This article is the first in a series which describes the general procedures and some findings of over seventy studies which were conducted from 1966 to 1971 on the information-exchange activities of over 12,000 scientists in a sample of nine physical, social and engineering sciences. (14 references) (Author)

Described is a reading program designed to extend and refine the reading skills of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders who were already competent readers through units on study skills, the newspaper, speech, social studies, science, poetry, the short story, and drama. (GW)

Describes the organization of graduate study in Japanese public and private universities, including the relationship between research and graduate training, using the sciences, particularly chemistry, for illustration. (AL)

Describes the variety of formal and informal educational programs being developed by zoos and aquariums in the United States and suggests methods of increasing the educational utility of these facilities. (AL)

Illustrates an account of the University of Illinois Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations (PLATO) system of individualized instruction by describing four undergraduate topics. (AL)

Procedure and program here described are designed to assess the reliability of J judges who are assigning N stimuli to one of K categories. (Authors)

San Jose State College in California has special features in its course for industrial arts teachers. Ralph C. Bohn, Chairman of the College's Department of Industrial Studies, describes the course and the reasons for its special character. (Editor)

A report by the ERIC Clearinghouse at the National Council of Teachers of English. (RD)