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Twelve conference papers on cultural aspects of second language instruction include: "Towards True Multiculturalism: Ideas for Teachers" (Brian McVeigh); Comparing Cultures Through Critical Thinking: Development and Interpretations of Meaningful Observations" (Laurel D. Kamada); "Authority and Individualism in Japan and the USA" (Alisa Woodring); "Study Trip to France" (Alain Lauffenburger) (in French); "Everything You Need To Know Begins at Kindergarten" (Laura McGregor); "Native Americans and Europeans, Ainu and Waijin: Culturally Relevant EFL Content-Based Social Studies Comparative History Curriculum Design at a Japanese Junior College" (Robert E. Gettings); "Folklore in the ESL Classroom" (Virginia A. Jenkins); "Redefining Our Educational Parameters" (Eton F. Churchill, Jr.); "Commonly Asked Global Issues Questions" (Jessica Newby Kawata, David Peaty, Donna McInnis, Junko Mukainakano); "Geography in the Global Issues Classroom" (Kawata); "Gender Issues in Language Education" (Thomas Hardy, Amy Yamashiro, Cheiron McMahill). Individual papers contain references. (MSE)

There are 10 papers in this collection from the Division of Education and Research: (1) "The Importance of Basic Training in Marketing for Librarians and Information Professionals" (French and English versions; Rejean Savard); (2) "Information Management Education: Some Interdisciplinary Approaches" (Marianne Broadbent); (3) "Educational Implications of Information Development" (Jesus Lau); (4) "The International Role of the Library of Congress: A Brief History" (John Cole); (5) "The Use of Anglo-French Comparisons by the Promoters of the 1850 Public Libraries Act" (Paul Sturges); (6) "Research on Reading and Books: A Jungle of Confusing Terms" (German and English versions; Konrad Teckentrup); (7) "Sociology of Reading and Use of the Library" (French and English versions; Martine Poulain); (8) "International Seminar on Continuing Professional Education: A Report (German and English versions; Horst Hogh); (9) "Mastering Access: The Birmingham MSc Information Management" (Trevor Haywood and Sandi Kirkham); and (10) "Library and Information Research in Yugoslavia" (Dora Secic and Dubravka Stancin-Rosic). (SD)

Twenty-one papers from the Division of Special Libraries are included in this collection: "Information Systems Planning as a Tool of Developing Library Work: The Case of Statistics Library" (Heli Myllys); "The Libraries of the French Central Government Departments and the Administrative Library of the City of Paris" (French and English versions; Pierre Casselle); "Legal Databases in France: The Current Market)" (French and English versions; Anny Maximin); "Access to Administrative Information" (French and English versions; Paul de Bourguesdon); "In the Community of the Social Sciences, Who Benefits from the New Information Technologies? (Dans la communaute des sciences socials, qui beneficie des Nouvelles Technologies de l'Informations)" (Jean Meyriat); "Crumbling Walls: The Impact of the Electronic Age on Libraries and Their Clienteles" (Joseph A. Rosenthal); "Increase of User Satisfaction Through Use of Electronic Media in a University Library" (Piedad Dector); "Chinese MARC Database on CD-ROM" (Nancy Ou-lan Chou, et al.); "Archiving and Distributing Aerial Photography and Space Images" (French and English versions; Daniel Plu and Guy Ducher); "The Financing of Spanish Map Libraries)" (English and Spanish versions; Montserrat Galera i Monegal); "PC CARTONET: A Microcomputer Version of the CARTONET Map Library Automation System" (Barbara Morris, et al.); "The Economics of Topographic Mapping of the United States" (Gary Worth); "Alternatives to Public Funding of University Science