Book reviews and notes

SOCIAL‐CULTURAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL RETARDATION edited by H. Carl Haywood. New York: Appleton‐Century‐Crofts, 1970. xvii + 798 pp. $8.00.

LUDVIG HOLBERG'S MEMOIRS: AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DANISH CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING edited by Stewart E. Fraser. Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1970. Volume I, 289 pp. Volume II, 33 pp. portfolio containing 33 engravings. $36.50 (Limited supply available at $23.00 from the International Center, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee 37203.)

HANDBOOK ON FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE EVALUATION OF STUDENT LEARNING by Benjamine S. Bloom, J. Thomas Hastings, and George F. Madaus. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, 1971. xi+923 pp. $11.95.

TEACHING AND LEARNING: AN INTRODUCTION TO NEW METHODS AND RESOURCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION by Norman MacKenzie, Michael Eraut, and Hywel C. Jones. Unesco and the International Association of Universities, 1970, distributed by Unipub. Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York 10016. 209 pp. $3.50.

A CHANCE TO GO TO COLLEGE. New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1971. A‐46 + 248 pp. $3.00.

PARAMETERS OF LEARNING: PERSPECTIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION TODAY by William James McKeefery. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970. xix + 169pp. $6.95.     

Fundamental principles for teaching by objectives

THE MAGIC ORANGE TREE AND OTHER HAITIAN FOLKTALES collected by Diane Wolkstein, illustrated by Elsa Henriquez. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1978. 192 pp. $6.95.

DECISIVE WRITING: AN IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM by L. P. Driskill and Margaret Simpson. Fair Lawn, NJ: Oxford University Press, 1978. 304 pp. $5.00.

THE WORLD OF LEARNING 1977–78. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co, 1977. Two volumes, 2,036 pages. $73.50/set.

I CAN BE ANYTHING by Joyce Slayton Mitchell. New York: The College Board, 1978. 336 pp. $7.95.     

REVIEW SECTION

Irritations and Eccentricities, Vision and Power: ENGLISH FOR MEANING: David Holbrook Keohane poses questions for NATE: PROPOSALS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF EXTENDED EDUCATION. Finger on the Problem: SCHOOLS COUNCIL ENGLISH 16–19 PROJECT: EDUCATION 16–19—THE ROLE OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION. John Dixon. Fundamental Change of Life: FIFTEEN THOUSAND HOURS. Michael Rutter, Barbara Maughan, Peter Mortimore and Janet Ouston. Will Linguistics and English ever speak to each other?: LANGUAGE, READING AND LEARNING. Asher Cashdan, editor.     

Table of Contents

• RICHARD CONE, DAVID D. COOPER, AND ELIZABETH L. HOLLANDER
  • VOTING AND BEYOND: ENGAGING STUDENTS IN OUR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
• JODI H. LEVINE, DONALD L. McCABE AND EVELYN B. TRIBBLE
  • WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
• DONALD L. McCABE AND ANDREW L. MAKOWSKI
  • RESOLVING ALLEGATIONS OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: IS THERE A ROLE FOR STUDENTS TO PLAY?

• Departments
• JONATHAN MOONEY AND DAVID COLE
  • WORD FOR WORD—LEARNING OUTSIDE THE LINES
• LEWIS Z. SCHLOSSER AND WILLIAM E. SEDLACEK
  • IN PRACTICE—HATE ON CAMPUS: A MODEL FOR EVALUATING, UNDERSTANDING, AND HANDLING CRITICAL INCIDENTS
• ALICE A. MITCHELL
  • CAMPUS COMMONS—LEARNING TO LISTEN
• HOLLY FEEN‐CALLIGAN
  • WHAT THEY'RE READING—BREAKING THROUGH THE WALL

     

The community junior college and the second reconstruction in higher education

CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF WORDS: JAMES MURRAY AND THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY by K. M. Elisabeth Murray. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. xiii + 386 pp. $15.00.

THE WORLD OF LEARNING 1978–79. 29th Edition. Published by Europa Publications Ltd., 1978. Available in America from Gale Research Company, Detroit, Michigan. 2,038 pages in two volumes. $84.00/set.     

