Highlights of a conference--"Designing Diversity '75," the Second National Conference on Open Learning and Nontraditional Study. Reviews the ideas, options, and trends that emerged, focusing on serving adult learners through technology-based learning systems. (Author/MLF)

Author reviewed the criticism of Professor Ralph Miller, who criticized the author's report on the use of alternative schools in Canada. (RK)

The Great Lakes Basin Commission exhaustively studied the world's largest fresh water ecosystem. The reconnaissance-type investigation provided a broad-scale analysis of resource needs and problems in the United States portion of the Basin. (BT)

The first three years of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have been developmental years. Significant advances have been made toward on objective--assuring safe and healthful workplaces for all Americans. (Author/MW)

The Commission Three report, one of a series of conference reports of the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE), addresses the problems of teacher training, developing links with the community, and the kinds of instructional resources to use in teaching secondary language and literature. (RB)

This guide assists institutions preparing for evaluation by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education as they organize and conduct their self-study processes and report the results. Chapter I outlines the purposes of self-study and the Commission's expectations for self-study. Chapter II offers advice and suggestions for establishing a…

Some of the frustrations inherent in trying to incorporate qualifications of statistical results into meta-analysis are reviewed, and some solutions are proposed to prevent the loss of information in meta-analytic reports. The validity of a meta-analysis depends on several factors, including the: thoroughness of the literature search; selection of…

The use of terms to describe and interpret results from canonical correlation analysis has been inconsistent across research studies. This study assembled the terminology related to the use and interpretation of canonical correlation analysis from research articles, textbooks, and computer manuals. Research articles using canonical correlation…

An index that measures the degree of comfort a researcher has relative to statistical inference application is proposed. The index is calculated by selecting and weighting components inherent in the conduct of hypothesis tests and confidence intervals, and its values range from zero to one. To organize the components of the index, inference…

This compilation lists research completed during 1988 in the areas of health, physical education, recreation, dance, and allied areas. The compilation includes 513 entries, most with substantive abstracts, of master's theses and doctoral dissertations from institutions offering graduate programs in those areas. A 1,225-item bibliography of…

This annual report states the goal of the Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, which is to provide assistance to those who are vocationally disabled so they can secure and maintain suitable employment. The Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Alaska Department of Education offers an overview of fiscal year 1989…

A review of the literature on simulation as an alternative to field experience programs in teacher education is presented. A review is also offered of articles on the effectiveness of simulation techniques. Future directions for simulation are discussed, including "video robotics" and computer programs. This investigation was limited to journal…

A case study of an educational action research oriented project in Quebec--a continuing education project at the elementary level (EPEL)--is described to show the contributions of the case study method to human development, needs assessment, curriculum development, and innovative teaching. The case study method is suggested as a means to pinpoint…