Explores the tenets of both the New Criticism and reader response criticism, and concludes that there is a need for a new imperative in criticism that conceives literary understanding in terms of a communication process in which both text and reader are granted importance. (FL)

Explains the theoretical positions of Russian Marxist psychologist and educator, L. S. Vygotsky, and their philosophical foundations. Discusses Vygotsky's major psychological theories regarding cognitive development, the development of scientific and spontaneous concepts, the zone of proximal development, and language's relationship to thought.…

Findings of empirical examination of author productivity data to determine conformity to Lotka's law indicate that: most data didn't fit inverse square function; two constants in Lotka's formulation (slope n, constant c) must be derived from observed distribution; inverse square law was special case of inverse exponential relationship. (37…

Ordering theory was used in two studies to empirically determine hierarchies of developmental precedence for Piaget's 16 logical combinations. In study 1, subjects (N=94) responded to statements about odd and even numbers; in study 2, 30 subjects responded to statements about line segments. Results are reported and discussed. (Author/JN)

This article is concerned with short-term residential adult education conferences of four to five days duration--approximately the time normally allocated to large-scale national conferences. The author offers suggestions for enhancing the effectiveness of short-term residential conferences and touches on some of the theoretical concepts that…

Thirty-seven counselor education graduate students were asked to assign validity ratings to seven possible explanations of what determines behavior. The students assigned high validity ratings to an "interaction" explanation for behavior. Further, they attributed their own behavior to external causes and the behavior of others to internal causes.…

Reveals that the degree of centralization and power varies in different types of organizations as defined by the Hage-Hull typology. (FL)

Explores the possibility that literary theorists and reading researchers are unconscious of each others interests, goals, and assumptions. Seeks to explore how the gaps between these two areas might best be bridged. (EL)

Outlines a study of two teachers' image of "the classroom as home" illustrating how personal and professional experiences are expressed in their classroom practices. Offers a theoretical concept of "image" as knowledge incorporating theoretical, practical, objective, and subjective experience. (MD)

Current trends in educational policy analysis are criticized for vagueness of conceptualization, inattention to values and ethical issues, the narrow role of the policy analyst, the dominance of functionalists, systems theory perspectives, absence of educational terms of reference, and the failure of policy analysis to ameliorate socio-educational…

Proposed is a comprehensive, multivariate, multirealm theoretical framework with which to integrate and advance the theory and research of adult education participation. This article describes elements of the framework that have already been investigated and those for which there are gaps in the literature. Suggestions for further research to…

Defines critical thinking by means of its difference from formal logic and its compatibility with current theories of rhetoric. Offers a heuristic for the argumentative composition based on integrating critical thinking with insights from new rhetorical composing theories. (FL)

Argues that classical rhetoric has much to offer basic writers, including the fact that rhetoric and ethics are intertwined. (DF)

Raises questions about two teaching methods: having small groups of students collaborate and critique each others' writing, and having case assignments based on some actual writing situation. (FL)

Discusses the concept that a philosophical approach to reading "Hamlet" is the easiest for students to comprehend. (DF)