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MacVean, Donald S. – 1987
Designed to determine to what extent the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services are utilized by certified school personnel, this study found that, on the average, 25.1% of the teachers, librarians, counselors, and administrators in three educational service regions in west central Illinois have used Resources in…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Practices, Indexes, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedThaxton, Lyn – Research Strategies, 1985
Reports study of communication patterns of students and faculty in Psychology department at Georgia State University. Topics covered include pertinence of Garvey's model of information dissemination, methods of information exchange, practicing clinicians and research, research requirements for students, library use among graduate students, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication (Thought Transfer), Graduate Students, Higher Education
Download full textSchellenberg, Stephen J.; Stephens, Charles E. – 1987
Directors of Research and Evaluation in school districts were surveyed about their methods in making school enrollment projections. The questionnaire covered school district size, minority enrollment, staff responsibility for performing projections, acceptable levels of accuracy, methodology used, special considerations, and use of the data. Fifty…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections, Information Utilization
Park, Betsy – 1986
This investigation of information seeking behavior focuses on three behaviors: (1) how people gather information in academic or work environments; (2) the sources they use; and (3) how their behavior relates to the library and its resources. This paper provides a review of the literature on information seeking from 1981 to 1986, a report on a…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, College Libraries, Education Majors, Educational Research
Prabha, Chandra; And Others – 1987
This study examines the following two premises of information-seeking behavior associated with the use of nonfiction books in an electronic mode: (1) individuals generally read nonfiction books for obtaining information; and (2) users read nonfiction books in parts, rather than completely. Study data were collected through interviews with 350…
Descriptors: Books, Information Seeking, Information Systems, Information Utilization
Jackson, John J. – 1986
Focusing on educational reform in China, this paper suggests policies that will lead to the optimal diffusion of educational innovations so as to enhance China's modernization efforts. The intention is to identify a theory of knowledge about the types of educational policies likely to be most beneficial in helping China achieve its educational…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Diffusion (Communication)
