Each year, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) releases a list of scientific advances that represent significant progress in the field. The "2020 Summary of Advances in Autism Research" provides short, plain language summaries of the top research breakthroughs selected by the IACC from a pool of research articles…

There, undoubtedly, will be a flurry of research activity in the "Superstorm" Sandy impact area on a myriad of disaster-related topics, across academic disciplines. The purpose of this study was to review the disaster research related specifically to hurricanes in the educational and social sciences that would best serve as a compendium…

Since its inception in 2002, the National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has funded over 700 education research grants and over 60 education training grants. The research grants have supported exploratory research to build theory or generate hypotheses on factors that may affect educational…

This partially annotated bibliography of 189 citations presents journals and documents on paradigms for research in education. It represents source material for a report on "A Reexamination of Paradigms for Research on Teaching," a 1977 report to the National Institute of Education as part of the work of the Program on Teaching…

This first issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE) is designed to provide a new perspective for viewing research articles and is intended to aid in the improvement of writing research reports. The analyses are intended to provide useful comments and suggestions and to serve as a device which might be used for training in the writing of…

Discusses advantages, limitations, and techniques of oral history and suggests the method's usefulness for educational research. Provides a brief bibliography of works dealing with oral history and of books that have employed the method to the study of the early Afro-American experience. (GC)

The references in this document provide an overview of empirical studies that draw upon both national survey data and institutional case studies to advance the understanding of the community college transfer mission. Specific themes addressed in the selected references include: (1) factors that influence student transfer opportunities as well as…

The usefulness of meta-analysis in summarizing domains of primary research has led to widespread use of the techniques. Often, however, the researcher will have several options when cumulating empirical studies and readers will have questions regarding judgment calls made during a meta-analysis. In these cases, it is helpful to consult the primary…

The purpose of this paper is to review the development of the Delphi technique and to explore some examples of its application in educational research. The discussion of the technique's development is intended to help potential users of the method see more clearly its liabilities as well as its potential. The eight examples of the technique's use…

Reviews the early history of home economics education research (1930s to 1960s), summarizes current research efforts of the 1970s and 1980s, and offers suggestions for future research. (SK)

This bibliography identifies eighty-eight documents, books, and papers deemed of interest to those engaged or interested in participatory research. Emphasis is placed on original papers by persons who are engaged in a participatory research process in order to facilitate communication among practitioners. Entries include bibliographic information…

Because of declining school budgets and the general economic recession, educational evaluators have become increasingly interested in cost-analysis methods. Although there is a large body of literature on economic and cost-analysis procedures, there are no current bibliographies targeted at the use of cost methods in program evaluation. This…

Editorial board members of "Educational and Psychological Measurement" were asked to list up to five publications each, written since roughly 1950, that they thought were seminal to shaping the measurement field. This bibliography lists 59 of their selections as a "hit parade" of measurement readings. (SLD)

This bibliography of works cited in the "World Yearbook of Education 1985" on the topic of educational research is divided into four sections. The first covers 264 chapters and articles published in books and booklets by individual authors. The second lists 73 publications issued by official and corporate bodies. The third includes 163…

Resources in this annotated bibliography of materials about the process and teaching of writing are of three types: experimental research, methodology based on research, and methodology not based on research. Books, journal articles, and research reports, listed alphabetically by author, are represented. A "reference locater" is provided; type of…