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Sparling, Joseph J.; Gallagher, James J. – 1974
This booklet is based on a series of 1971 conferences attended by 22 prominent individuals in the field of child development research. Conference participants met in three working panels (on infancy, the preschool child, and the school age child) to assess the current status of the child development research field and to project research needs for…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Human Development

Gallagher, James J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Contract research has increased because of: agencies' time limits; governmental agencies' skepticism about academics' practicality; and a power struggle between government and universities for control of the information production business. Implications of the increase in contract research are discussed and recommendations are made. (MH)
Descriptors: Action Research, Contracts, Educational Research, Educational Researchers