Six popular misconceptions about adoption are presented along with research evidence refuting each of them. (Author/RH)

Equality rests in the human traits of emotion and imagination which provide insight into the feelings of others. The arts educate the imagination, providing an increased awareness of the nature of human equality and empathy for one's fellows. (Author/AYC)

Offers brief profiles of women who are the superintendents of instruction in their states or territories and comments on the similarities in their backgounds. (IRT)

The author examines various definitions of creativity, from broad global statements to narrow views of testable traits. Concluding that none of these definitions can be operationalized in education, he suggests that educators concentrate on more definable components of creativity, such as critical thinking, aesthetics, and the imagination. (SJL)

A "tongue-in-cheek" description of eight "typical," successful conference participant types is presented. Some of the types include the "academic priest,""wry woman,""Mr. Goodwords," and "beloved technician." (JMF)

Reviewed four studies of nonparticipation in adult basic education programs and found that nonparticipants are not homogeneous and have aspirations that may or may not involve education. Determined that nonparticipation is more complex than previously assumed. (JOW)

Discusses development of the Sonnier Model of Hemispheric Preference. Notes frequent references to the senses "visual" and "auditory" rather than the two hemispheric functions "visual" and "analytical." (RS)

This article presents replies to published comments on the authors' original article (R. L. Sternberg, E. L. Grigorenko, and K. K. Kidd. G. Carey cited in his response to their article a study by Tang et al. (2005) showing that "of 3,636 subjects of varying race/ethnicity, only 5 (0.14%) showed genetic cluster membership different from their…

This article proposes a strength-based model for counseling at-risk youth. The author presents the assumptions, basic concepts, and values of the strength perspective in counseling and offers strength categories as a conceptual model for viewing clients' behavior. Propositions leading toward a theory of strength-based counseling and stages of this…

This invited response contends that Dr. Perry's main findings are really not that surprising nor should they be. It argues that he should have asked a different question rather than the one posed in his title. The reasons offered for social workers not differing from non-social workers in their respective performance of tasks at Florida's…

This paper lists and describes inventionist themes that writers and writing teachers can use during rhetorical invention. It defines invention as the process whereby writers discover ideas to write about, and the inventionist as one who focuses on this discovery process, whether that focus be pedagogical or theoretical. The items included and…

Discusses one central characteristic of "women's way of knowing," some immediate implications for adult literacy instruction, and possible directions for further research. (JOW)

Replies to Van Hesteren's article on "human science" perspective as an alternative to traditional research methods in counseling research. Contrasts the author's position with Van Hesteren's regarding the latter's focus on one of three methodologies proposed by Polkinghorne (1984): the phenomenological-hermeneutic. Addresses the suggested link…

Argues that technical writing teachers must emphasize the concept of ethos in their classroom because students need to know not only how their ethos emerges in what they write, but how to convey a positive ethos that will influence readers to accept their investigations and arguments. (FL)

The importance of an educational approach to the mentally retarded is that it forces professionals to perceive the mentally retarded as those who develop slowly, but could advance more rapidly if everything were appropriate in their environment. (Author/BRR)