Most countries have national ministries or offices of education. This article examines alternative mechanisms developed in two countries which had no national governmental authorities in education. (Author)

The present paper was an attempt to look upon word meaning as a process occurring within the individual's cognitive functioning. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this investigation was to study the differences in oral language competence which exist in the "average" Canadian urban classroom. (Editor)

The purpose of the present study was to investigate instructional objectives as orienting stimuli and their effects upon distinct types of learning. (Author)

A study was carried out to obtain systematic quantitative data about the types of verbal behavior used by instructors and students in teaching and learning a foreign language. (Author)

Conventional approaches to educational planning (in particular to the forecasting of enrolments) fail to yield satisfactory results during periods of rapid social or educational change. This paper briefly outlines a flexible, alternative approach, that of the student flow model. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relationship between the stages of cognitive development proposed by L.S. Vygotsky and by J. Piaget. (Author)

This study reports an attempt to compare traditional cloze test procedure against multiple choice questioning, using first, second and third grade Ss, to determine if the same relationships between the two measures exist at the beginning stages of reading. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects which exposure to hypnotic audiotapes had on the study habits, attitudes, and behaviors of college freshmen. (Author/RK)

The spelling performance of four groups of 9th grade students who were Educable Mental Retardates (EMR), Disadvantaged (DIS), Language and/or Learning Disabled (L/LD), or Slow Learners (SL) was investigated. (Editor)

The Mooney Problem Checklist (Mooney & Gordon, 1950) and a brief checklist of problem frequency similar to the 11 scoring categories of the Mooney were administered to 23 undergraduate students. (Editor)

The investigation was designed to examine the effects of an expectancy-inducing message on client perception of Interpersonal Contact, Self-Reference, and Self-Exploration in the initial interview. (Editor)

This paper is a brief attempt to trace the role of negotiations in the educational process and to point out their implications for school administrators. (Editor/RK)

The study was designed to ascertain whether or not attitudes held by college students toward certain proposed social actions were significantly favorable or unfavorable and whether or not there was any relationship between social class designation and the attitude variables. (Editor)

This study investigated differences between WISC Full Scale IQs obtained on mentally retarded adolescents during their fifteenth year of age and WAIS Full Scale IQs obtained after their sixteenth birthday using both the eleven subtest WAIS and several abbreviated forms of the WAIS. (Editor)