The responses of the research community to the apparent need for more effective health education for children is examined. This survey was confined to the area of cardiovascular health education. Three risk factor areas are reported: smoking, improper nutrition, and lack of physical fitness. (Author/GK)

Reports on a study indicating that campus newspapers ought to be making efforts to find out whether their readers really want or read longer stories, such as in investigative or interpretive reporting. (RL)

Reviews research suggesting that student publications' staffs should survey the news needs of the campus population to improve newspaper quality and readership. (RL)

Indicates that reading the campus daily newspaper is a habit and that readership of selected items tends to be consistent. Shows why student editors should consider conducting research on readership to optimize the news and editorial potential of the campus newspaper. (RL)

Presents a general review of research on educational systems, with emphasis on variations in the definition of an educational system, neglected questions, areas of major concern, research needs, traditional and modern stands in the sociology of education, educational politics, and researcher bias. (DB)

The roles of incentives in academic decision making are examined, potential uses of incentives in academic decision making are suggested, and research projects that promise to increase the understanding of desirable uses of incentives in academic planning are proposed. (Author/MLW)

Outlines the proceedings of the Cognitive-Development Research Seminar at the University of Leeds in September, 1979. Indicates that the area of greatest interest was the differences between student conceptions and scientific norms times alternative frameworks. Outlines other studies that were presented and offers opinions on the contributions of…

This letter is written in response to Joseph P. Farrell's article (Comparative Education Review 23, February 1979), "The Necessity of Comparisons in the Study of Education." It raises doubts about the possibility of an exact science of education because education is based in the humanities. (KC)

This paper describes some of the more current research in the area of social networks of the early adolescent (ages 10 to 15), and discusses the direction of research in adolescent social networks. (KC)

A rebuttal to Schenck's 1979 study which asserts that occupational competency is not necessarily a function of occupational experience. Hux focuses on three areas: Schenk's sampling method, the inherent threats to both internal and external validity, and possible directions that may be taken to examine the problem. (CT)

Argues that psychology training programs must stress decision-oriented research and provide students with the knowledge required to assume a posture of advocacy that promotes through action the healing and improvement of the entire human condition. States that psychology has traditionally ignored the conditions of poverty and oppression.…

Demonstrates that a situation-centered perspective provides a useful contribution in understanding women's lack of job mobility. Discusses the implications of situation-centered and person-centered research approaches for action directed toward change. (Author/BE)

Research problems related to studies of school desegregation in urban areas are identified and discussed. A review of statistical models used in desegregation research indicates that deviation models are the most appropriate for investigating short-run effects of desegregation. (Author/DB)

The article discusses a study which examined whether Black students who attended desegregated high schools were more likely to attend desegregated colleges. Data were based on a survey of 253 randomly selected Black students in Florida. Findings indicated that attendance at an integrated high school is a major variable influencing a student to…

The author discusses three topics with which he analyzes educational history. These topics are teacher education and the role of women in education in the nineteenth century and the American educational experience abroad after the Second World War. (Author/KC)