This report, a supplement to Technical Report Number 82, is designed to aid the researcher concerned with concept learning. It contains: (1) a rationale and strategy for compiling a bibliography of articles concerned with concept learning; (2) a definition of the word concept; (3) a system for classifying articles by their content; (4) a…

This report describes current research associated with the Automated Language Analysis Project at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The focus of the research is upon the delineation of patterns formed in the linguistic coding of information; this delineation is called stylistic analysis. The report describes research on thesauri,…

The purpose of this study was to identify unique contributions of bibliographies in closely related subject areas that were assembled for different purposes, by analyzing random samples from the TRDPR Literature Search in Reading and the ERIC/CRIER bibliography, "Recent Research in Reading." Findings are that in bibliographies of less…

This paper is a report of two studies which were conducted on children's television. The first, "Saturday Children's Television," is a content analysis of programming and advertising matter on four Boston commercial TV stations. The second, "Romper Room, An Analysis," focuses on that program's commercial practices. The first…

This study delineates the structure of the educational journal literature, and its relationship to surrounding psychological journals. Citations amongst 140 heavily cited, widely circulating journals were used to define the interrelationships between the journals, and by inference between the research areas they represent. All education journals…

This monograph is written primarily for the researcher. It reviews a number of attempts to measure appreciation of literature. The measurements are grouped in two categories: (1) discrimination among poems or prose extracts, and (2) content analysis. Following the review is an evaluation of the limitations and possibilities of these measures. The…

A study of newspapers in three Louisiana cities suggests that whether a city's newspapers are owned jointly or by separate owners, little duplication occurs in newspaper appearance or content. (GW)

Recent mathematical descriptions of Bradford's distribution, and a new formulation that provides a more accurate estimation of the total number of papers and sources on a given scientific subject are presented. (Author/MBR)

An explanation of what information is and why it is important that each nation develop policies for its effective use is followed by the author's view of emerging U.S. information policies. (Author/MBR)

Argues that too much emphasis is currently being placed on vertical analyses of course content, aggravated by the fragmentation of content into numerous objectives stated as learning outcomes. The approach proposed is to focus upon the relationships between major coordinate course elements, and the use of task-based objectives to enable students…

Reprints Ann Christine Heintz's "Take a Media Rorschack," a television quiz designed to break the ice in teachers' or community meetings, from "T-Vision," the Journalism Education Association's Television Commission Newsletter. (KS)

Reports on an investigation of the portrayals of women's roles appearing from 1966 to 1974 in the non-fiction of "Mademoiselle,""Redbook," and "Ms" magazines. (Author/GW)

Coverage of China in six leading newspapers showed similarities, but American papers viewed Mao's power as waning. (KS)

Study of reading ease and human interest of books used in introductory courses in several areas showed that textbooks used in introductory reading courses are easier to read than textbooks used in other areas but they are not very interesting. (JM)

This study attempts to determine how the role of advertising in the economic system is presented in economics texts. (MB)