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Deethardt, John F., Ed. – 1976
The transcript of a teleconference on the relations among rhetorical theory, communication theory, and research as it was presented to a speech communications class at Texas Tech University in 1971 is presented in this paper. Issues discussed in the transcript include whether intent is a useful defining characteristic of the term "communicaton";…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Research Design, Research Needs
Download full textBrown, George H.; Faupel, Elizabeth M. – 1987
In January of 1987, a planning conference was convened by the Center for Education Statistics as part of an effort to study the feasibility of various approaches to the nationwide assessment of children's readiness for instruction in kindergarten and first grade. This report provides, in an appendix, the texts of the four commissioned papers…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. – 1981
The following papers on research in foreign language are presented: (1) "Research and Design," by Thomas C. Cooper; (2) "Action Research versus Needed Research for the 1980s," by Gilbert A. Jarvis; and (3) "Second Language Acquisition Research: Needs and Priorities," by Stephen D. Krashen. The first paper discusses three research procedures…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes
British Columbia Univ., Vancouver. Adult Education Research Centre. – 1980
These proceedings contain forty three- to seven-page papers presented at an adult education research conference as well as two alternate papers, a background paper for a poster session, and abstracts and background papers of six symposia. Focus of the reports is on research needs, tools, and methods as they pertain to adult education. Issues…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Correspondence Study, Educational Needs
National Center for Health Services Research (DHEW/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1980
In addition to publishing the papers given at key meetings, this series on health facilities includes discussions and responses. The series is intended to help meet the information needs of health service providers and others who require direct access to concepts and ideas evolving from the exchange of research results. Health facility reuse is an…
Descriptors: Facility Planning, Financial Support, Health Facilities, Health Needs
Kassam, Yusuf, Ed.; Mustafa, Kemal, Ed. – 1982
This book, consisting of a series of discussion papers and case studies, is a compilation of the papers presented at a region 1 workshop on participatory research in Africa. Included in the volume are the following discussion papers: "The Concept of Development in the Social Sciences," by Kemal Mustafa and Deborah Bryceson; "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Data Collection
David, Henry, Ed.; And Others – 1983
These proceedings consist of the papers presented at a conference on vocational education research in the 1980s. The first group of papers deals with various approaches to, and priorities for, vocational education research in the 1980s. Discussed in the next group of papers are national perspectives on research programming. Following this group…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Financial Support
Brown, George H.; Faupel, Elizabeth M. – 1987
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Longitudinal Studies Program (LSP) are major survey projects on educational outcomes performed by the Center for Education Statistics. NAEP is a continuing cross-sectional survey of young Americans' skills, knowledge, and attitudes. The LSP studies follow a sample of students as they…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cross Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Databases
Thoman, Evelyn B., Ed.; Trotter, Sharland, Ed. – 1978
Conference papers and discussions presented in this volume reflect recent research results that suggest the human infant is not a tabula rasa but an organism endowed at birth with an array of capabilities. Contents focus on several issues, including the possibility that infants have a rich affective life from their earliest days and that even…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Animal Behavior, Auditory Discrimination, Biological Influences
Dubell, Folke, Ed.; And Others – 1981
Originally presented at a forum on participatory research, these theoretical papers and case studies represent an effort to place the overall work of participatory research within the larger theoretical context of research methods, education, and structural change. In the first paper Orlando Fals Borda explores the relationship between science and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Automation, Case Studies, Citizen Participation
Harrington, Paul E., Ed.; And Others – 1981
These proceedings contain the texts of 13 papers presented at a conference devoted to the development and use of employer surveys at the local level. Focus of the first paper is on using local employer surveys for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) planning and determination of private sector employment and training needs. Examined…
Descriptors: Conferences, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Needs
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1982
A meeting of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe was convened to examine the organization and scope of research in education for health manpower development (HMD). As a prerequisite for the formulation of recommendations, the participants considered the following points: the need for developmental research, the definition of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Definitions, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
American Vocational Association, Arlington, VA. Agricultural Education Div. – 1982
These proceedings contain the texts of 29 papers presented at the ninth Annual Agricultural Education Research Meeting. During the five sessions of the conference, various areas of agricultural education were addressed, such as inservice education, job satisfaction and morale, teacher concerns, national issues, program improvement, preservice…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1982
These proceedings of a conference on research in the field of adult education contain the texts of 40 conference papers and 4 symposia. Included among the areas examined in the individual reports are the following: education participation scale factor structure and correlates for 12,000 learners, a comparative analysis of adult education research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
