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Trubkin, Loene – 1982
Despite investment in new research tools and techniques, the product development success rate has not improved within the last 25 years. One way to increase the success rate is to have the right information at each stage of the process. Today, a relatively new method of gathering information--online access to electronic files called…
Descriptors: Business, Databases, Information Needs, Information Services
Peer reviewedWilson, Patrick – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Discusses communication in research and development, hypotheses of efficiency, and implications for information science. Topics addressed include cognitive situations of individuals and groups; the use of information; the adequacy of available information; the inefficiency of scientific communication; and the unpredictable impact of the same…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Communication (Thought Transfer), Efficiency, Information Science
Peer reviewedWilson, Patrick – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Discussion of efficient communication in research and development focuses on the use and nonuse of relevant information. Highlights include information overload and efficiency; nonuse of relevant information as policy; two kinds of overload; and implications for information science. (33 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Efficiency, Information Policy, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedSchmidt, John J. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1998
Efforts to establish a sound, accessible knowledge base for the counseling profession are discussed. Walz has directed the Educational Resources Information Center-Counseling and Student Services section for the past 30 years, and has been a leading spokesperson about counseling research and development issues. Future challenges are presented.…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Psychology, Counselor Training
Peer reviewedSindelar, Paul T.; Brownell, Mary T. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2001
Discussion of the research-to-practice gap in special education focuses on the dissemination problems of scale, school politics, and social and institutional contexts, including schools of education. Recommendations include improving access to a teacher friendly research knowledge base, improving preservice education, creating broader staff…
Descriptors: Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMcKibbin, Sue, Ed.; Malkas, Mark, Ed. – 1982
Updating a 1978 literature review, this document assembles five articles analyzing recent research on how various types of educational agencies disseminate information for school improvement. Each article summarizes literature relevant to one type of educational agency, discusses interrelationships among the research findings, and assesses the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Role, Colleges, Education Service Centers
Singer, Norman M., Comp.; And Others – 1984
This document reviews the activities of a conference on "Disseminating for Tomorrow's Voc Ed." The conference featured tools, techniques, information, examples that can be used to promote good dissemination, use of research, and developmental results. Considerable emphasis at the conference was given to topics and activities related to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Delivery Systems, Educational Innovation
