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Banks, Claretha H.; Wang, Jia; Zheng, Wei; McLean, Laird – Online Submission, 2007
The challenge of combining research and practice in HRD [Human Resource Development] led to continuing debate concerning who are scholar-practitioners and how they combine research and practice in the workplace. A study of seven scholar-practitioners provides some answers for HRD scholar-practitioners on connecting research and practice. The…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Meyers, Barbara E. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Overview of research techniques involved in gathering information on current products that can provide input into new product development highlights consumer purchase and use patterns. Comparison of mail questionnaires, telephone surveys, focus group sessions, and in-person interviews notes type of data, timing, relative costs, and advantages and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consumer Economics, Feasibility Studies, Interviews
Jones, Marshall G.; Surry, Daniel W.; Harmon, Stephen W.; Land, Susan; Farquhar, John D. – 1998
Instructional Research Online (InTRO) was established in 1994 as a repository of research papers, media, and other artifacts related to research in instructional technology. The World Wide Web site (http://intro.base.org) includes sections on reviews of books and media, original research, links to resources in instructional technology, and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Educational Technology, Information Dissemination
Bishop, Ann P. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Discusses the role of electronic networks in engineering work; reviews selected literature on engineering work, knowledge, and communication; describes current uses of electronic networks; and presents results from a study of the use of networks by engineers in the aerospace industry, including their perceptions of networks. (67 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Halle, James W. – 1993
This paper presents a functional approach to assessment and associated program development for individuals with severe disabilities, with emphasis on informal strategies that target beginning communicative levels. In the first section, form, function, and context (three components of any communicative act) are defined and described. Three…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
van der Vegt, Rein; Knip, Hans – 1986
This paper analyzes a research project that maps implementation efforts of comprehensive and mandated change at the primary school level in The Netherlands. In examining this large-scale national reform program, the report deals with schools whose innovation efforts acquired funding from the central education department in return for their local…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries