Purposes of multivariate analyses are discussed, focusing on the primary purposes of prediction and structure identification and the secondary purpose of response variable ordering. The sound initial choice of response variables and the advisability of simpler analyses when feasible are discussed. (SLD)

Assesses spelling achievement of fourth graders using four self-corrected test methods (visual and listwise, visual and wordwise, oral and listwise, and oral and wordwise). Finds that wordwise feedback produced significantly higher gains than listwise and no significant differences in gains between visual and oral modes, or among presentation…

Offers brief annotations of 42 children's picture books which deal with patterns: natural patterns; visual patterns; patterns in mathematics, language, and folktales; patterns from the past; and reflections on students' own patterns. (SR)

Elucidates five guidelines to be considered by administrators and teachers as they cooperatively attempt to hire qualified reading professionals. Includes a checklist for the recruitment of qualified reading professionals. (SR)

Examines a black researcher's contention that Pennsylvania State University practices racial discrimination by hiring token black administrators then giving them no real power to shape school policy. The article also discusses claims of discriminatory research-funding practices and an underrepresentation of blacks on campus compared with other,…

Offers 13 suggestions on how to keep up with children's literature. (SR)

Discusses vendor approval plans for library collection development and describes uses of various vendor plans by public libraries. Opening day collection services are described, vendor's book inventory databases are explained, title selection and the use of book reviews is discussed, and problems with out-of-print titles are considered. (LRW)

Presents a list of 24 selections of poems, short stories, nonfiction, and picture books of high reader appeal and literary quality. Offers annotations of some selections. (RS)

Discusses instructional media and media selection principles that focus on solutions to learning problems. Three steps are described: (1) setting the learning objective, (2) choosing the best instructional technique, and (3) performance evaluation and feedback. Discussion explains four types of media classified by how they react to student…

Two important parameters of the general utility function--the standard deviation of job performance and predictor performance--were examined in terms of their sensitivity to departures from underlying mathematical assumptions. Integral calculus was used to assess the effects of statistical violations of the assumptions underlying these parameters.…

The "superleader" principal teaches, coaches, encourages, and helps others become effective in their work. Research-based definitions of the "successful" principal should be used in the administrator selection process. New techniques such as written materials screening, communication skills assessment, written examinations, simulations,…

Discusses Leon Trotsky's views on libraries, librarians, and librarianship in Soviet society in the 1920s as expressed in a speech, "Leninism and Library Work." Topics discussed include role of librarian in promoting literacy, including the use of maps and reference books to explain newspaper stories; the selection of books; and fighting…

Reviews nine novels for young adults written before 1967 which are now considered to be "classics" by many English teachers. (PRA)

Reviews two works which teachers and curriculum coordinators can use when seeking assistance in locating books that authentically represent multicultural viewpoints. Reviews also a new world literature anthology. (PRA)

Uses measures of readability and syntactic complexity to verify that U.S. teen books are easier for young people reading English as a Second Language than British ones. (SR)