Stresses the danger in the publication of premature or nonreplicable research findings in psychology, especially in the creation of public myths, and advises that the psychological profession (1) tighten standards for analysis and presentation of data in published research papers (2) establish communication between the profession and the news…

Summarizes studies that received awards at the 1982 International Reading Association Convention. (FL)

The extent to which practitioner inquiry groups function as democratic learning communities depends on how facilitators negotiate power relations. Negotiation issues include social, organizational, and group identity as well as the public identity of practitioner inquiry. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

A scale was completed by 84 Academy for Human Resource Development (HRD) members to identify values related to HRD outcomes, locus of influences, and macro HRD goals. Value scales were found to measure individual values of scholars and practitioners, not normatively approved professional values. The structure of value priorities varied with…

Highlights relationships between theory and practice and the genesis of professional action in clinical nursing and among researchers. Suggests that clinical nurses learn from context, including each other, and are active producers of knowledge, not merely recipients. Concludes there is no research-practice gap as argued in the dominant barrier…

A survey to determine occupational and physical therapists' values toward research found that although members of both professions had similar research-related values, therapists identified as researchers held somewhat more positive views than did clinicians. (Author)

Ethical dilemmas surrounding research in which the efficacy of various coaching strategies designed to outsmart validity scales are discussed in the context of competing demands between the requirement of the ethical principles of the American Psychological Association and the need to give detailed descriptions of research procedures in scientific…

Years ago strongly influential research by Wortman and Silver called into question many scholarly assumptions about bereavement. Re-examination of the evidence indicates that bereavement scholars have aimed to honestly explore the phenomena of bereavement, rather than creating unsubstantiated myths, and their views deserve renewed examination. (CC)

During a 28-month period beginning in January 1988, the ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation (ERIC/TM) selected documents submitted by over 800 organizations for entry into the ERIC database. Twenty-three organizations, which submitted 595 (31 percent) of the 1,904 documents accepted by ERIC/TM during that period, are…

Responds to "A Woman's Name: Implications for Publication, Citation, and Tenure." Contends that the charge of gender bias in publication policies is based on opinion and on an unpublished pilot study. Suggests that the recommendations were obvious and mildly helpful, thus overlooking the opportunity to promote equity in academe. (MMU)

Discusses the present shortage of measurement professionals and makes some suggestions for actions the measurement community could take to increase the number and diversity of educational measurement professionals. Instead of increasing the number of doctoral degrees in psychometrics, the profession should focus on increasing the number of…

Evaluation of programs for families continues to grow in importance. The best evaluation studies involve collaborations between evaluation researchers and practitioners, but the two groups represent different cultures. This article provides eight suggested steps to improve collaboration through the determination of shared goals, clarification of…

Draws on experiences of the researcher and a previous study of curricular change in 15 institutions to reflect on the meaning of change in higher education. Suggests that the best way to achieve general education reform is to see change as a continuing effort in which each iteration improves on some aspect of the curriculum. (SLD)

Analysis of critical incidents recalled by 10 practitioner inquiry group facilitators reveals how they encounter issues of power that require them to negotiate social and organizational identity, the identity and boundaries of the group, and the public identity of teacher inquiry. Negotiating tensions and contradictions is part of the effect of…

William S. Gray is considered by many literacy authorities today to have been the premier reading educator of the last century. He was most noted for his extensive research and writing in many aspects of literacy. The following interview with Gray was originally published in "School and Community," a Missouri state teachers' journal, in 1949.…