Issue devoted to ways in which foreign literatures are taught in the language classroom. (DS)

Discusses issues explored in a college course on comics from the past to the present. Subject matter, language, literary style, presentation, themes and social issues are examined via a comparison with other types of literature written concurrently. (RB)

Discusses theories and innovations that have developed the content of industrial arts on the secondary school level. Program name, program administrator, and his address are given for 26 innovative programs. (GB)

Urges secondary school English teachers to encourage students to experiment more with repetition as a writing technique. (SW)

Selects technical and popular writings from three scientists in each of four fields, and finds differences in the visual-verbal imagery which each field uses. (MB)

Discusses the use of computers for research in the humanities, where their characteristics of "speed, flexibility and economy make them indispensable "to the production of literary concordances, dictionaries, and data stores. (Editor/WM)

A conception of invalidity as bias is related to content validity for standardized achievement tests. A method of estimating content bias for each of three content domains (a priori, curricular, and instructional) based on the specification of a content taxonomy is also proposed. (Author/CM)

Identified patterns that characterized soap operas, cartoons, and prime-time drama: (1) the predominant form of interaction was dyadic; (2) the most frequent speakers and receivers of messages were males; (3) the most pervasive message was an assertion of dominance; and (4) the concept of power was not sex-linked. (PD)

Proposition analysis was used to equate the text base of two essays with different readability levels. Easier reading essays were given higher scores than difficult reading essays. The results appear to identify another noncontent influence on essay test scores, leaving increasingly less variance for differences in content. (Author/PN)

Looks at English handbooks and rhetoric texts and notes shortcomings in their treatment of research papers. Offers several remedies. (FL)

Concludes that voters need a frame or a point of reference for determining the campaign relevance of issues and that, therefore, framing is a crucial consideration in the media agenda-setting process. (FL)

Examines nine basal series to determine the number of stories featuring ethnic groups. Concludes that no one series offers more ethnic content than another. (FL)

Three issues of a quarterly journal published in Germany, which contains articles, examples, discussions, reviews, and news concerning pedagogical theories and techniques for teachers of history, are examined. One of the journal's editors would like to exchange information, trends, articles, and reports with the "History Teacher." (RM)