A review of research findings on biological, psychological, and social deprivation published by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Discusses implications for intervention programs and future research. (DR)

Reviews programed instruction's boom and decline in Japan, relating this to the development of educational technology in general in that country. (LS)

Features--and includes large excerpts from--a report to USOE from the Educational Resources Information Center's (ERIC) Clearinghouse on the Teaching of English at the National Council of Teachers of English; reprints available from: NCTE/ERIC, 508 South Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, free, limited supply, one per person. (RD)

Data were cited to emphasize stated research needs in prevention of blindness. (CB)

This is the last of three articles by" the author attempting to conceptualize culture as the totality of sign behavior patterns and culture mediation as the processes involved in forming shared systems of sign behaviors. The final article stresses a transactional relationship between affective and cognitive mental functions." (Editor/AA)

This report consists of two parts. The first section identifies issues concerning the "Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs, and Materials." In the second, these issues are addressed through an agenda for conducting projects designed to study and improve the contents and uses of the standards. (BW)

Discusses the potential consequences of conducting research in which the sample truly represents only a fragment of some theoretical population. Argues that most field-based reading research violates the assumption of representativeness and that this violation can result in severe misrepresentations of research results. (FL)

Research noting the trend toward decrease in crime and delinquency with age is reviewed. The author suggests the need to examine the factors involved in this transition. (CL)