The Science Communication section of the Proceedings contains the following seven papers: "Getting an Advance Look: Controversies over Embargoes in Science Journalism" (Vincent Kiernan); "Perceptions of Newspaper Bias in a Local Environmental Controversy" (Katherine A. McComas; Clifford W. Scherer; Cynthia Heffelfinger);…

The Qualitative Studies section of the Proceedings contains the following 10 papers: "An Alternative to Alternative Media'" (James Hamilton); "A Critical Assessment of News Coverage of the Ethical Implications of Genetic Testing" (David A. Craig); "Earth First! and the Boundaries of Postmodern Environmental…

Deliberations at a national symposium on new directions in human development and family studies in the Indian context focused on: (1) assessment of the knowledge base; (2) identification of gaps in substantive content and scope for improving methodology; (3) delineation of research needs with special attention to gender issues; and (4) preparation…

A group of American and Japanese psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, and computer scientists gathered at the University of California, San Diego, to exchange ideas on models of joint problem solving and their special relevance to the design and implementation of computer-based systems of instruction. Much of the discussion focused on…

Emphasizing the generic nature of reading behavior and providing a forum to explore this behavior, this book contains the following papers: (1) "Literacy Begins at Home" (Nancy Larrick); (2) "Literacy--Signs for Our Times" (Lil Thompson); (3) "Diversity and Its Discontents" (Arturo Madrid); (4) "May We Always Hear the Bell: The Teaching of…

Thirty papers are presented from a symposium devoted to the problems of the main trends in the research of the content and methods of inservice teacher education. Symposium participants represented the educational systems of Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Cuba, Romania, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Czechoslovakia. In all…

Proceedings of the 1984 Music in Early Childhood Conference held at Brigham Young University are presented in this document. Part I contains keynote addresses; Parts II through IV, respectively, consist of reports by research teams, synopses of workshops, and abstracts of research sessions. Keynote speakers addressed a broad scope of issues…

This document contains final versions of papers that were conference contributions. This second conference, held in September 1978, was attended by 70 participants from 11 countries. Lectures were presented under the following five main sections: (1) Acquisition of Arithmetical Concepts; (2) The Learning of Generalization and Proof; (3)…

This document presents summaries of eleven speeches, a workshop, and one panel discussion presented at the First Annual High School Sports Conference sponsored by the British Columbia Federation of School Athletic Associations during 1976. Topics discussed in the speeches include: (1) the role of competition in extra-mural sports; (2) Title IX and…

Purpose of the conference was to develop a set of priorities for sociolinguistic research on the Chicano community over the next 3 to 5 years. The conference was designed to develop guidelines for such research. Workshops dealt with specific areas of sociolinguistic theory, applied sociolinguistics, and sociolinguistic research policy guidelines.…

This book includes selected papers and abstracts of papers which were presented on the program of the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference in 1973. The book is divided into sections covering reviews of selected research, research and theory, reading materials, programs and practice, and teacher education. The papers themselves deal…

This symposium brought together specialists in the fields of education, linguistics, and psychology to discuss the relationships between language and reading. Separate papers discuss reading and language development, the reading process, the role of prediction in reading, the contribution of pragmatics to reading, and the development of reading…

These proceedings are based on edited transcripts of a meeting of representatives from the Society for Technical Communication, the National Science Foundation, the Argonne Center for Educational Affairs, 15 universities, and two community colleges, 9-11 April 1975. In panels and conferences, the participants discussed fund raising, the…

In March and May of 2002 two workshops on adolescent literacy, co-sponsored by several federal agencies and professional associations, were held. They included presentations, discussion panels, audience questions and comments, and small working groups. In the second workshop, examples of instructional models being implemented in middle and high…

The Media and Disability section of the Proceedings contains the following eight papers: "Disability Publication Demographics and Coverage Models" (Lillie S. Ransom); "Franklin Delano Roosevelt and His Disability: The 'Chicago Tribune' and the 1936 Election" (Darlene Jirikowic); "A Search for Indications of Disability…