REVIEW SECTION

Who Owns The Text?: VERSIONS OF ENGLISH, by Douglas and Dorothy Barnes with Stephen Clarke, Heinemann Are We All Still Probationers in Teaching Talk?: ENCOURAGING TALK, by Lewis Knowles, Methuen INVESTIGATING TALK IN CUMBRIAN CLASSROOMS, editor Robin Acland, (Schools Council Programme 3), Longman Marking as a Means of Teaching …: MARKING AND ASSESSMENT IN ENGLISH By Pauline Chater, Methuen (Teaching Secondary English series) Learning From Mums: YOUNG CHILDREN LEARNING - TALKING AND THINKING AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL, by Barbara Tizard and Martin Hughes, Fontana A Book For HMI: HE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGINATIVE WRITING, Helen Cowie (ed.), Croom Helm     

Table of Contents

• Articles
• MICHAEL C. CHOBAN, GARY M. CHOBAN, DAVID CHOBAN
  • STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: WHAT GETS ATTENTION AND WHAT DOESN'T
• TRUDY W. BANTA
  • EDITOR'S NOTES
• KESTON H. FULCHER
  • CURIOSITY: A LINK TO ASSESSING LIFELONG LEARNING
• MARK D. SHERMIS
  • THE COLLEGIATE LEARNING ASSESSMENT: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE

• Column
• GARY R. PIKE
  • ASSESSMENT MEASURES

     

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• Articles
• ALEC M. TESTA
  • ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH AN ONLINE, COMPETENCY‐BASED UNIVERSITY
• THOMAS W. ZANE
  • DOMAIN DEFINITION: THE FOUNDATION OF COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT
• RANDALL E. CASE
  • INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND TEST QUESTION DEVELOPMENT: THE INTERSECTION OF STUDENT AND CONTENT
• GERILEE NICASTRO, KYLE M. MORETON
  • DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY PERFORMANCE TASKS AT WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY
• DIANE L. JOHNSON
  • COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AT WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY
• PHILIP A. SCHMIDT
  • ASSESSMENT AT WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY AND THE NCATE ACCREDITATION PROCESS

     

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• Articles
• ANDREW M. POMERANTZ, CATHY R. SANTANELLO, KIM L. KIRN
  • CONFIDENTIALITY IN CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES: LESSONS FROM PSYCHOTHERAPY
• TRUDY W. BANTA
  • EDITOR'S NOTES
• BRUCE KEITH, THOMAS JUDD
  • ASSESSING STUDENTS' PROFICIENCY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• KYONG‐HEE M. LEE
  • USING EXAM REVIEW SESSIONS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING, TEACHING, AND ASSESSMENT
• MARTHA ALCOCK, KEVIN W. SAYERS, JULIA YUEN‐HEUNG TO DUTKA
  • TRANSFORMING INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE IN REGARD TO STUDENT LEARNING: ONE UNIVERSITY'S EXPERIENCE

• Column
• PETER T. EWELL
  • FROM THE STATES

     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: LONG SHORTS: Working With Short Stories, Michael Kilduff, Ros Hamer and Judith McCannon TEXT SETS: Talking About Books: Creating Literate Communities. Eds. K. Gnagey Short & M. Mitchell Pierce DEVELOPING WRITERS: Writing Development. Roslyn Arnold WAYS OF SEEING: My New Glasses, an Anthology of Poetry by Children with Learning Difficulties. Eds. Stuart Milsom & David Gadd A DELICATE BALANCE: Language Change: Progress or Decay? (2nd Edition). Jean Aitchison TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED: School Writing. Yanina Sheeran and Douglas Barnes THE COMMUNITY OF LEARNING: Build a Literate Classroom. Donald H. Graves TALKING BACK: Talkback (Foundation). John Seely, Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore     

Les Sciences Physiques à L’école Maternelle: Un Cadre Sociocognitif Pour La Construction Des Connaissances ET/OU LE Développement Des Activités Didactiques

NATURAL SCIENCES IN KINDERGARTEN: A SOCIO-COGNITIVE FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING – The present study presents a socio-cognitive framework for the construction of the scientific knowledge of natural phenomena among pre-school children and for the development of science activities at kindergarten. It involves elements from theories of social interaction; social psychology of development and cognitive functioning; and research in natural-science teaching methods which acknowledge the importance and fundamental role of social interaction in the development of cognitive operations and learning. The study also presents some of the more significant results of the research carried out on different aspects of this topic. The discussion unfolded here supports the hypothesis that the construction of natural-scientific knowledge at the pre-school age and corresponding scholastic activities are necessary and effective.     

