Describes a study of undergraduates that determined the implications of content organization and cognitive style with regard to the design of hypertext. Highlights include effects of linking structure type and field-dependence and -independence on recall of verbal information, attitudes toward instructional materials, and use of the Group Embedded…

Analyzed content of 16 basal readers to determine if they could be classified as androgynous or traditional in gender role orientation, based on traits from the Bem Sex Role Inventory. Found that female characters were classified as androgynous, and male characters as masculine. Male characters, biographies of males, and illustrations of males…

Investigates the extent to which a global dimension is communicated in classes teaching about the Ancient World. Content analysis of Greek primary textbooks reveals the Ancient World presentation serves to promote an ethnocentric/nationalistic orientation with an absence of references to other ancient civilizations. (GR)

Explores the evidence of nationalism, propaganda, and the treatment of war and peace in the school curriculum and textbooks within four countries during the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century: (1) Britain; (2) France; (3) Germany; and (4) the United States. (CMK)

Argues that the recent controversy over the effect of the minimum wage on employment offers an opportunity for teaching introductory economics. Examines eight textbooks to determine topic coverage but finds little consensus. Describes how minimum wage effects should be taught. (RLH)

Factor analysis of 38 interviews with classroom teachers regarding working collaboratively with parents revealed that some teachers have apprehensions about involving parents when potential problems are perceived and the teachers believe they do not have sufficient time to involve parents. (MLF)

Reports results of a content analysis that was conducted to determine the coverage of issues relating to academic libraries in the "Chronicle of Higher Education." Topics discussed include automation; presidential libraries; special collections; copyright; federal legislation; and a bias toward the Washington, D.C., area and toward large…

A study of pedagogy, form, and content of the "Irish Readers," the first textbooks authorized for Upper Canada (1846), gives an ideological picture of society. Class-specific social theory of the time structured the textbooks, and the Readers assisted in the promulgation of a specific world view. (SLD)

Results are presented from a study that used content analysis of two health education journals, over a five-year period, to ascertain the extent to which health educators are writing about teacher education and to determine which components and current trends associated with teacher education programs are being addressed. (IAH)

Presents fourteenth annual review of professional literature on vocational behavior. Looks at several substantive areas of research: vocational choice, career development, decision making, interventions on career development and productivity, job search, industrial/organizational measurement issues, personnel issues, adjustment and development in…

Describes a software evaluation program being initiated by the National Resource for Computers in Life Science Education (NRCLSE) that will provide software authors with feedback as well as provide users with information. Peer critiques which will address content and instructional design are explained, and evaluation guidelines are outlined. (five…

Explores the role of sociologists in identifying social problems in the context of teaching. Analyzes the content of 51 college-level social problems textbooks by focusing on their treatment of war. Offers empirical data concerning the role of sociologists as definers of social problems. Notes implications for the discipline. Bibliography of…

The introductory article for the first issue of this journal reviews the issues and process that led to the decision by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) board to co-publish the "Educational Communication and Technology Journal" and the "Journal of Instructional Development" in a new journal.…

Analyzes seven college-level U.S. history survey texts to determine the deteriorating quality of college history textbooks. Focuses on three areas: (1) the simplification of style and content, (2) indications of implicit censorship, and (3) the lack of a thematic structure which would contribute to the students' understanding of history. (LS)

Examines the role of metaphors (particularly visual metaphors) in communicating social values associated with new communication technology by analyzing magazine advertisements for computing and advanced telecommunications products and services. Finds that the "lever" and the "synthesis of old and new values" metaphors are dominant in both general…