The study employed the use of field reversals--printing white and yellow foregrounds on a black background--to decrease the amount of light reflected from printed materials to the eye with 18 visually impaired children (9-14 years old). The findings indicated that neither reversals in contrast nor chromaticity differences were effective measures…

Graphical perception is the visual decoding of the quantitative and qualitative information encoded on graphs. Some recent theoretical/experimental investigations of graphical perception are described, identifying certain elementary graphical-perception tasks that are performed in the visual decoding of quantitative information from graphs.…

Discusses language as the essential key to the social construction of reality, that is, as a factor which has the power to both create and transform social realities. Explores the linguistic implications for transformations in language usage as applied to gender-role and the cultural ideal of equality. (SED)

The study compared language-disordered and normal young children (N=49) in ability to interpret emotional meaning from vocal cues of adult speakers. Findings indicated that language-disordered children were less accurate in identifying vocal cues of emotion than were normal children, although their error pattern was not significantly different.…

Examined effects of the self-concept, perception of spouse's evaluation, and spouse's actual evaluation on marital quality using interviews with 294 couples. The findings supported the prediction of a relationship between the three components of the reflected self-concept and marital quality and led to a reassessment of the…

A blind adult discusses the need to allow blind children to experience the world through touch. Allowing and encouraging touching can promote self-acceptance as well as learning. (CL)

Investigated perceptions of assertiveness among 80 college students who listed 10 words or phrases they perceived as descriptive of assertiveness. The descriptive words and phrases most often given were: pushy, rude, lack of sensitivity, to the point, direct, outgoing, and leadership. Positive words and phrases occurred with more frequency. (JAC)

This study investigates associations between the classroom environments perceived by high school students and their level of mathematics anxiety. A revised and updated version of the Plake and Parker Revised Mathematics Anxiety Ratings Scale (RMARS) was used to assess students' mathematics anxiety. A revised version of the What is Happening in…

Children aged five to nine made judgments about the sizes o f geometric figures at three distances. (ST)

This study assessed the developmental differences in children's perceptions of the usage of school-related objects by boys or girls. Data from males and females from primary grades showed that girls thought most objects were used by girls, whereas boys were divided on who used them. (Authors/JA)

Article focused on the illusion caused by an unmonitored overshoot of the target by the eyes. (Editor/RK)

Article considered the stages of actual negotiations in educational administration and the uses of collective bargaining. (Author/RK)

Investigates the effectiveness of non-speech auditory stimuli in eliciting transformations analogous to those reported for speech stimuli to determine if a non-verbal analogue to the verbal transformation effect exists. (DD)

Measures of visual information processing in dyslexic and normal children were compared. Significant differences were found between dyslexics and normals at early stages of visual information processing. (ST)

A self-test for readers who may be guilty of preconceived notions about certain groups. (Editor)