In this excerpt from an address to the 1982 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, the director of the National Institution of Education reaffirms the Institute's commitment to equal education and quality education and outlines priorities for the funding of educational research in the 1980s. (Author/GC)

A continuation of the discussion of the appropriateness of the original technical analysis of the data in the High School and Beyond study. (EF)

Summarizes current congressional action affecting educational research and related activities, including appropriations, the Higher Education Act reauthorization, a new research and technology act, and legislation regarding educational testing, youth unemployment and training, paperwork and red tape reduction, and research privacy. (GC)

Concludes that Asian Americans have been able to ameliorate bias largely through strong motivation for educational and occupational achievement, cohesive family structure in which harmony and responsibility are maintained, and adaptability to social environmental conditions. (Author/AM)

Studies comparing the external characteristics of instructional methods have obscured the most important variable which accounts for learning from instruction: macroprocesses, or the frequency and intensity with which students cognitively process instructional input. Further research on macroprocesses may be a meeting point between the psychology…

Argues that the complex human behavior studied by educational researchers is by its nature unpredictable if not indeterminate. Concludes that research should focus on descriptions and interpretations of educational phenomena and not on the prediction and control of educational outcomes. (FMW)

Discusses the sociohistorical approach to tools and change. Explores the possibilities of computer-supported cooperative work. Discusses formative experiments on the educational environment as research opportunities. Illustrates the organizational impact of school technology by describing a project intended to create an environment for…

Discusses the organization of educational funding sources and its impact on research, emphasizing sources other than the federal government in the philanthropic sector. Explores institutional funding and decision making including internal grants, faculty time, infrastructure, and decision procedures. Outlines problems regarding the organization of…