A literature review prefaces the report of a study in which the aspects of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction identified by 327 principals in Alberta, Canada are compared with the findings of Herzberg and others. Limited support for Herzberg's hypotheses is found and focal points for further research are noted. (MJL)

Analyzes ballot comments of judges who were evaluating competitive rhetorical criticism events. Summarizes their comments to provide criteria for students competing in this speaking event. (PD)

Identifies types of reading passages that tend to be troublesome for poor readers who have difficulty in evaluating and revising their initial hypotheses about the content of a passage. Offers teaching strategies to help these students. (FL)

Describes an exercise in which students must compare Congreve and Shakespeare and suggests that it is ultimately unfair to the student to remove the quotes from their context and pass judgment on them. (CRH)

Discerns issues of the 1980 presidential primary campaigns through content analysis of issues presented in televised political spot advertisements created for nine presidential primary candidates. Results indicate Democrats were most concerned with the economy, energy, foreign policy, and national security, while Republicans focused on federalism…

Analyzes two basals designed for use by remedial readers for their literature content and for their portrayal of reading attitudes. Concludes that both series make some attempt to portray attitudes toward reading and that both used informational selections more than other types of literature. (FL)

Analyzes the environmental content of a number of general and specialized magazines for the period 1966-1975. (FL)

Examines the parallels between Ellison's "Invisible Man" and Hamilton's works. States that Hamilton is strong in elucidating the experience of growing up simultaneously black and American and that it is a continuing condemnation of our times when she must reiterate Ellison's words concerning the duality of nonwhite literature. (CRH)

Examines workbooks designed to accompany primary grade basal readers to determine the incidence of new vocabulary words they contain. Found that, with one exception, the workbooks all contained at least 30 percent new words--words not introduced in previous levels or at the levels for which the workbooks were designed. (FL)

Describes a method of teaching "Ulysses" to undergraduates that relies on text annotation. (AEA)

Teachers are encouraged to adapt their instructional programs to learners' cognitive styles, whether global or analytic. (GW)

Reported are results of a survey in which 13 series of secondary level geography textbooks were tested to determine readability. Findings indicate that there is little difference in the readability level of geography texts published for grade six and those published for the secondary level. References are included. (Author/DB)

Suggests standards which will result in nonsexist material containing accurate portrayals of optional roles available to both boys and girls. (RB)

Presents evidence to support contentions that the media influences public acceptance of traditional sex-role and racial stereotypes. (MH)