)

Examines the role of organization in adults' processing of stories. Canonical stories were better recalled than noncanonical stories by all three age groups (young, middle-aged, and old adults), and a variety of measures indicated that older adults' recall was both quantitatively and qualitatively similar to that of young adults. (SL)

Investigates the development of past tense expressions in the speech of children from 1.6 to 2.6. It is shown that this development depends crucially on the child's cognitive construction of the time dimension, as described by Piaget. (Author/RM)

Special issue on "Changing Linguistics." (DD)

Research supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (RS)

Explores alternative methods of higher education that are easily applicable to other than post-secondary institutions. (Editor)

An attempt to provide a tentative set of categories for analysis and evaluation of the increasingly popular attempts to use space and time as educational tools. It has been based on the belief that the variable use of space and time does not in itself signal significant educational change or progress, rather, it is only by viewing the impact of…

The differences among children, adolescents, and adults with respect to concept formation and learning processes and speed are discussed. (CK)