and Technology Libraries: The North American Experience" (Nancy D. Anderson);"Document Supply by Science and Technology Libraries--Is There a Role for International Organizations?" (Elin Tornudd); "New Approaches to the Management of Medical Libraries in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic" (Jan Peska); "ADONIS: Between Myth and Reality. Trial Document Supply Using CD-ROM Technology" (Ulrich Korwitz); "The Economic Impact of the Document Delivery on Scientific Journals" (Marc Walckiers); "French Art Libraries and the New Technologies of Pictures" (French and English versions; Michel Melot); "Photographic Collections in Japan: Accessibility and New Technology" (French and English versions; Hiroyuki Hatano); "Librarianship, Law, and Communication: The Issue" (French and English versions, Jean Martin); and "Supranational and Constitutional Courts in Europe: Functions and Sources: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland" (Joachim Schwitzke). (SD)

Fifteen papers from the Division of Libraries Serving the General Public are included in this collection: "When the Children's Library Meets the Museum" (French and English versions; Annie Pissard); "Value of Library Service for Children Literature in France" (Aline Eisenegger); "The Latin American Literature in France" (Aline Eisenegger); "The Latin America Network of Documentation Centres for Children's Literature as an Information Tool" (Clara Budnik); "On Some Theoretical Foundations of the School Library/Media Center and Their Implications for Education" (French and English versions; Paulette Bernhard); "Pedagogy of Reading in a Rural Area" (French and English versions; A. Valin); "Academic Achievement and the School Library: An International Study" (Setsuko Koga, et al.);"Library and School for Young Children and Handicapped Children: An Original Cooperation" (French and English versions; Myriam Lott Deschamps); "Television and Visiophonie: Therapy and Mass Media" (French and English versions; Jean-Pierre Seguin); "Inmates-Adopt-a-Scholar: A Case Study in New York State Prison Library Programming to Develop Critical Thinking Skills" (Myra Albert); "IFLA's Section for Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons: A Presentation" (Gunilla Malgren-Neale); "Access to Information for Visually Impaired Students in the University Environment: The Situation in Germany" (Rainer F. V. Witte); "How Blind People Access Data Stored on CD-ROM in University Libraries" (Anita Richaume); "Tobia Center: Braille Research and Printing Center: A Summary of 12 Years' Experiment" (Monique Truquet); and "Public Libraries Against Illiteracy" (Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr.). (SD)

Papers from the Proceedings of the 17th meeting of the AIMAV (Association internationale pour le developpement de la communication interculturelle) are collected in this volume. Conference papers appear either in English, in French, or in Russian. For purposes of this abstract, all titles below have been translated into English. The English-language papers presented here are: "My Method of Studying Russian," (Maria T. Bella); "The Teaching of Russian in the USSR: World-Wide Window for Soviet Non-Russians," (Goldie Blankoff-Scarr); and "Grammatical Interference of the Native Language in Russian Language Learning," (E. Popoff-Bocker). Papers in French are: "A Tentative Analysis of the State of Russian Language Instruction in France," (Irene Commeau); "The Problem of Teaching Russian Literature in Translation," (Claude De Greve); "Ann Attempt at Teaching Some Elementary Structures of Russian: Phonology and Phonetics, Transcription and Orthography," (Danielle Konopnicki-Miot); and "The Semantic Approach of the Russian