Discusses advantages, limitations, and techniques of oral history and suggests the method's usefulness for educational research. Provides a brief bibliography of works dealing with oral history and of books that have employed the method to the study of the early Afro-American experience. (GC)

Addresses the current breach between qualitative and quantitative methods for evaluation. Develops an argument for the continuity of qualitative and quantitative methods. (Author/MLF)

Discusses problems of measuring student learning using the Test of Understanding in College Economics (TUCE). Suggests that replacing TUCE questions with poor statistical validity will provide a better index of cognitive achievement. Describes results of a University of Notre Dame study which altered the TUCE to reflect course content. (KC)

Research shows that from the beginning students should be taught through their perceptual strengths; students can identify their preferences accurately; and younger children learn better through visual experiences than auditory experiences, and best through tactile-kinesthetic experiences. (Author)

Reports the results and difficulties of a study designed to determine if there is a relationship between employee fitness and employee performance. (Author/MLF)

Four levels of the behavior constraint-reinforcement variable were manipulated: attractive reward, unattractive reward, request to perform, and a no-reward control. Only the unattractive reward and request groups showed the performance decrements that suggest the overjustification effect. It is concluded that reinforcement does not cause the…

Interviews with adolescents revealed that they have a complex "divided metaphysics" of subjectivity, based on a dualistic view of reality versus appearance. Certain conceptual methodological issues surrounding research into self identity are discussed. (Author/DB)

The author discusses the importance of statistical significance to researchers and suggests that researchers should consider an additional statistic, the magnitude of effect index. (MK)

While introducing speakers who summarize the state of educational administration research in Canada and the United States, the speaker argues for the "applied science" approach to research. (IRT)

Addresses the problem of insufficient research in library schools, reviews pertinent literature, and offers a proposal for investigation of library education. (FM)

Criticizes a study by Joseph Fusaro published in a previous issue of this journal (see EJ 171 388), saying that it was not based on a realistic expectation that certain knowledge ought to be present among the subjects, that the procedure was not logically consistent, and that aspects of universality were unjustifiably inferred. (TJ)

Philosophical tendencies in Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of moral development such as apriorism, absolutism and formalism are unfavorably contrasted with the dialectical categories of historicism, double interactionism and reflection. In logic and epistemology the cognitive-developmental theory is shown to be based on a subjective…

Some contemporary trends in social and clinical psychology suggest that individual differences in imaging abilities may become increasingly important. Outlines some of the conceptual and methodological problems that must be clarified if productive research is to be undertaken and reports results of three studies designed to isolate tests which…

Describes a study that suggests the perception of words while skimming a newspaper headline on a computer screen is affected by typeface, point size, screen resolution, and monitor size. Limitations of the study are discussed and further research is suggested. (LRW)

Examines nine studies claiming to have demonstrated facial imitation in the neonatal period. Finds that the claims of early imitative abilities are not well founded: because the matching behavior found is restricted to a single gesture--tongue protrusion--it is best explained as a specific, directly elicited response, rather than imitation. (HTH)