Investigates the manner in which one particular ethnic group, African American, is represented in five elementary school social studies textbooks published in 1991. Locates sections of text, identifies case relationships, and determines noun ethnicity. Finds that there were many more noun-verb relationships related to African Americans compared to…

Finds that most elementary social studies textbooks were lacking in adequate background information, illustrations, vocabulary definitions, and examples of key concepts essential for readers' construction of meaning. Finds that combining select tradebooks with the textbook can enhance children's knowledge and multicultural awareness. Suggests ways…

This empirical research demonstrates the effectiveness of content analysis to map the research literature of the software engineering discipline. Co-word analysis, which is related to cocitation analysis, is used to identify associations among indexing terms from the AMC (Association for Computing Machinery) Computing Classification System and to…

Presents the results of an investigation of the use of links on Web pages; a content analysis was performed on 75 Web pages and their links. Results will provide a conceptual framework in which Web page design can be considered, including issues of authoring, retrieval, and built-in and on-the-fly guidance for reading and browsing. (Author/AEF)

Explores two studies: (1) a content analysis of the key terms and concepts in the glossaries of 10 full-length, college, introductory psychology textbooks; and (2) a national sample of experienced introductory psychology instructors evaluated the terms and concepts found in the glossaries and rated the importance of these terms and concepts for…

Examines three adolescent literature novels with Asian-American main characters who rebel against the traditional cultures of their parents. (RS)

Investigates the use of criteria to assess relevant, partially relevant, and not-relevant documents in information retrieval. Analysis revealed 29 criteria used by graduate students when selecting passages that contributed or detracted from a documents' relevance, the two most frequent being content and criteria characterizing the full text…

Presents results from a content analysis of 12 human sexuality textbooks published between 1989 and 1996 to determine the relationship between the content and presentation of the material in the texts. States that the textbooks demonstrate a preference for how sexual material is visually presented. (CMK)

Analyzes images in fairy tales, negative portrayals of people of color in children's literature in the 1960s-1970s, and retold classics depicting people of color positively in the 1980s-1990s. Calls for transcultural literature that favorably depicts all people and offers suggestions for educators, parents, and publishers. (Contains 33…

Examines the most efficient method of sampling content from five years of daily newspaper editions. Notes that selecting 9 constructed weeks from 5 years is more efficient than the 10 constructed weeks suggested by previous research. Finds this rule holds provided the variables being measured do not have large variances. (RS)

This paper presents a case study on how benchmarking was used to determine how one organization's Web site compared to Web sites of related schools and professional organizations. Highlights include application of metrics, the Web site evaluation form, functional/navigational issues, content and style, and top site generalizations. (Author/LRW)

Analyzes earth science content emphasis as related to the National Science Education Standards. Surveys the amount of time that teachers spend teaching the earth science topics named in the Standards. (CCM)

Updates Roberts S. Daniel's history of "Teaching of Psychology" that focused on the major changes of the journal from 1974 to 1990. Describes the various journal format and editorial changes, provides contributor analyses for the 25 years of publication, and presents a content analysis of issues published from February 1991 through November 1998.…

Examines the professional socialization of undergraduate sociology majors with a focus on research training. Explores four assumptions related to professional socialization and a cumulative curriculum. Presents data on the national patterns in research training in undergraduate sociology and offers a case study of research training at Southwestern…

This paper reports a multi-stage study carried out between 1999 and 2001 which aimed to develop an instrument to address the need for a culturally relevant measure of quality of life for Chinese older persons in Hong Kong and similar communities. The first stage of the research involved a focus group study conducted in August 1999 which it was…