Culture," (N. Stange-Zhirovova). Papers in Russian are: "The Advancement of Russian Language Teacher Qualifications with Regard to the Communicative Tasks of Instruction," (T. M. Dorofyeeva); "Some Aspects of My Teaching an Advanced Russian Literature Class in a French College," (O. M. Grabovskaya); "On Minimizing Classroom Materials," (Arto Mustajoki); "An Accounting of the Progress of Comparative Literary Criticism in the Teaching of Russian Literature," (Michai Novikov); "Two Intonation Contours in Contemporary Russian Language," (Cecilia Ode);"Teaching Russian Language in the Non-Russian European Parts of the USSR," (Shegun Odunuga); "Comprehension Tests of Russian Texts," (C. Petri); and "The Status of Russian Language Instruction in West German Schools, 1984," (Kai Sieveking). (LMO)

This proceedings of the annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) includes the following research papers: "Logo et Symetrie Centrale" (E. Gallou-Dumiel); "About Continuous Operator Subconstruct in Rational Numbers" (J. Gimenez); "Constructivist Epistemology and Discovery Learning in Mathematics" (G.A. Goldin); "Comparative Analysis of Two Arithmetic Situations" (M.G. Grossi); "Understanding and Discussing Linear Functions in Situations: A Developmental Study" (J.L. Gurtner); "Low Mathematics Achievers' Test Anxiety" (R. Hadass); "Proofs That Prove and Proofs That Explain" (G. Hanna); "Fishbein's Theory: A Further Consideration" (G. Harel, M. Behr, T. Post, & R. Lesh); "They're Useful: Children's View of Concrete Materials" (K. Hart & A. Sinkinson); "Children's Individuality in Solving Fraction Problems" (K. Hasemann); "Aspects of Declarative Knowledge on Control Structures" (K. Haussmann & M. Reiss); "A Conceptual Analysis of the Notion of Length and Its Measure" (B. Heraud); "The Kindergartners' Understanding of Cardinal Number: An International Study" (N. Herscovics & J.C. Bergeron); "Learning about Isosceles Triangles" (J. Hillel); "Construction of Functions, Contradiction and Proof" (F. Hitt); "A Logo-Based Microworld for Ratio and Proportion" (C. Hoyles, R. Noss, & R. Sutherland); "The Facilitating Role of Table Forms in Solving Algebra Speed Problems: Real or Imaginary?" (R. Hoz & G. Harel); "The Learning of Plane Isometries from the Viewpoint of the Van Hiele Model" (A. Jaime & A. Gutierrez);"Representation and Contextualization" (C. Janvier); "To Inculcate versus to Elicit Knowledge" (B. Jaworski); "Van Hiele Levels and the Solo Taxonomy" (M. Jurdak); "A Perspective on Algebraic Thinking" (C. Kieran); "A Structural Conceptual Model for Investigating Some Cognitive Aspects of Problem-Solving" (N. Krumholtz); "The Effect of Setting and Numerical Content on the Difficulty of Ratio Tasks" (D. Kuchemann); "Satisfaction and Regret about the Choice of Math" (H. Kuyper & W. Otten); "Intrinsic versus Euclidean Geometry: Is the Distinction Important to Children Learning with the Turtle?" (C. Kynigos); "Mathophobia: A Classroom Intervention at the College Level" (R. Lacasse & L. Gattuso); "Le Micro-Ordinateur, outil de Revelation et d'Analyse de Procedures dans de Courtes Demonstrations de Geometrie" (A. Larher & R. Gras); "Gender Differences in Mathematics Learning Revisited" (G.C. Leder); "La Resolution de Problemes dans l'Enseignement des Mathematiques: Compte Rendu d'une Experience aupres d'Enseignants du Primaire" (G. Lemoyne & F. Conne); "Strategies Used by 'Adders' in Proportional Reasoning" (F.L. Lin); "Canonical Representations of Fractions as Cognitive Obstacles in Elementary Teachers" (L. Linchevsky & S. Vinner); "Using Concept Maps to Explore Students' Understanding in Geometry" (H. Mansfield & J. Happs); "Mental Images: Some Problems Related to the Development of Solids" (M.A. Mariotti); "The Role of the