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)

A content analysis system was developed to examine the frequency of themes for 359 secrets obtained through an encounter group exercise. Sex-related secrets occurred most often, followed by failure-related secrets. Secrets relating to sex, mental health, and violence or destruction were perceived as the most risky statements. (Author)

Concludes 70 percent of all stories reported on weekday newscasts during a two-week period were covered by at least two networks and duplication was higher during the week than on weekends. (RB)

Results support the hypothesis that foreign affairs issues decided the outcome of the 1972 Presidential election and even in papers which endorsed George McGovern the editorials on foreign affairs favored Richard Nixon. (RB)

Discusses the different terms used for the same language concepts in nine eighth grade language texts. (RB)

Textbook assertions about the use and placement of topic sentences are contradicted by analyses of professionally-written prose. (JH)

Investigating trends toward the deemphasis of first-line supervisory training, the article reports on a subject analysis of articles published in the last 20 years. Data strongly suggest a substantial decrease in emphasis on supervisory training. (MW)

A subjective expected utility (SEU) decision-making analysis was performed on the content of arguments generated by subjects privately or during group discussion in response to choice-dilemmas shown to shift toward risk and caution. (Editor)