This program was designed to prepare leaders in educational research and development. Its main features were attendance at credit and noncredit courses at the University of Wisconsin, the pursuit of personal research interests, and participation in activities of the Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. The three specific…

This annual report begins with a brief overview of the network of research and development centers, educational laboratories, and ERIC facilities in the United States. The second section outlines the organizational structure and main focus of the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. The third section reviews the…

Research and development strategies designed and implemented at the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning and the Southwest Regional Laboratory are discussed in papers by the directors of each and by members of the R & D Center staff. These papers further give examples of the research and development activities underway…

One of the problems of educational research is that the Research & Development community has not kept the educational community informed of the progress it has made in attaining objectives. Article relates to this problem. (Author/ML)

Federally supported educational research and development (R and D) has not fulfilled the high hopes held by its advocates. Even after the advent of the National Institute of Education, some experts believe that no progress occurred in the conduct of federally supported research and development. Others believe that the federal government is taking…

The primary purpose of this project was to disseminate information about Patterns in Arithmetic (PIA), a grade one through six mathematics program developed by the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. Over 30,000 short brochures were mailed to mathematics supervisors, elementary principals, superintendents,…

The central proposal is the establishment of an educational research and development institute and an implementation council in each state. These would make it possible for the states to carry out vital research, development, and implementation activities that have not yet been conducted well at either level. (Author/IRT)

This article reviews the history of educational research and development (R&D) centers during the past decade, and also offers a proposal regarding directions for federally supported R&D in education in the decade ahead. (Author/JA)

Each of these citations (over 200 technical reports are theoretical, working, and practical papers) is annotated in a listing arranged by program and project within the program. Projects under Program 1, "Conditions and Processes of Learning," are titled Situational Variables and Efficiency of Concept Learning; Motivation and Individual…

The mission of the Wisconsin Research and Development Center, established at the University of Wisconsin in 1964, was to improve education by conducting basic and applied research and carrying out development ideas, and through dissemination and demonstration. This book presents an historical overview of the center's activities. Chapter 1 traces…