Preliminary evaluation report describes two distinct portions of the unit Pushes and Pulls'' in Australian Science Education Project materials. The first portion of the unit is highly structured and the second completely devoid of structure. A detailed description of content analysis technique used is included. (PS)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether one area of United States history--Populism and Populists--is accurately presented in nine widely used current American history high school textbooks. Another objective was to devise a system that could be used to make such a determination for any history text. (Author)

Stylistic analysis or attribution study is a very different kind of indexing. Instead of indexing subjects, it measures such things as the frequencies of common words such as and" and the". These studies reveal a great deal about consistency, methodology, and the approaches used for documents in the humanities. (41 references) (Author/NH)

Citation patterns and format types (books, journals, etc.) in geographical literature are documented. The regional distribution of languages of geographical publications (languages of publications on'' the geography of individual regions or countries) and the predominance of books as sources of information are emphasized. (7 references)…

Organizing content, structuring word lists, course outlines, curriculum guides, and chronological textbook composition are used as examples and students' rights to put things together for themselves is defended. (JB)

The questions Piaget has put to children during his research are either ambiguous or tendentious. Consequently the answers received do not necessarily follow from the child's conception of the world but quite probably from his expectation of the kind of answer required. (Author)

Describes a study which analyzes the science content of newspapers and magazines in seven Arab countries. Results indicate very little attention is paid to science in the Arabic press; life science receives greatest coverage. The press coverage of science does not seem to be less than the press coverage of countries producing" science, like…

Examines Roethke's commentary on his poem and looks for answers to such questions as: Is Roethke a reliable interpreter of his own poem? Where is the reader's understanding of the poem likely to differ from his and why? How do we reconcile these two viewpoints when they differ? (Author)

The 56th in the survey series of the "Classical World." Part II will appear in the Nov 1971 issue. (DS)

This paper describes a content analysis scale, the Counselor Activity Profile, that can be used to objectively and systematically quantify and profile a counselor's interview behavior according to the amount of interview time devoted to various discrete counseling responses. Research done with the scale is also described. (Author)

Comment on article by Ray E. Hosford in same issue. Supports Hosford in general, but indicates limitations such as the lack of integration, lack of a plan for psychodiagnosis, and failure to translate more of the psychological theory into a set of concrete guidelines for use in counseling. (Author)

Comments on article by Ray E. Hosford, in same issue. Stresses his feeling that Hosford's total presentation was imbalanced in direction of overemphasis on modeling. (Author/CJ)