Speech and Reading

Asked to contribute an article on reading and the disadvantaged pupil Michael Duane, ex-Headmaster of Risinghill, now lecturer at Garnett College of Education, writes: 'If the article appears to spend little time on the actual process of reading, it is because I believe our preoccupation with the techniques of teaching reading— i.t.a., Look and Say, etc .— to be totally misconceived and a diversion from what should be our real preoccupation, viz. the provision of lively and interesting experience for children and of talk arising out of that experience.'     

The Use of Human Relations Techniques in the Training of Counselors: A Course Evaluation

This article describes incorporation of the goals of personal growth, knowledge of group process, and application of process groups in professional settings into a course designed and taught by doctoral students under faculty supervision. Evaluation of the course was accomplished through measures of authoritarianism, self-perception and nature of interaction with others, and comparison with other graduate courses. It was concluded that the goals were appropriate and achievable. Evidence that students participating in the course tended to respond more freely and openly to each other, in addition to self-reports of personal and professional growth, justified the continuation of similar courses in the curriculum.     

MODERATING THE PREDICTION OF GRADES IN FRESHMAN ENGINEERING1

This study concerned the identification of an optimal moderator within a test battery for enhancing prediction of first semester engineering grades for 522 college freshmen. Moderated multiple regression disclosed high school rank (HSR) as the best moderator of SAT-M, the best predictor, in both a validation and hold-out group. SAT-M overall validity of .39 was increased to .53 and an overall R of .47 was raised to .61 when only those highest in HSR were considered.     

火箭飞机点火起飞

它发出的咆哮声有点像是喷气发动机——但不是在公务舱中听到的那种一成不变的低吟．而是真正震耳欲聋的轰鸣。单薄的飞机外形与这种声音相比似乎很不协调．就像是一辆两厢大众小车配上了集装箱货柜车那吓人的气喇叭。喷着耀眼的烈焰．它从美国新墨西哥州Las Cruces机场的跑道上一跃而起．开始陡直地爬升     

The Use of a Standardized Simulation and Process Tracing for Studying Clinical Problem-Solving Competence

Greater understanding of the clinical judgment and problem-solving processes used by counselors and psychologists could add significantly to a working knowledge of how competent practitioners function. This investigation used a standardized treatment planning simulation and a process tracing strategy to qualitatively examine how 15 mental health clinicians solved a typical client management problem. Purposes of the study included (a) demonstration of an empirical methodology for conducting research into clinical problem solving; (b) preliminary observation about the relationship between cognitive processes of inquiry and subsequent treatment planning; and (c) identification of hypotheses about critical factors involved in mental health problem solving that warrant further research. This report describes how those objectives were met and reviews their implications for training and assessment of mental health professionals.     

Two Worries about Educational Goods

In this brief comment on Educational Goods, I raise two worries about the authors' proposed normative framework for educational decision-makers. The first concerns the omission of rationality, or responsiveness to reasons, from the list of educational goods; the second concerns the inclusion of parental interests in the list of independent values.