The effectiveness of health disclosures within children's television commercials

In a study involving 164 children ages 3 to 14, the effectiveness of incorporating health information disclosures into actual television commercials was tested. Results indicated that most children were able to recall and make sense of such disclosures.     

Practical Guides

NAB ENGINEERING HANDBOOK edited by E.B. Crutchfield (National Association of Broadcasters, 1771 N St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036---$210 including shipping/$150 for NAB/BEA members)

REPORT WRITING FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY by Steven P. Golen, et al. (New York: Wiley, 1985---$29.95)

TELEVISION PRODUCTION WORKBOOK by Herbert Zettl (Belmont, Ca.: Wadsworth, 1985---price not given, paper)

COPY-TO-PRESS HANDBOOK by Judy Pickens (New York: Wiley, 1985---$41.00)

THE NEWSPAPER SURVIVAL BOOK: AN EDITOR'S GUIDE TO MARKETING RESEARCH by Philip Meyer (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985---$20.00)

PROFESSIONAL NEWSWRITING by Hiley Ward (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985---price not given)

Contributor Bob Roberts writes of six recent titles

PROFESSIONAL VIDEO PRODUCTION by Ingrid Wiegand (White Plains, N.Y.: Knowledge Industry Publications, 1985---price not given, available in both cloth and paper)

DIRECTING TELEVISION AND FILM by Alan Armer (1986 [yes, that is 1986, believe it or not]---$22.95)

MODERN RADIO PRODUCTION by Lewis O'Donnell et al (1986---$21.95)     

A web information system for the management and the dissemination of Cultural Heritage data

Safeguarding and exploiting Cultural Heritage induce the production of numerous and heterogeneous data. The management of these data is an essential task for the use and the diffusion of the information gathered on the field. Previously, the data handling was a hand-made task done thanks to efficient and experienced methods. Until the growth of computer science, other methods have been carried out for the digital preservation and treatment of Cultural Heritage information. The development of computerized data management systems to store and make use of archaeological datasets is then a significant task nowadays. Especially for sites that have been excavated and worked without computerized means, it is now necessary to put all the data produced onto computer. This allows preservation of the information digitally (in addition with the paper documents) and offers new exploitation possibilities, like the immediate connection of different kinds of data for analyses, or the digital documentation of the site for its improvement. Geographical Information Systems have proved their potentialities in this scope, but they are not always adapted to the management of features at the scale of a particular archaeological site. Therefore this paper aims to present the development of a Virtual Research Environment dedicated to the exploitation of intra-site Cultural Heritage data. The Information System produced is based on open-source software modules dedicated to the Internet, so users can avoid being software driven and can register and consult data from different computers. The system gives the opportunity to do exploratory analyses of the data, especially at spatial and temporal levels. The system is compliant to every kind of Cultural Heritage site and allows management of diverse types of data. Some experimentation has been done on sites managed by the Service of the National Sites and Monuments of Luxembourg.     

Can policies help schools affirm gender diversity? A policy archaeology of transgender-inclusive policies in California schools

ABSTRACT

Since 2010, California passed three laws that address the safety and inclusion of transgender students. Seth’s Law (SB 48), the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act (AB 9) and The School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266). The policies of 10 large urban districts in and around the San Francisco Bay Area were analyzed using policy archaeology methodology (PAM) to critically evaluate the possibilities and limits of transgender-inclusive policies to support and affirm gender-diverse (transgender, agender, non-binary, etc.) students. The analysis presented here aims to trouble the normalizing categories of the gender binary that get reified in these policies and offers additional ways to create schools that are more affirming and supportive of all forms of gender diversity.     

金球奖的历史

Maybe it's just the endless awards show coverage in the news this time of year, but it seems like there' s a trophy(奖品) handed out for everything from best film to best performance by a houseplant. You' ve got your AMAs, your CMAs, your DMAs,     

Home visits: A child-centered approach to an old concept

Making home visits is not a new technique for helping children by improving family-school relationships. It is certainly not new that cooperation between parents and teachers is essential in the education of the very young: the whole adult population is friendly, and the nursery holds them by strong ties through the love both places have in common for their children (McMillan, 1919). Beller (1969), for example, found that the teacher's respect for the family was associated with a child's readiness to gain from educational experiences in the classroom. As one of the means of involving parents in the educational process of the child, teachers have visited in homes.Tamar Meyer is Clinical Supervisor, Early Childhood Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo.     

Understanding Motivation and Schooling: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We Need to Go

This paper presents an interpretive summary of the progress that has been made in the study of motivation, especially as this work relates to the area of education. Motivation research has come of age with theoretical frameworks rooted in an established body of findings, and with the development of core methodologies for pursuing further knowledge. It has begun to provide a firm base for guiding educational practice. Current work is clearly in accord with mainstream psychology in that cognitive models of motivation are the predominant guides for research. Future work is likely to focus increasingly on how the meaning construction process affects engagement in tasks. Researchers should consider a wider array of research procedures and give greater attention to understanding motivation as it occurs in natural settings, especially as educational interventions are attempted. A serious deficiency in the motivation literature is that relatively little attention has been given to differences related to sociocultural backgrounds.     

Individual and Institutional Productivity in Educational Psychology Journals from 2009 to 2014

This article examines the productivity of both individuals and institutions, indexed through an examination of five educational psychology journals (Cognition and Instruction, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Educational Psychology Review, and Journal of Educational Psychology) from 2009 to 2014. These results are discussed relative to four previous studies (Hsieh et al. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 29, 333–343, 2004; Jones et al. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 35, 11–16, 2010; Smith et al. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 23, 173–181, 1998; Contemporary Educational Psychology, 28, 422–430, 2003). Vanderbilt University and Fred Paas replaced the University of Maryland and Richard E. Mayer as the top research institution and author, respectively. Sixteen of the top 19 researchers’ institutions were outside the USA, compared to only 10 of the top 32 during 2003–2008 and three of the top 20 during 1991–1996. Educational psychology research continues the trend of becoming more international.