To clarify the role of the consultant in the search for and selection of a superintendent, this manual explains the obligations and expectations of boards, consultants, and applicants in the search and selection process and provides standards for hiring a consultant. School boards are provided guidelines for evaluating consultants' proposals and…

The article compares student preferences for recreational sites when viewing color slide presentations as compared to on-site evaluation. (CD)

An experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of preceding interviewees' performance on the assessment of a third candidate's interview. Mock interviews of candidates applying for medical school were recorded on video-tape, and were rated by 60 subjects. (Editor)

The teacher must be competent in the selection, use, and production of audiovisual materials. It is important to consider course objectives and review materials. Visuals should contribute to the oral presentation and be in an appropriate form. Hardware selection is the last step. Careful use of the materials is advised. (AG)

Cites studies showing women to be as good as or better than men as school principals, and calls for affirmative action to include more women in school administration. (CD)

Each step in the acquisition process of exhibition catalogs is described and the existing procedures and problems are outlined. (Author)

A review of two types of studies; those in which media were added to conventional instruction, and those in which media replaced conventional instruction. The studies were selected to help the media director justify media programs. (Author)

Twenty-five introductory college psychology textbooks are analyzed for terms most frequently used, the textbooks which employed the largest number of frequently used terms; similarity among textbooks; and the relationship between readability and technical thoroughness of the texts. (Author/JR)

Describes the characteristics of British children's books that are apt to make them incomprehensible to American children. (PF)

The sources used by subject specialists for title-by-title selection of materials in a large research library are analyzed. (PF)

While it is often assumed that a single mechanism underlies varied experimental evidences of selectivity, Berlyne (1969) suggested that attention-like selectivity may take place in a number of quite separate neural systems. This study examined the issue of visuospatial attention by investigating covert orientation or "looking out of the corner of…

The intent of this book is to help a parent or teacher make informed decisions about which medium (book, television, computer game, film) to select, how to present these materials to children, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of the medium. This book equips the reader to answer three basic questions: (1) What is distinctive about story…