Annotates classroom tested children's literature titles for children in kindergarten through eighth grade. (HTH)

Production activities of the 1983 Educational Media Production Project for the Hearing Impaired included adaptations and developed media in the areas of concept development and decision-making skills. Activities further included field testing of 12 instructional packages and marketing and dissemination efforts for 18 materials. (CL)

The challenge to children's librarians of recognizing, analyzing, and selecting picture books for the not-so-young is discussed. Characteristics of sophisticated picture books, views of Elaine Moss (well-known British librarian), and efforts of children's librarians at Ottawa Public Library to establish picture books collection are highlighted.…

Reports on role of executive search firms that provide professional assistance for job seekers. Types of search firms that work for and are paid by hiring company, how search firm can work for job seeker, executive management companies, outplacement services, and professional associations are highlighted. Six references are included. (EJS)

Reviewed published validation studies for the years 1964-1982 of the Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology. Results indicated minimal differences across study designs in the average validity coefficient and found selection ratios, standard deviations, reliabilities, predictor and criterion intercorrelations to be rarely and…

Characteristics of "sunshine" laws in the 50 states are identified and compared, based on data from the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities in a study of administration selection. (MLW)

An exploration of practices and materials used to teach reading to visually impaired students in 35 residential schools. Fewer that half of the programs use formal procedures for selecting reading materials and standardized achievement tests are measures used most often to determine students' instructional reading levels. (Author/CL)

Social science qualifications of a teacher applying for an elementary position are discussed. Competence in subject content and the ability to teach are of the upmost importance. What happens once the hiring is accomplished is also discussed. (RM)

A reading teacher discusses ways to make the reading lab an enjoyable place to be. She suggests the use of nontraditional reading materials, such as TV guides, newspapers, and excerpts of old basal readers recovered to make thin books. Parent participation is stressed. (CL)

Discusses guidelines for fairness in employee selection required by the Federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, and presents a simplified procedure for the evaluation of fairness which is more easily explained than the classical Cleary model. (JAC)

Investigated the reading preferences of beginning readers in adult basic education (ABE) classes. Results indicated that ABE students want to read a variety of materials for a variety of reasons. Teachers should search for methods that will allow beginning readers to experience immediate success and joy in reading. (JOW)

Annotates 15 nonfiction books of interest to adults with fourth to tenth grade reading levels. Titles are arranged in five categories: biographies, self-development books, psychology, science, and education. (FL)

Study obtained data on the effectiveness of the Selection Research, Inc., (SRI) Perceiver in staff hiring procedures. The Purdue Teacher Evaluation Scale was used by students and supervisors to rate the performance of secondary teachers. Conclusions seem to indicate that traditional hiring methods result in hiring teachers as competent as those…

A review of conclusions of previous studies indicates that the employment interview lacks reliability and validity. Authors suggests that "...research should be directed toward identification of the variables which are best and most consistently evaluated by the employment interview," and offers suggestions for the practicing personnel…