A working party of the Educational Research Symposium on the "Socio-Culturally Handicapped" rejected the traditional psychopathological model and disadvantaged child syndrome in favor of interdisciplinary, basic and action research directed toward a causal analysis of socio-cultural difference and milieus and the development of more adequate…

Evaluation research is currently facing a crisis. At the same time that federal and other funding sources are placing increasing emphasis on evaluating on-going programs, action personnel are becoming more and more skeptical about the value of such research. Evidence of this skepticism can be found at any gathering of evaluators. Certainly,…

The memorization of Bible verses is an important goal of many Christian schools. Teachers in Christian schools use many different techniques to help their students memorize Bible verses. One popular traditional method is to have the students repeat the verse many times until they can repeat it from memory. In this project the researcher compared…

This guide offers a compilation of annotated resources concerned with P-12 practitioner research, focusing on North America. The guide includes information about practitioner research networks, online sites, journals, collections of practitioner research studies, newsletters, funding sources in support of action research, and publications about…

This article focuses on the relationship between research'' and action'' as contradictory and complementary activities. Recent research and theory indicate the two may be synergistic and difficult to separate. (Author)

The study concludes that the majority of research is focused on the diagnostic, descriptive, and psychometric problems of clinical psychology and not on decision making and treatment problems. (Author)

Critiques the articles in this issue, discussing various methods of action research; intended and unintended outcomes; and the meanings of participation, collaboration, and involvement. (SK)

Addresses the issue of intention in action research, suggesting that researchers ask who will be the first-level beneficiaries and what will be the first level of change. Discusses ethical questions regarding consent and justification of research steps. (SK)

Suggests the model and techniques of action research can easily be integrated into the technical education curriculum. Notes the educator can teach the process as a separate unit within the program or in combination with a specific subject. (JOW)

Explains the application of action research to work-based learning, describing the action research cycle and meta learning. Outlines key processes for action research projects: keeping journals, managing dual roles of employee and researcher, managing politics and ethics. Offers suggestions for writing an action research dissertation. (SK)

Presents an action research model of planning, acting, recording, and reflecting as an approach to Internet searching. Explains how the constantly changing Internet environment requires continuous reassessment of search tools and strategies and development of new techniques. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)

Discusses student recruitment in aviation education and establishes that internal recruitment methods are the most productive and cost effective. Provides examples of recruitment strategies based on a model of action research. (JOW)

A strategy for improving learning and competitiveness in the New Zealand dairy industry examined barriers to farmers' learning and adopted action research with a group of women farmers. This form of participant involvement appeared to facilitate individual learning and technology transfer. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)

Introduces various aspects of truth theories in the context of action research, focusing on truth as correspondence, truth as successful practice, and truth as coherence and paradigmatic truth. The paper describes how action research uncovers the truth, discusses pen discourse as a validity criterion (the truth as consensus), and looks at the…

Describes the activities of Orlando Fals-Borda and Maria Cristina Salazar in promoting participatory action research and political activism in Colombia. (SK)