In rebuttal to a paper by Truax and Lister, the authors stated that the lack of quality in the research outweighs any influence the investigators may have gained as researchers. The research should not be used to justify revamping of the training, selection, and personnel utilization of rehabilitation personnel. (Author/CG(

In planning an art curriculum, consideration should be given to ways of instilling relevant concepts in the students who will be exposed to the course of study. In addition, the materials that will be used in the classroom should be carefully evaluated beforehand. (CK)

Comments favorably on article by Ray E. Hosford in same issue, but expresses concern over the heavy emphasis on social modeling. (Author)

Comments on article by Ray E. Hosford in same issue. (CJ)

Condensed literature would provide more varied information than do documents because more terse statements can be read. It would also function as surrogates for documents unread for lack of time, language, or access. (MF)

The elementary school guidance specialist must be aware of his role if he is to implement needed change within the school. He needs more specification than is suggested by a loosely defined role, and less rigidity than is provided by an inflexible statement of role. (Author)

Using 20 question-document pairs and the document corpus that had been searched to find them, a small-scale study was made of how effectively answer-providing documents can be retrieved by text searching. (MF)

Brief tongue in cheek comment on article by Charles B. Traux and James L. Lister, in same issue. (CJ)

This article elaborates on the misrepresentations in Nagy and Griffiths' review of Piagetian research (EJ 275 527). The limitations of their treatment of important methodological and theoretical issues is discussed. (Author/PN)

Analyzed the consistency of debate judges' philosophy and ballot statements. Found that their debating philosophies accurately reflect the criteria they use to decide debates. (PD)

Analyzes story use by both large and small papers published in Ohio in the nineteenth century and concludes that the smaller papers accepted the news definition of the larger ones, which was derived from wire service reports. (FL)

Reviews the theoretical and empirical studies concerning the relationships between the process and content of young children's symbolic play and their early literacy development. Implications for classroom practice are also presented. (MP)

Reports that coverage of preelection polls by the Israeli press has increased markedly since 1948, as has media sponsorship of them. (FL)

The articles and reviews in three British journals--the British Journal of Sociology, Sociological Review, and Sociology--were examined to determine (1) what they published regarding educational sociology; (2) the way in which they reflected the qualitative changes of emphases in the field; and (3) the backgrounds of the authors. (RM)