Investigates the structure and interrelationships of the psychological literature as a preparatory step for studies of psychological research activity. Techniques of bibliographic citation analysis are used to construct influence measures for individual journals and for the subfields of psychology into which they have been classified. (FM)

Points to characteristics that differentiate the college press from commercial media, mentions trends in past research on college publications, and discusses three areas in which there is a need for further research: readership, reader preference, and content trends. (GT)

Describes the findings of a content analysis of 64 picture books on play themes for elementary school children. The books were analyzed to determine who was playing (sex of child or adult; ethnic group membership) and why (play for fun, for social benefits, or for self-enhancement). (SS)

Reports that 16 percent of 1,600 selections from six basal reading series contained one or more old people, that six percent presented an elderly person in a central role, that women and minority groups were inadequately represented, that the portrayal of old people was basically positive, and that considerable stereotyping existed in…

Discusses the need for formative evaluation in radio programing, and outlines 11 approaches to radio research. (CMV)

Although competency-based teacher education (CBTE) materials are often instrumental in teacher training and improvement, the low availability of the materials, their complexity, and lack of evaluation data can prove serious impediments to widespread use of CBTE. (LH)

Presents the findings of an analysis of content trends, authorship, citations, and titles of articles in the "Journal of Reading" in the first twenty years of its publication. (DD)

A comparison of six content analysis techniques revealed that all the techniques correlated highly with one-another. (GT)

Presents results of a study using changes in language in the "Annual Review of Information Science and Technology" over a period of eleven years to determine the effect of such change on index vocabularies. (CWM)

Briefly summarizes recent advancements in information processing psychology, particularly work related to the representation of knowledge stored in long-term memory. Illustrates through example the educational possibilities yet to be derived from the study of cognition. (Author/MLF)

Looks at some studies of expressed response after reading and of the process of response while reading. Attempts to demonstrate some current research directions and possibilities in response to literature. (Author/RK)

Describes textbook bias found in Canadian social studies textual materials prejudiced against the American Indian and lists 10 criteria to be used in evaluating texts. (HOD)

Examines coverage in two leading United States newspapers of earthquakes in Armenia and Iran. Finds that the newspapers' reportage was more sympathetic (both in the amount and language of coverage) toward Armenia/Soviet Union with whom the United States had friendly relations, than to the earthquake in Iran, a country on unfriendly terms with the…

Examined illustrations for portrayal of older adult characters in Caldecott Medal-winning picture books, comparing 1972-83 and 1984-95 winners. Found that recent books portray elderly in a more positive manner than earlier winners. In addition, only two significant gender differences in a field of 36 possibilities were found over the entire…

Explores features of conference proposals submitted to the Conference on College Composition in 1989, 1990, and 1992--345 abstracts in total. Results showed that successful abstracts were more likely to follow generic qualities associated with "unsolicited proposals"; foundational discourse remained constant throughout the abstracts but…