Table of Contents

• Articles
• KAREN DOUGLAS, SHARON A. LA VOY
  • THE CAMPUS ASSESSMENT WORKING GROUP: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO MEETING ESCALATING ASSESSMENT NEEDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
• DONALD E. STOWE
  • ASSESSING INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
• DONALD H. BENNION
  • WHEN DISCUSSING ASSESSMENT, WE NEED TO DEFINE OUR TERMS
• SCOTT A. COTTRELL, ELIZABETH A. JONES
  • A SNAPSHOT OF SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING INITIATIVES: USING ASSESSMENT RESULTS TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• ROBIN D. ANDERSON, CHRISTINE DeMARS
  • DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING: INVESTIGATING ITEM BIAS

• Columns
• PHIL SPEARY
  • COMMUNITY COLLEGE STRATEGIES
• EPHRAIM SCHECHTER, ALEC TESTA, DOUGLAS EDER
  • WEB CORNER

• Feature
• • CALENDAR

     

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• Articles
• LINDA MUSUN, AARON D. BAKER, JIM FULMER
  • CREATING A CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR CONVERSATION ABOUT ASSESSING STUDENT LEARNING
• TRUDY W. BANTA
  • EDITOR'S NOTES
• DONNA L. ASKINS
  • TOOLKIT: THE NUTS AND BOLTS NEWSLETTER FROM ASSESSMENT SERVICES
• MICHAEL R. HUBER, ALEX J. HEIDENBERG, ARCHIE WILMER III, MICHAEL D. PHILLIPS
  • CONNECTING AND REFLECTING: USING A COURSE‐END REPORT FOR ASSESSMENT
• MARCUS S. BABAOYE
  • STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT AND A METHOD FOR DEMONSTRATING INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

• Columns
• GARY R. PIKE
  • ASSESSMENT MEASURES

• Feature
• • RESOURCES

     

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• Articles
• SHARON PARANTO
  • ASSESSING MIS PROGRAMS USING FEEDBACK FROM AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
• TRUDY W. BANTA
  • EDITOR'S NOTES
• SANDI SANDERS
  • INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR INNOVATIVE LEARNING AT UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FORT SMITH
• ALAN R. BELCHER, MARGARET A. MALMBERG, ANNA W. PARKMAN
  • “LEARNING YOUR WAY”: AWARDING CREDITS ON THE BASIS OF COMPETENCE
• DEBORAH L. MOORE, KELLY WILLIAMS
  • VIRTUAL U

• Columns
• DONNA L. SUNDRE, DEBORAH L. MOORE
  • ASSESSMENT MEASURES
• PETER T. EWELL
  • FROM THE STATES

     

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• Articles
• CHARLES R. PASTORS
  • ASSESSING A LEARNING COMMUNITY PROGRAM THROUGH A STUDENT SURVEY
• JOYCE L. MAC KINNON
  • ASSESSMENT OF THEMATIC LEARNING COMMUNITY PILOTS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
• FRED C. BOLTON
  • RUBRICS AND ADULT LEARNERS: ANDRAGOGY AND ASSESSMENT
• EILEEN J. STENZEL
  • A RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING IN THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN FOR RETENTION PURPOSES

• Columns
• PETER T. EWELL
  • FROM THE STATES
• STEPHEN B. WALL‐SMITH
  • ASSESSMENT MEASURES

• Feature
• • RESOURCES

     

Ralph W. Tyler: The man and his work

CONGRESS AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by George N. Rainsford. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 1972. 156 pp. $6.95.

BAYLOR AT INDEPENDENCE: 1845‐1886 by Lois Smith Murray. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 1972. xxiii + 421 pp. $10.00.

DIRECTORY OF FACILITIES FOR THE LEARNING‐DISABLED AND HANDICAPPED by Careth Ellingson and James Cass. New York: Harper &; Row, Publishers, Inc., 1972. xii + 624 pp. $15.00.

THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: INSTRUCTIONAL USES OF THE COMPUTER IN HIGHER EDUCATION by Roger E. Levien et al. A Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and RAND Corporation Study. New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1972. 583 pp. $12.50.

GOVERNANCE FOR THE TWO‐YEAR COLLEGE by Richard C. Richardson, Jr., Clyde E. Blocker, and Louis W. Bender. Prentice‐Hall, 1972. ix + 245 pp. $8.95.

TEACHING SINGING by John Carroll Burgin. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1973. 284 pp. $7.50.

THE NIGHTWATCHERS by Angus Cameron. Illustrated with line drawings by Peter Parnall. New York: Four Winds Press, 1971. 112 pp. $8.95.     

