This report describes the background, selection, planning, conduct, and evaluation of the ten research training presessions, serving 402 educational researchers, conducted by the American Educational Research Association from 26 February to 2 March 1970 prior to its annual meeting in Minneapolis. Topics of the sessions were 1) Survey Research in…

A study was designed to determine whether the presence or absence of a classroom observer and the prior knowledge or lack of knowledge that an observation was to occur would affect the verbal behavior of teachers as measured by the Flanders System of Interaction Analysis. The variables were dichotomized yielding a 2 x 2 x 2 experimental design…

This document is the second part of the report of the African Education Research (AER) project. It presents a classification of 416 research projects undertaken by Africans on education issues in Africa during the period from 1970 to 1974. It is designed to provide Africans and Africanists with a resource to assess the state of the art and to…

The attitude of public school teachers, educational researchers, and "outstanding" teachers towards educational research was examined and compared. Attitude was theoretically identified as one factor which can impede communication. A validated instrument was administered to a random sample of each population. A simple ANOVA (analysis of variance)…

This report describes the rationale, objectives, organization, and activities of each of four alternative models: Model A--Traveling Training Institutes, Model B--Intensive Pre- and Post-Session Courses, Model C--Annual Meeting Training Activities, and Model D--Development of Instructional Packages. These models were developed as a result of a…

Research into figurative language requires observers who are trained to identify and record figures of speech with a high degree of reliability. This present manual serves that purpose. Divided into four major parts, each part presents a particular class of figurative language, including a general description of the class of tropes represented in…

This paper attempts to define the future role of research personnel in the public schools. It surveys the methods of applied and basic research and finds both inadequate for bringing about specific changes in the schools. Educational research and development is suggested as an alternative. This research and development cycle involves finding and…

This paper explores the potentialities for collaboration between educational researchers and school personnel. A set of principles is offered as a guide for attempts to reduce the research-to-practice gap. The implementation of these principles is discussed within the context of a Teacher Feedback Workshop which was conducted as a development…

The present document presents data concerning a graduate program designed to produce graduates who will: (1) help to supply schools with a category of needed research personnel; (2) have a knowledge of the methods used in conducting research, a knowledge of techniques for formulating hypotheses and questions; and an expertise in the interpretation…

This document provides data on the number of teaching and research personnel in the United States in the fall of 1968 by major academic areas. The data are the results of a sample survey that was conducted to: (1) determine the feasibility of collecting data in the academic fields of professional teaching and/or research personnel in the…

Compares three methods of treating missing data with respect to the results obtained, the informational value of each method, the population to which the results can be referred, and statistical power. (Author)

The purposes of this paper are to note specific weaknesses characterizing small group research and to propose suggestions for their solution. Adapted from a speech given at the Second National Conference about the Teaching of Group: Theory and Practice, Temple University, Philadelphia, February 1976. (Author)

Five basic researcher qualities which seem to characterize creative individuals who want to generate knowledge are identified. (BD)

The emerging currents of theoretical research in ETV and some implications for the producer. (Author)

Suggests that societal change occurs more rapidly than dependable developmental research findings emerge. The research establishment in developmental psychology is examined to determine aspects which affect the ability of the system to produce better results faster. (BRT)