Lists and annotates 42 technical reports prepared by various government agencies and disseminated by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) during 1993. An introductory discussion addresses the trend toward electronic information exchange and proposed changes in the way NTIS distributes materials. (KRN)

Includes annotations for 24 technical reports from NTIS (the National Technical Information Service) and other nondepository publications from various agencies. An introductory discussion addresses the problem of duplication in reporting research and development literature between GRA&I (Government Reports Announcements and Index) and the…

Considers how the emergency medical service's run reports are important analytically because they represent the practices and interests of the multiple professions engaged in caring for critically ill or injured patients. Examines the historical evolution of a shared medical form and its impact on the professionals who use it. (SC)

Draws on examples from the "Review of Research in Education" to show some ways in which reviews have specific politics both in how they construct their world and how they are received in determinate fields of power. (SLD)

Explores the relationship between research reviews and the fields of study to which they pertain. Uses issues of the "Review of Educational Research" devoted to curriculum from 1931 through 1969 to show how curriculum discourse works as an instrument of power. (SLD)

Considers the meaning of "review" in the context of the historical development of the "Review of Educational Research" (RER). Historical and conceptual discussions about reviews and RER elaborate important considerations of the politics of the field of educational research. (SLD)

Provides a checklist to help clinical nurses critique research in order to use findings in practice. Categories include purpose of study, statement of problem, literature review, methodology, results and conclusions, and overall concerns (objectivity, ethics, readability). (SK)

Each year, the members of the EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee identify and research the evolving technologies that are having the most direct impact on higher education institutions. The committee members choose the relevant topics, write white papers, and present their findings at the EDUCAUSE annual conference. This year, under the…

Comments on the study by J. G. Adair and N. Vohra (see record 2003-02034-002) of changes in the number of references and citations in psychology journals as a consequence of the current knowledge explosion. They made a striking observation of the sometimes excessive number of self-citations in psychology journals. However, after this illustration,…

In 1999 the National Committee for Creativity and Culture in Education (NACCCE) produced a report called "All our futures." In many respects it was and still is a seminal report; it raises issues about creativity in education and offers serious messages for Government, schools and the inspection process. The author's research into teacher…

The term "publication bias" usually refers to the tendency for a greater proportion of statistically significant positive results of experiments to be published and, conversely, a greater proportion of statistically significant negative or null results not to be published. It is widely accepted in the fields of healthcare and psychological…

This letter presents data concerning variation in average annual temperatures by altitude and latitude, along with some suggested class exercises.

The ten largest employer child care management organizations, as a group, reported a zero growth rate in 2004. This year of no growth follows two years in which the sector grew by only 4% per year. This contrasts dramatically with the fast expansion period for employer child care, 1996 through 2000, when the sector grew at an annual rate of 10%.…

This paper presents the "Report to the Legislature: Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Strategic Plan". This was a year of transition in public education. After former commissioner David Driscoll retired in August 2007, Deputy Commissioner Jeffrey Nellhaus filled in as acting commissioner for nearly nine months until newly…

This report provides an overview of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the author's plan for evaluating it over a five year period. It also presents a brief summary of the main findings of the four distinct topical reports that the author and his colleagues have completed for 2006-07--the baseline year of the evaluation. Those four…