This content analysis examined 84 articles, published between 1950 and 1990, in order to discover and describe the conceptual trends in environmental social thought and to achieve three goals: (1) to write a brief history of ecological beliefs and to clarify the distinction between the ecocentric and anthropocentric perspectives; (2) to compare…

This study explored the themes in children's fiction with the subject of an alcoholic parent and evaluated the treatment of the subject in novels from the 1960s and the 1980s. It was hypothesized that, compared to writings from the 1960s, writings from the 1980s would more often contain references to the disease concept of alcoholism, would more…

This thesis presents the history of "Southern Magazine," the only widely circulated general interest magazine in the South, published from 1986-1989, after which, experiencing money problems, the magazine was bought out by a competitor and ceased publication. The seven chapters of the thesis are as follows: (1) Introduction; (2) Climate…

A study examined public relations education textbooks used in undergraduate courses to determine the extent to which fund raising is covered and the context in which fund raising is discussed. Eight undergraduate public relations textbooks were chosen for content analysis from over 40 texts identified by chairmen of public relations sequences at…

Civil rights issues of disabled people are gradually gaining attention from the news media. Deaf persons made that clear in 1988 during the "Deaf President Now" movement at Gallaudet University. A study looked at "Washington Post" and "New York Times" coverage of deaf persons from 1986 to 1990 to quantify the coverage…

As the literature of women's studies has grown, so has the number of journals that might be characterized as women's studies journals. Today between 100 and 200 English language women's studies journals are available. Access to many of them is limited because they are not indexed at all or inadequately indexed. Thus researchers and other readers…

A study investigated the religious and spiritual values in selected children's books. A second study investigated children's comprehension of the values messages. Thirty realistic fiction books which won, or were honor books for, the John Newbery Medals for 1974-1988 were selected. A modified version of the Values Category Scale was developed and…

This report summarizes the mathematical and pedagogical content of the Square One TV library (155 programs) after three seasons of production, relating that content to the three goals of the television series. It also provides a rundown of the shows, with a complete specification of each segment's show number, content, description, format, length,…

A study examined the United States television networks' news coverage of human rights in Central America during the administration of President Jimmy Carter to determine whether the President's hopes for greater media coverage of human rights issues were acknowledged by network newscasts. A content analysis of "Television News Index and…

Literature in mathematic problem-solving suggests that learners store information in memory which helps them solve stereotyped algebra word problems. Cluster analysis has been used as an exploratory tool to infer the types of problems which have common representations in memory. This study compares the results of a hierarchical cluster analysis of…

The following four dimensions are discussed: 1) Indian education; 2) Indians in education; 3) education for Indians; and 4) education about Indians. (Author/JC)

Discusses social development of teenagers in four selected adolescent novels. (RB)

Suggests that the frequency of newspaper political advertisements could be used as an index of voter stimulation at election time. (RB)

Author analyzed several art education texts for their congruence between practice and theory. (Editor/RK)

The article presents a brief overview of 5 papers which cover such areas as Chicano poetry, novel, drama, and popular folklore humor. (NQ)