It was clearly demonstrated that chronological age has no bearing on the ability of mature women to perform well on the three CLEP General Examinations used. (Author/EB)

The need for students to use new vocabulary words in complete sentences is stressed, so that the teacher may be certain the words are properly understood and a part of the student's vocabulary. Examples show student confusion arising from a misinterpretation of the dictionary definition or a failure to recognize parts of speech. The special…

Relates how experience writing technical documents yielded insight into the nature of the problems attending the composition of technical discourse. (JL)

Considers some of the major issues developing in the medical and health education fields. (Author/RK)

The Project TALENT Data Bank is a series of 55 machine-readable data files (MRDF) that resulted from a longitudinal study of selected United States high school students in grades 9 through 12 during 1960. Project TALENT was designed to investigate the personal, educational, and experiential factors that promote or inhibit the development of human…

Discusses scholarship in the humanities, arguing for a broader definition of scholarship. Discusses intrinsic motivations for pursuing scholarly activities, the importance of institutional support, the value of consortia, and the role of external funding agencies. (DMM)

A narrative portrait of a poor student's experience, written in the first person. (MJK)

Explores the relationship and transaction between a reader and literature. Discusses the implications of this relationship on literature text choice and curriculum, as well as the feasibility of heuristics in a curriculum. (HTH)

Identifies trends from the preceding articles in this volume. Discusses the historical development of transfer programs, the role of the state in their development, the selection of a transfer rate as a form of program assessment, and the impact of changing student populations on programs. (17 citations) (AJL)

Traces the beginnings, slow growth, and current awareness of and commitment to the international education movement. Notes several requisites in planning for involvement in international education programs. (MB)

Asserts that many people who seek education to improve their job skills or upgrade their positions are becoming frustrated with inconvenient learning opportunities, and are pursuing alternatives to traditional higher education. Describes the Workforce Development Continuum initiative, which aims to develop a seamless education and training system…

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to April 1, 1925. The last preceding list in this series of records was issued as Bulletin, 1924, No. 27 and comprised publications received by the Bureau of Education to June 1, 1924. The listing includes…

Examines the promise of teaching literature by attending to the process of reading, not the products of literary interpretation, analysis, and explication. (RL)

Describes certain trends in the attitudes of the rhetoric and composition profession toward the teaching of writing as pure technique. Argues that these trends are much more deeply rooted in the changing economic structure of society and have much more serious implications than are presently realized. (RL)

The ways in which our common ways of teaching the art of writing differ from successful practices in teaching the fine arts are analyzed.