Results of a study on the school psychologists' role indicated that principals endorsed their psychometric function while teachers were unsure of the most desirable functions of school psychologists. Implications of these findings, which support previous research, are discussed briefly. (MH)

This study presents a view of diachronic change in language which focuses on the conflicting interaction of principles determining language organization. Principles of structural and perceptual nature are in conflict in language of the Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) type, because of the relative clause construction. Theoretical and empirical evidence…

Following a preface on the uses of art education history, the author employs historical analysis to identify the current state of art education research as a discipline. Factors working to maintain the schism between art education research and practice are also discussed, particularly stereotyped self-images influencing art educators. (SJL)

Studies show only limited pharmacist-patient communication. Research in personal communication by pharmacists is shown to be a means of improving health care, the image of pharmacy, and patient compliance with drug therapy, and to expand the pharmacist's role. Communication skills are concluded to be essential to the development of the clinical…

Native English-speaking advanced French students' ability to match the perceptive performance of native-speaking Francophones was investigated. The results suggest that linguistic competence may be based on perception and production and that biological constraints in adult language learning may be a psychomotor rather than a psycholinguistic…

A factor analysis of 12 scales of the Olguin Diagnostic Test of Auditory Perception, two measures from a standardized reading test, and six personal-family-demographic factors revealed six interpretable dimensions for a sample of 95 Spanish-language-oriented children in the first and second grades. (Author/CTM)

Inner city and urban community mental health staff had high personal role activism but low perceived organizational role activism. Rural staffs perceived the center as expecting more activism. Bureaucratic orientation seems to have replaced early ideological ferver. (Author/JAC)

The connection between attitudes toward higher education and course evaluation follows from theories of central directive states and communicative balance. Course evaluation is related to: (1) students' and instructors' own and perceived attitudes toward higher education and college teaching, and (2) congruence between these attitudes. (Author/CP)

A study to determine the effect of 50 percent compression rate of speech on teacher comprehension revealed that there was no significant different in comprehension by teachers listening to audio tapes at a 50 percent compression rate and those listening at a normal speech rate. (LRA)

The concept of family members assuming buying roles in various purchasing decisions is applied to parents and students in the college choice process. Prospective students (high school seniors) and their parents were surveyed in Milwaukee; the results and their implications for college marketing are discussed. (MSE)

A discussion of the advantages of using geometry with handicapped learners is given. (MK)

A comparison of observed classroom behavior, tonic and phasic physiological arousal level, and task performance of 98 male and female first-grade children revealed sex differences in only 3 of 18 variables. Many assumed sex differences may be negligible and teachers' expectations may influence their perceptions. (SB)

Investigates age differences in selective attention in a coded visual search task where subjects were given different types of information about target location before trial onset. (Author/SS)

Assessed in this paper is the relative importance of three factors that partially account for the unequal distribution of men and women in positions of authority: (1) women's qualifications; (2) the behaviors and policies of employers; and (3) the attitudes and behaviors of the women themselves. (Author/EB)

Some recent research is examined on childrens' perception of pictures. Implications are drawn for those who create and use illustrated childrens' books. (SJL)