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• Articles
• ROBERT W. WHITE AND WILLIAM P. GRONFEIN, WITH ERIC WRIGHT, DAVID FORD, ROBERT APONTE, LINDA HAAS, JAY HOWARD, JAMES HUNTER, CARMEN GARDNER WESLEY, PATRICIA WITTBERG
  • ENHANCED LEARNING IN AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY COURSE
• TRUDY W. BANTA, HOWARD R. MZUMARA
  • EDITOR'S NOTES
• SILVIA McCORMACK
  • PROVIDING QUALITY FEEDBACK ON ASSESSMENT TO ENCOURAGE DEEPER LEARNING
• SHARMILA PIXY FERRIS, VIRGINIA G. OVERDORF
  • INCORPORATING ASSESSMENT INTO THE CULTURE OF A UNIVERSITY

• Columns
• TRUDY BERS, IRENE H. KOVALA
  • COMMUNITY COLLEGE STRATEGIES

• Feature
• • CALENDAR

     

Behavior contracts: A home‐school cooperative effort

CHILDREN OF NASHVILLE by Sarah Foster Kelley. Nashville, Tennessee: Blue and Gray Press, 1973. x + 447 pp. $16.50.

EMERGING PATTERNS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY compiled and edited by Lesley H. Browder, Jr. Berkeley, California: McCutchan Publishing Corporation, 1971. vi + 571 pp. $9.75.

INCREASING THE OPTIONS: Recent Developments in College and University Degree Programs by John R. Valley. New York: College Entrance Examination Board, Office of New Degree Programs, 1972. 56 pp. $2.50.

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LAW by Alexander and Erwin S. Solomon. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company, 1972. xxvi + 776 pp. $16.00.

PERSPECTIVES ON SECONDARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION edited by Jerry A. McIntosh. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1971. 259 pp. $3.95.

SCHOLARS AND STATESMEN by Kenneth H. Ashworth. San Francisco: Jossey‐Bass Inc., Publishers, 1972. xiv + 160 pp. $7.75.

LEARNING TO BE: THE WORLD OF EDUCATION TODAY AND TOMORROW. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. New York: UNIPUB, INC., 1972. 313 pp. $6.00.

ART EDUCATION: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY by UNESCO. New York: UNIPUB, INC., 1972. 109 pp. $9.00.     

Table of Contents

• Articles
• BETTY R. TUTT, SHERRY MCCARTHY
  • ASSESSING LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
• TRUDY W. BANTA
  • EDITOR'S NOTES
• JILLIAN KINZIE
  • INCREASING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN NSSE: TWO SUCCESS STORIES
• DAVID A. SHUPE
  • FACULTY EVALUATION OF STUDENT WORK: SIMPLE, POWERFUL, AND OVERLOOKED
• KATHRYN M. MARLOCK
  • ASSESSING INTERNATIONALISM AT WEBSTER UNIVERSITY WORLDWIDE: A MULTILAYERED, MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

• Columns
• GARY R. PIKE
  • ASSESSMENT MEASURES

     

“概念图”解读：背景、理论、实践及发展——访教育心理学国际著名专家约瑟夫·D·诺瓦卡教授

约瑟夫·D·诺瓦克(Joseph D．Novak)教授是著名的教育心理学家、概念图和概念构图的创始人,曾入选《美国名人录》、《世界医药健康名人录》、《世界科学与工程名人录》和《世界名人录》,现为美国康奈尔大学荣誉退休教授、西佛罗里达大学人机认知研究所(IHMC)高级研究科学家,以及诺瓦克知识咨询公司(Joseph D．Novak Knowledge Consultants,Inc．)总裁。 Novak教授至今共出版了(包括与他人合作出版)专著26部,在专业期刊和杂志上发表学术论文130余篇(章),担任过400余所大、中、小学和公司的顾问。他和Gowin1984年合作出版的《学会学习》(Learning How to Learn)迄今已被译成8种语言被世界广泛阅读。Novak最近的著作《知识的学习、创建和使用:概念图作为学校和公司学习的促进工具》(Learning,Crearing and Using Knowledge:Concept Maps as Fa cilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations)也正被翻译成6种语言出版于世界各地。Novak当前的研究工作主要包括:学生对学习的观点和认识;如何将教育理论和工具(如概念构图)运用到公司环境和远程教育项目中。当前的工作还包括开发作为学习脚手架的“专家框架图(Expert Skeleton)”;如何在网络环境下使用CmapTools和其他资源等。