The study examined the ODL learners' perceptions of the quality of provision of research support services to the ODL learners by tutors. It focused on the Zimbabwe Open University's (ZOU) Bachelor of Education (Educational Management) research students' experiences. It was a qualitative multiple case study of four of the 10 Regional Centres of the…

This article aims to demonstrate how the use of an online journal, a bilingual blog, can contribute to filling in the language and cultural gaps of foreign language learners. This case study focuses on the participation, interaction, motivation, language acquisition, feedback and cultural input improved by students of Spanish as a Foreign Language…

The editor of a weekly newspaper in Glenville, West Virginia, presents a personalized account of his transition from a big-city news reporter to editor-photographer-editorial writer-sports reporter of the "Glenville Democrat." (RB)

Indicates that nearly all of the newspaper advertisements examined contained at least one information cue and that one-third contained four or more cues, with an average of 2.8 per ad. Suggests that newspaper advertisements are more "informative" than television and magazine advertisements. (JD)

Examined posttreatment consolidation of experience with a script-theoretic analysis of transference dreams. A content-analytic scheme applied to three during-treatment and three posttreatment dreams showed in posttreatment dreams a significant increase in positive affects, a decrease in negative affects, and more effective initatives by the…

Presents results of a four-week monitoring of each daytime television drama broadcast in 1979. Content analysis showed that older adult actors comprised eight percent of the characters. Only one older character was Black. Older females were portrayed as nurturing whereas older males were more likely engaged in listening behaviors. (Author/JAC)

Reviewed and analyzed the first 13 issues of the AMHCA Journal, published from January 1979 to January 1984, with respect to editorial board membership, nature and content of articles, and authors. Data-based research articles have formed the core of the journal, followed by applied and theoretical articles. (JAC)

Reproduction is part of the regulations of daily speech. Everyday experience shows there are different ways to convey the same information: starting sentences that are quickly rephrased using other words, manuscripts passing through draft states before the writer decides upon the final version. In more ways than one, any text is always but the…

Examples are given to show that content sampling may be considered a form of operationalism in defining constructs. Five conditions are proposed as necessary if one is to accept the use of a measuring instrument as a valid operational definition on the basis of content sampling alone. (Author/RC)

An analysis of the forms of address sections of 10 secretarial handbooks found that forms of address for religious, military, governmental, diplomatic, academic, and professional individuals were covered. Gaps in coverage were noted; women, certain ethnic groups, and some religions were poorly represented. (11 references) (MES)

Compares the coverage of science in two groups of daily newspapers to see how the addition of a science news page influences coverage. Finds an increase in the number of science stories, more illustration, and a tendency to group basic science and technology stories in the special section. (RS)

Children's picture storybooks are rife with contradictory representations of teachers and school. Some of those images are fairly accurate. Some of those images are quite disparate from reality. These representations become subsumed into the collective consciousness of a society and shape expectations and behaviors of both students and teachers.…

Despite the enactment of No Child Left Behind (2002), many urban school districts continue to battle the achievement gap and struggle with low literacy rates. Authentic writing instruction, a main component of literacy, is being cut in those districts that struggle most to accommodate other demands made by the nation and state. The primary purpose…

This paper explores the idea of perceived value of educational hypermedia by extending prior research in advertising and information systems. It proposes that the value of a course support site comes from both its information content and users' experience when they visit the site. The cognitive antecedents of a site's perceived value include…