Investigates the role of television in the satisfaction of various psychological needs in the viewer. Through the Q-sort method and subsequent factor analysis, six viewer typologies are identified. (JVP)

Preventing loss of valuable historical materials is the first priority of this Gary, Indiana organization. The article describes funding, staffing, acquisitions of public, individual, and private materials, and plans for future development. (JAB)

This paper examines some of the problems encountered by a Japanese researcher in Japanese communities and Mennonite communities in California and Ontario. (Author)

The strategy was to identify user-related criteria for journal selection. Data were gathered from a use study, circulation and interlibrary statistics, and librarian and patron input. Two types of criteria developed considered actual use and user perception of use of importance. (Author/JAB)

Writing primarily as a researcher concerned with data for national application, author indicates some of the insights that can be gained from comparative studies by workers in other fields. (Editor/RK)

This paper attempts to clarify some of the changes that have taken place in developmental psychology between 1962 and 1975. Journal references in all articles in six journals devoted primarily to research in developmental psychology were tabulated. Patterns of references to developmental and to nondevelopmental journals are analyzed and discussed.…

Charles Judd identified closely with Wilhelm Wundt's philosophy and general psychological position. This article traces Judd's views on the American educational system in the early part of this century, some of the persistent themes that were part of Judd's thought, and Wundt's influence on Judd's thinking. Also discusses Judd's efforts to collect…

New legislation gives parents the right to examine the school health records of their children. A new standard form for problem health questions relieves the school authorities of possible conflict with parents by careful wording of the problem under formal listings of subjective observation, objective observation, assessment of problem, and plan…

Problems associated with the analysis and interpretation of aggregated data in school effects research are discussed. The multilevel character of school effects research is described. Data from the IEA Six-Subjects Survey of Science Achievement in Australia are used to illustrate the differences in between-student and between-school models of the…

Individual privacy, suggests a Swedish judge, must be protected by restricting the kinds of personal data collected and the uses to which it will be put, and by preventing erroneous information to be used. An issue is whether personal data in education files can be used in conjunction with data in other files. (Author/LBH)

Explores usefulness of a two-stage diagnostic system. The proposed diagnostic system warrants trail application in a real-life setting, although 85 percent of the initially unclassified subjects and 79 percent of the random data records were also identified. (Author)

Describes a computer program developed by an assistant principal in Maryland that tracks and analyzes student discipline referrals. It has been helpful in developing an action plan that has reduced referrals to the assistant principal's office. Includes two figures. (MD)

To create an effective performance evaluation system for special education teachers, a cooperative educational unit in New York State reviewed both performance criteria and operational procedures involved with data collection. Using effective teaching literature, the group developed 18 criteria and accompanying descriptors acceptable to teachers.…

Discusses fieldwork experience in human development/gerontology that focuses on tapping reflections of individuals through interrelative process of interviewing. Presents phenomenological data gathering technique and explores method of life review and reminiscence collection taught to 200 college students. Describes protocol, discusses samples of…