Examined popular self-help books to determine how they portray organizational life and the female manager. Concluded that their rhetorical vision of the female manager is superficial and that for the woman who participates in this view of organizational life, the books present incomplete, contradictory, and debilitating advice. (PD)

Analyzes nineteenth-century newspapers to show that reformers and journalists then believed in the political power of information and used political information and agenda-setting as tools for gaining political power. Suggests that political science agenda-setting models are better than those from communication research for understanding past…

Investigated how people with congenital orthopedic disabilities intially learn that they are different and how they learn the evaluative meaning associated with being disabled. Analyzed the content of 29 autobiographies. Results indicated that people born with orthopedic disabilities discover between ages 3 and 5 that they are different. (Author)

Reviews picture books published from 1960 through 1980 to determine how they portrayed grandparents. Concludes that older adults are dealt with in many different ways in such books. Provides a list of books appropriate for primary school children that present positive images of grandparents. (FL)

A comparison of comprehension questions in teachers' manuals for two meaning-based basal series with two decoding-based linguistic/phonic series found that individual series types maintained their philosophical integrity in their approaches to questions. (FL)

Examined the adequacy of the cognitive developmental stage hypothesis in accounting for the development of children's friendship expectations. It was concluded that cognitive-developmental stages may be of limited value in predicting the development of friendship expectation unless only broad age changes are sought. (Author/RH)

Describes and evaluates a two-semester college-level course in pediatric psychology involving classroom and hospital experiences. Evaluations indicated that most students were very interested in the course and that many were considering careers involving chronically ill or disturbed children. (DB)

This reviewer finds the CBS special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" shallow and simplistic in its treatment of the schools. She cites data contradicting several assertions made on the program. All articles in this journal issue comment on this CBS television program, aired in August, 1978. (SJL)

A technique that consultants may use to help their clients define, value, and assess goals, the card sort may be used to establish goals for systematic designs addressing instructional, individual, or organizational problems. Examples illustrate its use and three references are listed. (Author/CHC)

Children and adolescents from four social classes were asked to describe rich and poor people and to indicate how the rich and the poor are different from and similar to each other. Responses were classified into three categories of person description: peripheral (possessions, appearances, and behavior), central (traits and thoughts), and…

An examination of "Time" magazine's treatment of four recent presidents indicates that "Time" continues to use the same techniques of biased reporting as were found in a 1965 study and that it continues to favor Republican presidents. (GT)

Most educational journal articles are by university/college professors, associate professors, and public school administrators, over half of whom hold positions in the Northeastern and North Central areas. Most literature is primarily related to curriculum and instruction, and indications are that the literature has considerable influence on…

Analyses of the data and youths' prescriptions concerning prevention of abuse yielded 12 program recommendations. These programs can create the awareness that led to concerted programs to stop the war and pollution. When designing educational-information programs, one must be aware of the total system of causal factors. (Author/BEF)

Reports on a study that explored two dimensions of Canadian attitudes toward the political integration of Quebec into the rest of Canada: (1) the front page and editorial output of the country's newspapers with respect to integration issues, and (2) the feedback on these issues, measured by the content of letters to newspaper editors. (Author/GT)

Five major studies of sexism in children's reading materials were critically reviewed according to basic research criteria. Findings indicated that these studies were not based on well-structured designs; that categories were not explicated or consistent; and that foundations to support valid conclusions were lacking. (Author/GDC)