The author responds to reviews by Kai Nielsen and Murdith McLean on his article "Indoctrination and Religious Education."

Contends that Horatio Alger's rags-to-riches myths can help modern students shape their beliefs and actions. Shows how students, by first understanding the simple mythic structures of the Alger stories, can become better able to examine more sophisticated and contradictory visions of life. (DMM)

Presents a summary of research on the effect of tabular and graphic presentation on reader reaction, reader retention, and reading time that found that comprehension, reaction, and reading time are enhanced by graphic aids. (JOW)

Harvey Daniels (1994) describes literature circles as small, temporary discussion groups consisting of students who elect to read the same text. As each member assumes specific responsibilities in preparation for the discussion, those members come to the discussion with supporting notes related to his or her role. One elementary teacher refined a…

The current trend in adult nonfiction is to incorporate greater and greater amounts of fiction into what is marketed as nonfiction. This trend is mirrored in today's nonfiction for children. Sometimes fictional characters are introduced and their stories are meant to serve as a vehicle for keeping the young reader's interest; sometimes stretches…

Finds that "Three Little Pigs" shows children what the world is like--depicting the conflict of choice, etc. Examines different versions of the tale and questions students about text differences. Gives questions for stimulating student response. (PA)

Explores how two-year college students may be assisted in the transition from reader response criticism to literary analysis and research paper writing. Proposes a heuristic that requires student researchers to draw on previous student essays on their topic. (TB)

Describes how one teacher uses children's literature to help children learn about the Holocaust. Shares reactions from some of the students to the literature. (MG)

Responds to E. D. Hirsch's "Cultural Literacy" and Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind," confronting questions of teaching values through literature. Argues that while teachers should deplore societal tyrannies, they can endorse the list proposed by Hirsch and allow students to develop their own responses to items…

Presents experimental tests of assumptions about the ways in which readers distinguish fact from opinion in a defamatory context. Examines differences in impact on readers based upon their perceptions of whether a report is fact or opinion. Finds that opinion causes more harm to reputation than does fact. (MM)

Makes a case for dialogic translation, a process in which the translator anticipates the response of the child reader, listens to the reader, and reaches out to the child. This process contrasts with the view that the only way to translate well is to reproduce the original text as faithfully as possible. (NH)

Claims mental health counseling can benefit from the depth perspective generated by double description: the politics of Weikel and Palmo and the semantics of Ivey. Compares and contrasts views regarding identity, roles and functions, and positioning of mental health counseling as a profession. (Author)

Responds to Hoshmand's article on alternate research paradigms in counseling psychology, asserting that Hoshmand has established a new milestone in the history of research in counseling psychology. Discusses the importance of Hoshmand's article and the usefulness of qualitative research in counseling psychology. (NB)

Responds to Hoshmand's article on alternate research paradigms in counseling psychology, calling it a valuable treatise that might have been made even more valuable by attending to the relationships between the more traditional research paradigm in psychology and the alternate paradigms presented by Hoshmand. (NB)

Responds to Hoshmand's article on alternate research paradigms in counseling psychology, noting that Hoshmand has provided a language and organized a vast amount of literature by which to consider alternate paradigms. Expresses reservations about Hoshmand's course sequence being incorporated into counseling psychology training programs. (NB)