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Peer reviewedGideonse, Hendrik D. – International Review of Education, 1981
In the United States, recent educational research and development efforts reflect an overriding concern for maximizing these impact areas on practice, as illustrated by five thrusts: development work; evaluation; fundamental research; dissemination; and attention to the process of social inquiry. The complexity of American education makes research…
Descriptors: Diffusion, Educational Research, Federal Programs, Objectives
Download full textDietel, Ronald James – 1997
This evaluation of the information dissemination program of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) uses a inclusive approach to gather, analyze, and report information to help decision makers. Results of three questionnaires, reviews and analyses of CRESST products, and Internet records were used to…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Research
PDF pending restorationCooley, William W.; McGrail, Janet – 1977
Decision-oriented inquiries emanate from a specific need for information and are conducted under a number of constraints. Conclusion-oriented research originates with the researcher and can be pursued in ways decided on by the researcher. Two examples of decision-oriented evaluation studies conducted by school districts and the relationships…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Information Dissemination
Tyler, Ralph W., Ed. – 1976
This book assembles, excerpts, and comments on a variety of publications dealing with the problems and prospects for educational research and development (R&D). It is intended to help readers identify the problems and issues in educational R&D and to formulate some possible alternatuves for the future. Chapter 1 deals with the definitions of…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Definitions, Educational Development, Educational Research
Gage, N. L.; And Others – 1980
This report contains highlights of findings and major conclusions of a task force investigating the impact of research, development, and field activities of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). The various data gathering activities and their results are summarized in Section A. Data collection efforts involved questionnaires sent…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Belcher, Marcia J.; Baldwin, Anne – 1995
As a follow-up to 1985 and 1991 efforts to determine its own effectiveness in providing useful information to the college community, the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) at Florida's Miami-Dade Community College conducted a self-evaluation in 1994. Questionnaires were mailed to 296 department chairs, Board members, and other professionals…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Educational Research, Institutional Research
Vinovskis, Maris A. – 1993
An evaluation of the Research and Development Centers and the Regional Educational Laboratories of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) was conducted by an outside analyst brought in in September 1991 by then Assistant Secretary Diane Ravitch. The Research and Development Centers have been one of the primary sources of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Chouinard, Amy, Ed. – 1981
This document presents 12 seminar papers describing research and development efforts in self-instructional programs being undertaken in six countries: the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Liberia, and Canada. The following are topics covered in the individual papers: research and development activities in primary schools; the technology…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
