Content analysis of articles published in this journal was used to analyze research trends since 1910. Emphasis began with practical issues, moved to personal/social issues in the 1940s and 1950s, and concentrated on theoretical issues after 1970. Evaluation, motivation, and linguistics were the three top areas of recent interest. (BS)

The contents of two major adult education journals were analyzed to establish content trends in the knowledge base of adult education. Eighteen futurist articles were similarly analyzed, and results were organized along Knowles' six stages of sequential research needs for evolving disciplines to illustrate adult education's growth as a profession.…

Analyzes 67 daily and nondaily newspapers from six stratified United States regions: lower South, upper South, border states, middle states, North, and West for years 1820 through 1860 to determine how they covered the topic of slavery. Concludes that all newspapers increased slavery news coverage during that period, with Southern editors most…

Investigates how news pictures in two national news magazines have portrayed the world and the United States to their readers. Concludes that both magazines used far more news pictures about the United States than about foreign countries and that international news pictures were more violent-oriented than United States pictures. (FL)

Examines the quality of basal readers and textbooks, discusses some of the forces affecting textbook quality and selection, and offers suggestions for coping with less-than-adequate reading materials. (FL)

Analyzed 410 items of interpersonal feedback from nine groups for message content quality and recipient acceptance. Explored the effects of leader versus member delivery, session of delivery, and feedback valence on dependent measures. Leader feedback was highest in quality, and positive feedback was more accepted than negative feedback. (BH)

A study of the coverage of 14 major events of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals little evidence that newspaper journalists wrote their leads to correspond with those of wire service stories. (FL)

Examines the interpersonal communication of main characters in three novels. Concludes that the heuristic propositions that emerge from this study might be useful in the study and understanding of real life interpersonal experiences. (PD)

Offers guidelines for statistical analysis to help determine the accuracy and appropriateness of statistics presented in a document. Provides example of commonly used techniques for manipulating statistics. (HTH)

A linguistic analysis of a prose text from Somerset Maugham's "On a Chinese Screen" is made under the following four heads: (1) Content and Organization; (2) Lexis; (3) Grammatical Structure; and (4) Typographical Features. (CFM)

Calls for new freshman English texts that emphasize communicative competency. (DD)

Description of the method and results of a study that evaluated introductory psychology textbooks according to their human interest and readability. It updates a previous study. (ND)

More than five hundred chemistry/science text books from a variety of countries and written at all levels of education have been looked at to see how they dealt with the topic of physical and chemical change. Textbooks have continued to cover this chemical topic for over one hundred years. What evidence do school textbooks contain about the…