Figure in Students' Concepts of Geometric Proof" (W.G. Martin & G. Harel); "The Inner Teacher, The Didactic Tension, and Shifts of Attention" (J.H. Mason & P.J. Davis); "Lecture et Construction de Diagrammes en Batons dans le Premier Cycle de l'Enseignement Secondaire Francais" (S. Maury, M. Janvier, & J. Baille); "Cooperative Group Learning of Geometric Proof Construction: A Classroom Assessment" (L. MacRae & B. Harrison); "Comparing Experts' and Novices' Affective Reactions to Mathematical Problem Solving: An Exploratory Study" (D. McLeod, W. Metzger, & C. Craviotto); and "The Development of Children's Concepts of Angle" (M.C. Mitchelmore). (MKR)

This proceedings of the annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) includes the following research papers: "A Model of Understanding Two-Digit Numeration and Computation" (H. Murray & A. Olivier); "The Computer Produces a Special Graphic Situation of Learning the Change of Coordinate System" (S. Nadot); "Epistemological Analysis of Early Multiplication" (N. Nantais & N. Herscovics); "Are the Van Hiele Levels Applicable to Transformation Geometry?" (L. Nasser); "Intuitive and Formal Learning of Ratio Concepts" (P. Nesher & M. Sukenik); "Early Conceptions of Subtraction" (D. Neuman); "Computational, Estimation Performance and Strategies Used by Select Fifth and Eighth Grade Japanese Students" (N. Nohda, J. Ishida, K. Shimizu, S. Yoshikawa, R.E. Reys, & B.J. Reys); "Associations Among High School Students' Interactions with Logo and Mathematical Thinking" (J. Olive); "Graphic Constructions with Computer to Learn 3D Reference Systems" (I. Osta); "Applied Problem Solving in Intuitive Geometry" (J.P. Pace); "L'incidence de l'Environment sur la Perception et la Representation d'Objets Geometriques" (R. Pallascio, L. Talbot, R. Allaire, & P. Mongeau); "Angles et Pixels - Quelle Synergie a 9 Ans?" (C. Parmentier); "Interaction by Open Discussion and 'Scientific Debate' in a Class of 12-Years Old Pupils" (T. Patronis); "Formal and Informal Sources of Mental Models for Negative Numbers" (I. Peled, S. Mukhopadhyay, & L.B. Resnick); "Inverse Procedures: The Influence of a Didactic Proposal on Pupils' Strategies" (A. Pesci);"Through the Recursive Eye: Mathematical Understanding as a Dynamic Phenomenon" (S. Pirie & T. Kieren); "Cognitive Aspects of the Learning of Mathematics in a Multicultural School" (N. Presmeg & A. Frank); "Qualitative and Quantitative Predictions as Determinants of System Control" (M. Reiss); "Transfer between Function Representations: A Computational Model" (B. Schwarz & T. Dreyfus); "Transition from Operational to Structural Conception: The Notion of Function Revisited" (A. Sfard); "Supercalculators and Research on Learning" (R. Shumway); "How and When Attitudes Towards Mathematics and Infinity Become Constituted into Obstacles in Students?" (A. Sierpinska & M. Viwegier); "Learning Y-Intercept: Assembling the Pieces of an 'Atomic' Concept" (J. Smith, A. Arcavi, & A.H. Schoenfeld);"Computers, Video, Both or Neither: Which is Better for Teaching Geometry?" (N. Snir, Z. Mevarech, & N. Movshovitz-Hadar); "Vocational Mathematics Teachers' Cognition of Mathematical and Vocational Knowledge" (R. Strasser & R. Bromme); "Training Elementary Teachers in Problem Solving Strategies: Impact on Their Students' Performance" (J.K. Stonewater); "Developing Algebraic Understanding: The Potential of a Computer Based Environment" (R. Sutherland); "Verbal Evidence for Versatile Understanding of Variables in a Computer Environment" (M. Thomas & D. Tall); "Conceptual Adjustments in Progressing From Real to Complex Numbers" (D. Tirosh & N. Almog); "Does the Semantic Structure of Word Problems Affect Second Graders' Eye-Movements?" (L. Vershaffel, E. de Corte, & A. Pauwels); "The Lesson - A Preconceptional Stage" (S. Vinner); "An Analysis of the Emotional Acts of Young Children While Learning Mathematics" (E. Yackel, P. Cobb, & T. Wood); "The Use of Graphs as Visual Interactive Feedback While Carrying Out Algebraic Transformations" (M. Yerushalmy); "Images of Geometrical Transformations: From Euclid to the Turtle and Back" (R. Zazkis & U. Leron); and "A Knowledge-Base of Student Reasoning about Characteristics of Functions" (N. Zehavi & B. Schwarz). Includes a listing of author addresses. (MKR)

