Comparative analyses of educational methods have often been inconclusive; there are several possible explanations: (1) each method is optimally effective under specifically differing circumstances; (2) the studies tend to emphasize one input variable to the exclusion of the others; (3) the methods do not have widely accepted definitions; and (4) the methods are often tested before they are perf...

What quality of life represents to an individual may not be the same as to the next. Some individuals value certain features higher than others. Most indicators of quality of life and social development do not change in a population’s taste even though they rate differently in terms of scale and reference from one person to another. Local governments should be able to identify such differences ...

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This paper describes a number of factors which go into determining weight. The paper describes what calories are, how caloric expenditure is measured, and why caloric expenditure is different for different people. The paper then outlines the way the body tends to adjust food intake and exercise to maintain a constant body weight. It is speculated that obese people have a regulatory mechanism wh...

Measures of trait anxiety, state anxiety and achievement were obtained on a sample of undergraduate students, half of whom received additional humorous items in the achievement test. In a regression analysis, the trait anxiety x test version interaction was a significant predictor of achievement. Subsequent analyses revealed a disordinal interaction in which highly anxious students hadlower ach...

Introduction The beginning chapter in the UCSMP Geometry book introduces students to four definitions of a point dot as a point, location as a point, ordered pair as a point, and a network node as a point. A lot of information is presented to students but not necessarily a lot of physical experience with each idea. The Artistic Expression Institute in the Educator's Science and Mathematics Inst...