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PDF pending restorationWilliams, Clarence M., Ed. – 1977
Twenty presentations delivered at a 1976 symposium on research in deafness at Gallaudet College are compiled. The following topics are among those addressed: establishing research priorities for Gallaudet College, applying instructional technology to problems in audiologic habilitation; preliminary flow analysis of Gallaudet College graduates; and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Conferences, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Miron, Gary, Ed.; Sorensen, Karen, Ed. – 1991
This document results from a seminar held to initiate a dialogue on the ways and means of strengthening research capacity in developing countries. The seminar participants hoped to take stock of the economic and social changes that nations around the world have witnessed in this decade. These changes have engendered shifts in educational research…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Welch, Wayne W., Ed. – 1981
The four papers in these proceedings provide a comprehensive picture of the rationale, methodology, strengths, and limitations of case studies. In "Doing Justice in Evaluation Research," David Hamilton argues that the application of scientific methods to the study of social systems has given us a false illusion of certainty. He offers an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Justice, Objectivity
Peer reviewedStevenson, Harold W. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1982
Researchers from 18 different countries as well as representatives of UNICEF and UNESCO attended a conference on international perspectives in child development and social policy. Topics discussed included knowledge and ideology, goals of different social groups, communication problems, and the relationship of research to practice. Bibliographic…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Global Approach
California State Univ., Long Beach. Office of the Chancellor. – 1988
This booklet contains the proceedings of a conference designed to elicit discussion, reactions, comments, and recommendations with respect to the value, desirability, significance, and budgetary problems involved in carrying out scientific research programs at comprehensive universities (those having either no Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Science, Higher Education, Research Administration
University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Annenberg School of Communications. – 1977
A special symposium held at the University of Southern California examined an agenda for action, "Social Research on Broadcasting--Proposals for Further Development," which was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Company and written by Professor Elihu Katz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Participants included communications and…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Communications, Conferences, Cooperative Planning
Download full textDoughty, Philip; And Others – 1981
The four papers in a symposium on the cost effectiveness of community schools are presented here, with a brief introduction. The first paper outlines the procedures necessary for an analysis of cost-effectiveness and identifies the problems in applying this analysis to community schools, including variable selection and measurement and value…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Reatig, Natalie, Ed. – 1981
This volume is a collection of background papers and materials prepared for workshop participants engaged in empirical research on the topic of "informed consent with subjects of uncertain competence." The first three papers consider the minimum competence needed to consent to or refuse participation in research, including a…
Descriptors: Ability, Anthologies, Competence, Evaluation Methods
Scribner, Richard A., Ed.; Chalk, Rosemary A., Ed. – 1977
This document contains the proceedings of a workshop conference sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held at the Institute of Man and Science in Rensselaerville, New York, in May 1976. The proceedings include presented papers, discussions, and comments of the participants. The conference had two sets of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Energy, Problems, Research Problems
Peer reviewedFarmer, Lesley S. J. – Top of the News, 1986
Reports on a program held at the 1986 American Library Association Conference which offered a model for locating and evaluating existing research on libraries. Six guidelines for evaluating research are provided, and small group sessions which evaluated actual research and talked directly with researchers are described. (EM)
Descriptors: Conferences, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Library Associations
Davison, Alice, Ed.; And Others – 1981
The papers included in this collection represent as closely as possible the content and organization of the oral presentations delivered at a March 1980 conference on the use of readability formulas. The papers discuss the following topics: (1) an introduction to the conference, with general remarks on the uses and criticism of readability…
Descriptors: Captions, Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis, Language Usage
Peer reviewedGilbert, John K. – European Journal of Science Education, 1980
Outlines the proceedings of the Cognitive-Development Research Seminar at the University of Leeds in September, 1979. Indicates that the area of greatest interest was the differences between student conceptions and scientific norms times alternative frameworks. Outlines other studies that were presented and offers opinions on the contributions of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
The National Center for Education Statistics supported this conference as a first step in a dialogue among forecasters to benefit all in the field. Fifty forecasters representing 20 different federal agencies attended the day-long session. Objectives of the conference include: (1) to bring forecasters together for a forum to share information on…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Expert Systems, Long Range Planning
Center for Educational Management Studies, Honolulu, HI. – 1978
Papers from a forum sponsored by the Association for Institutional Research address the role problems of institutional researchers and the special position of institutional research in institutions of higher education and the issues that lead to conflict between institutional research, data gathering activities, and the faculty. In "Dilemmas in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Data Collection, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Ramp, Eugene A., Ed.; Pederson, Colleen Smalter, Ed. – 1992
Participants in this conference urged that arrangements be made for collecting and preserving information about participants, personnel, and organizations involved in the Follow Through Program, and for conducting long-term review studies of the program. Papers presented at the conference were: (1) "A Brief History" (Robert L. Egbert and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Followup Studies