This proceedings of the annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) includes the following papers: "Transformations Accelerees de l'Education Scientifique Pendant la Revolution Francaise" (Jean Dhombres); "Building on the Knowledge of Students and Teachers" (Thomas P. Carpenter & Elizabeth Fennema); "Hardiesse et Raison des Recherches Francaises en Didactique des Mathematiques" (Colette Laborde); and "Mathematical Literacy for All Experiences and Problems" (Paolo Boero); "Re-Exploring Familiar Concepts with a New Representation" (A. Arcavi & R. Nachmias); "La Construction du Concept de Figure chez les Eleves de 12 Ans" (G. Arsac); "The Role of Conceptual Models in the Activity of Problem Solving" (F. Arzarello); "How to See Equality in the Difference: An Old Problem with Educational Value" (L. Bazzini); "Exploring Children's Perceptions of Multiplication Through Pictorial Representations" (C. Beattys & C. Maher); "Affective Aspects of the Learning of Mathematics" (M. Beharie & Y. Naidoo); "A Conflict and Investigation Teaching Method and an Individualized Learning Scheme: A Comparative Experiment on the Teaching of Fractions" (A. Bell & D. Bassford); "Some Results of a Large Scale Evaluation of the New Syllabus at French College Level" (A. Bodin); "Grade 8 Students' Understanding of Structural Properties in Mathematics" (L.R. Booth); "Unconditional Mathematics" (L. Brandau & K. Richmond); "Comparison of Teacher and Pupil Perceptions of the Learning Environment in Mathematics" (M. Carmeli, D. Ben-Chaim, & B. Fresko); "Numeracy Without Schooling" (T.N. Carraher); "Strategies and Error Patterns in Solving Rotation Transformation" (C. Chien); "A Solo Mapping Procedure" (K.F. Collis & J.M. Watson); "Le Discours Justificatif en Mathematique: L'implication du Locuteur selon la Representation du Referent" (D. Coquin-Viennot); "Qualitative and Quantitative Time Reasoning in Children" (J. Crepault & S. Samartzis); "The Multidimensional Nature of the Pre-Concepts of Number" (C. Dassa, J.C. Bergeron, & N. Herscovics); "Protocols of Actions as a Cognitive Tool for Knowledge Construction" (W. Dorfler); "Representations du Fonctionnement d'une Procedure Recursive en Logo" (C. Dupuis & D. Guin); "Langage et Representation dans l'Apprentissage d'une Demarche Deductive" (R. Duval); "Towards a Theory of Transition" (N.F. Ellerton & M.A. Clements); "Validation d'un Logiciel d'Aide a la Resolution de Problemes Additifs" (M.C. Escarabajal & M. Kastenbaum); "How Big is an Infinite Set? Exploration of Children's Ideas" (R. Falk & S. Ben-Lavy); "Hypothetical Reasoning in the Resolution of Applied Mathematical Problems at the Age of 8-10" (P.L. Ferrari); "Two Different Views of Fractions: Fractionating and Operating" (O. Figueras); "Psychological Difficulties in Understanding the Principle of Mathematical Induction" (E. Fischbein & I. Engel); "Incipient 'Algebraic' Thinking in Pre-Algebra Students" (A. Friedlander, R. Hershkowitz, & A. Arcavi); and "Development of the Process Conception of Function by Pre-Service Teachers in a Discrete Mathematics Course" (E. Dubinsky, J. Hawks, D.A. Nichols). Includes a listing of working group and discussion group topics and organizers. (MKR)