Presents a brief summary of a detailed multidisciplinary research study of the services provided to handicapped children by the Rand Corporation and suggests that through coordination of efforts in prevention, identification, direction, medical treatment and vocational training we could achieve greater benefits, with long-range cost-effectiveness.…

Inferences made in integrative research reviews are as important to the validity of behavioral science knowledge as are those in primary research. The research review is conceptualized as a scientific inquiry involving five stages paralleling those of primary research. Problem formulation is the stage when variables are defined conceptually and…

Three issues must be addressed when discussing the standards needed to judge the methodological rigor of naturalistic approaches to administrative research. The first issue involves defining naturalistic inquiry. In contrast to the scientific paradigm, naturalistic inquiry emphasizes, first, the inseparability of variables or events from their…

Abstracts of 51 papers presented at a conference on foreign language teaching are included. Each abstract is one to two pages in length. Specific teaching methods as well as general pedagogical ideas are treated. Several papers deal with specific languages, including Latin, French, German, Spanish, and Slovak. Instruction in a specific language…

This report reviews the 1980 activities of the Educational Dissemination Studies Program (EDSP), which is designed to (1) establish efficient means of communication for analyzing, monitoring, and communicating the status, needs, and accomplishments of educational dissemination performers; (2) increase the quality of and access to knowledge…

Text, illustrations, and exercises are utilized in this set of four learning modules designed to instruct nurses and nursing students in writing objective clinical reports. The first module, "Nursing Notes in POMR" by Roberta L. Andrews, discusses the four components of a nursing report written under the Problem-Oriented Medical Record…

Presented in a new format which makes possible statistical analysis and comparison, this annual report includes summaries of special services, as well as statistical reports and studies on public and regional libraries, and two library directories. Special services include long range programs, state aid, the Library Services and Construction Act,…

This is a report on the Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education held from October 14-26 in the USSR. The conference intended to create the necessary framework for broad programs of international cooperation, to reach agreement on goals, objectives, and guiding principles for environmental education, and to devise practical…

The Idaho State Department of Education has initiated a program of information collection and dissemination designed to increase communications both within educational systems and between educators and the public. This document presents the rationale, goals, target groups, and strategies of the system. Five appendices include a list of contact…

Based on a series of mini-conferences, this monograph presents ideas and thoughts of members of the Rotary International organization on the concept of collaboration in career education. First, a brief description of Rotary International is provided. Next, several specific examples are given of ways in which local clubs are already involved in…

The task force that compiled this report was created to identify ways to improve citizen involvement within all sectors of the public broadcasting system and to offer recommendations for change. The report presents a brief history of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, offers six general recommendations for advancing public involvement, and…