In addition to exploring importance of rural education, prevailing forces and trends impacting it, and necessity for change, the monograph explores some vital aspects for the future of rural education, i.e., expanded use of modern technology; increased priority among governmental, educational, and civic organizations for dealing with problems and…

On performance tasks, individuals tend to attribute success to their own ability and effort while attributing failure to task difficulty and luck. To investigate the possiblity that the asymmetry in causal attributions for positive and negative outcomes occurs independent of any bias resulting from self-presentation concerns, 80 female college…

The vagueness of the educational aims of Israel's Education Act of 1953 made the translation of general objectives into functional objectives necessary. General objectives were translated into more precisely defined behavioral objectives by Israel experts. The level of public acceptance of the behavioral statements was assessed. (BJG)

States that the formula for a successful magazine is: Search out the issues which matter most to the reader and build your magazine around them. (RB)

Proposes a positive alternative to currently fashionable anti-scientific attitudes, especially among young people living in highly industrialized countries. Illustrates ways in which scientific knowledge is viewed as a benefit to mankind. (MLH)

Discusses the difficulties of publishing in the antebellum South, and describes the demise of "Uncle Remus's Magazine" in 1913 after a long struggle to keep it alive. (RB)

Results of a research project which hypothisized that: Other things being equal, the heavier a candidate's usage of broadcast advertising in a primary election campaign, the greater will be his share of the votes in the election. (Author/HB)

Competency-based management and teaching objectives offer a vehicle by which the strengths and weaknesses of the entire educational system can be identified, a basis upon which rational decisions to improve the system can be made. (Author)

Article provided thoughts on teaching that may challenge your own, practical tips for analyzing your classroom attitudes, and a verbal pat on the back for the good job you're doing. (Editor/RK)

Discusses implications of debate judges' bias in theoretical argumentation. (CH)

Results of a research project which hypothisized that: Other things being equal, the heavier a candidate's usage of broadcast advertising in a primary election campaign, the greater will be his share of the votes in the election. (Author/HB)

The liberal bias of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" has been well-documented, but memoranda between editor-publisher Joseph Pulitzer II and two of his key editors, Julius Klyman and Irving Dilliard, reveal a tug-of-war over the newspaper's liberal treatment of communism from 1940 to 1955. Klyman, editor of the "Pictures"…