Examines visual cognitive processes having to do with perception, the assimilation of new information, and learning by analogy, and identifies instructional strategies to control each process. Discussion of relationships between visual learning and instruction includes implications for research and design. An extensive bibliography is provided.…

Productive use of academic freedom is fostered under conditions that go beyond "freedom from" to a positive "freedom to." Academic "freedom to" is threatened by contemporary changes in the way teaching and research are planned, organized, financed, and implemented. (JOW)

Among the major concerns of urban vocational administrators, as revealed by this survey, are insufficient funding, interpretation and administration of state department standards, and inadequate inservice training for teachers. (SK)

Reviews existing empirical literature to clarify issues relating to a neglected area of developmental research: the emotional changes that accompany aging. Summarizes theoretical positions in the fields of emotions research, clinical psychology, and gerontology relevant to emotions in the adult years, offering guidelines for future research. (RH)

Female undergraduates performed tasks that examined the effect of particular situations on Fear of Success (FOS). No differences in FOS were found among three experimental groups, although performance behavior differed significantly. Results suggest the need for better measures of both the situationality of FOS and the phenomenon of FOS itself.…

Describes the three major strategies for development of Wechsler Scales short forms. Presents an overview of the available validity data. Offers recommendations for future validity research. Concludes that while Wechsler short forms may be useful as research instruments, their clinical applications are extremely limited. (Author)

Until experimenters can achieve some measure of control over access to information associated with their writing stimuli and outcome measures, research in composition will have a difficult time providing meaningful information on the unique effects on writing of such things as training programs, ethnicity, previous education, and sex. (HOD)

The article examines reasons for the lack of research being conducted by speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the public schools and points out advantages of that setting as a research site. (Author)

Maintains that sexual differentiation has been grossly neglected in the sociology of education, as it has in many other areas of sociology. Reviews recent research on the topic of sexual differentiation in education and suggests areas for additional research. For journal availability, see EJ 222 605. (Author/DB)

In response to the preceding article, the authors contend that the pursuit of accuracy in identifying Piagetian stages may be counterproductive to the more important task of providing appropriate curriculum sequences. (KC)

Primary prevention in social work may be next step in intervention evolution. Reaching people before problems occur involves research on life changes, comprehensive social service networks, and adaptable treatment approaches. Factors against primary prevention integration include financial disincentives, traditional professional training, status…

Teachers rarely use research results to improve their instructional practice or their professional knowledge. In a recent survey, teachers requested practical research results which they could use in their own classrooms. Teachers also requested that research results be presented in a manner in which they could be easily understood. (JN)

Discusses broad areas that deserve future scholarly inquiry by communication researchers: (1) the interrelatedness of communicative contexts, (2) the serial nature of symbolic exchanges, and (3) barriers to conducting ecologically valid communication research. (PD)

Identifies some of the assumptions and implications of the current research about writing and shows why they are open to question. (RL)

Explores the association of various disciplines with visual literacy and develops a definition of the term that can be used for theory development. (FL)