Major Fallacies Research Articles

Some Comments on the Administrator's Task

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsHarold BenjaminMr. Benjamin, dean of the college of education, University of Maryland, tells why certain changes in attitudes and beliefs must be made if administrative understanding and skill are to be attained. He groups these hampering attitudes under “major fallacies of present-day administration” and says that “the teachers of the United States can wipe out these fallacies.”

The Measurement of Vocabulary Difficulty

Author's Summary— Six previous studies of vocabulary measurement are briefed in which four major fallacies mar the techniques. Data are presented from two investigations to show the application of a proposed Index of Difficulty, obtained by combining the two factors of Density and Frequency.