Using the theory of social comparison, the present research explores how exposure to idealized images of physically attractive Caucasian women affects and changes the self-reported esteem levels of African-American undergraduate students. Though research reveals that the number of portrayals of African-Americans in ads is growing, little if any…

Providing a foundation in which researchers may build future research and theory and in which teachers may design more effective classroom practice, this book presents 12 essays that bring together the contributions of researchers and teacher-scholars to present the significant theory and research related to the writing process. The book is…

This report discusses the outcomes of a study that examined employment issues for people with serious visual impairments. The study reviewed data from the 1994 and 1995 National Health Interview Survey that included 128,001 people (ages 18-69) with and without visual impairments. Chapter 1 highlights age (seen as lifestage) and health status as…

This paper discusses the use of hypermedia as a mainstream instructional tool and what this use means for the success of all learners. Hypermedia research has not provided evidence of superiority to other instructional media. This research has, however, indicated that learner characteristics play a significant role in achievement in these new…

Discusses issues raised by the 1970 report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children, entitled "Crisis in Child Mental Health: Challenge for the 1970's; "makes recommendations for APA'S response to the report; and proposes a model which could be used to deliver many of the services that are advocated. (Author/JM)

Effective research requires adequate resources, appropriate structures, and a sympathetic political, social and educational climate. (Author/RK)

It is proposed that changes in the classroom aimed at effective teaching be based on analysis, theory, and the gathering of data from systematic and controlled observational surveys, laboratory studies and controlled field experiments in the classroom. (Author/JB)

Proposes that the process of education be studied as a process, using the qualitative methods of anthropology and sociology, and including longitudinal investigations of the processes by which exceptional teachers and schools succeed in the education of impoverished youth. (JM)

Whether there is a direct, significant correlation between occupational stress and work performance remains to be further investigated. (Author)

Stress is neither stimulus, response, nor intervening variable, but rather a collective term for an area of study. (Editor)

Paper recognizes that investment in education is a key factor in a nation's economic and social development, particularly in developing countries. (Author/RK)

Most pressing problems representing research priorities for the business education profession do not fit into such narrow functional categories as typewriting and shorthand. Rather the problems critical to survival of our discipline in the decade ahead are more of an interdisciplinary nature. (Author)