This article provides commentary on the five articles in this issue on large-scale interventions in science education for diverse student groups in varied educational settings. Using these articles as a point of departure, I discuss three challenges to science education research and practice. The first concerns the changed meaning of science…

Discusses various aspects of faculty productivity. The article examines reasons why some faculty don't publish: opposition to the publish-or-perish pressure, commitment to teaching, insufficient time, and inadequate incentives. The author then describes characteristics of productive faculty and presents a model for professional development. (CT)

Discussion of the research/practice gap in higher education suggests the importance of considering the forces influencing new faculty and researchers, including tenure and promotion policies and practices, institutional socialization, disciplinary culture, journal editors, and senior scholars. Offers suggestions for bridging the gap between new…

The Los Angeles Community College District's Core Curriculum Development Laboratory (CCDL), a task force of faculty members and resource staff, was established to identify successful teaching practices and programs within the district, sponsor curricular projects, assist in designing new instructional models, and make recommendations to promote…

A small service firm approach to assist instructors and departments improve the quality of instruction at the University of Washington is discussed. Attention is directed to basic assumptions underlying the instructional development program at the University's Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR). One assumption is that an…

This paper, which presents a model for Integrated Instructional Technology Services (IITS) that is somewhat different from the existing published models for instructional technology services at the postsecondary level, begins by providing background information on the development and implementation of instructional technology services at the…

Sport pedagogy research is a young field yielding increasing amounts of information in such areas as improvement of school- and agency-based physical education programs. Adjustments to its knowledge system are suggested for obtaining more useful knowledge from research (e.g., adjustments in approaches to organizing, communicating, and applying…

Basic skills programs being implemented in New Jersey colleges are examined, and the statewide need for a centralized research and training institution that would inform, train, and provide technical assistance to college and secondary school educators and administrators involved with remedial and developmental instruction is proposed.…