Graduates of doctoral level programs are the stewards of their profession. Historically, doctoral dissertation research has been summarized as a service to improve research accessibility, analyze research trends, and suggest potential areas for future inquiry. The current review analyzes 99 doctoral dissertations from recognized rehabilitation…

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…

Each year, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) releases a list of scientific advances that represent significant progress in the field. The "2019 IACC Summary of Advances" provides short, plain language summaries of the top research breakthroughs selected by the IACC from a pool of research articles nominated by the…

This article continues the tradition of reviews documenting doctoral rehabilitation research. Doctoral dissertations completed during calendar years 2008-2010 from recognized doctoral rehabilitation programs were identified and reviewed using the same approach used by Tansey, Zanskas, and Phillips. Analysis of 88 dissertations resulted in a…

The 2014 "Comparative Education Review" bibliography of refereed journal articles on topics relevant to comparative and international education covers all 12 months in 2014 and includes 3,389 entries--a full 30 percent increase over the set of references assembled in the 2013 bibliography. They are drawn from 280 refereed journals, both…

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…

A rich narrative-style bibliography of concept mapping (reviewing six articles published between 1992-2005). Articles reviewed include: (1) Cognitive mapping: A qualitative research method for social work (C. Bitoni); (2) Collaborative concept mapping: Provoking and supporting meaningful discourse (C. Boxtel, J. Linden, E. Roelofs, and G. Erkens);…

Presents an annotated bibliography of research literature (abstracts, articles, conference proceedings) relevant to methodological issues in food intake assessment. Citations appear in alphabetical order by first author's last name and are summarized by demographic characteristics, sampling protocol, and study design features in a table at the end…

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…

The selected bibliography on survey research methodology is accompanied by listings of information systems and services, serials which may contain surveys, computer readable databases, professional agencies, and government agencies. (CL)

Attitude research published in "Gerontologist" and "Journal of Gerontology" was submitted to a statistical power analysis. High numerical values were found and compared and contrasted with those of past power-analytic investigations, the majority of which found low statistical power in their respective disciplines. (Author)

To evaluate test speededness and to derive implications for test program activity, this document presents an annotated bibliography on studies of test speededness. The 64 citations range from 1902 to 1976, and include the seminal articles by Cronbach and Warrington (1951) and Gulliksen (1959); articles which summarize the previous literature on…

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…

This bibliography on qualitative research methods in speech communication contains 213 entries grouped into three categories: (1) books; (2) speech communication journal articles; and (3) social science journal articles and sections in books. (SR)