This publication is a compilation of resources concerned with practitioner research in P-12 education, with a focus on North America. The guide includes information about practitioner research networks, on-line sites, journals, collections of practitioner research studies, funding sources in support of action research, and publications about…

Using categories of attention, empathy, boundaries, and empowerment, this booklet examines the complexities of mentoring at each stage of graduate study. The first chapter considers issues in directing the research of graduate students, and the second, "Success of Research-Based Graduate Programs: Corporate Responsibility," considers the…

This paper studied how individual qualitative researchers perceive that their research procedures and perspectives have been influenced by the adoption of computer assisted qualitative data software. The study focused on Nud*Ist software (non-numerical Unstructured Data; Indexing, Searching, and Theorizing). The seven participants ranged from new…

A re-examination of data used in a study of informal communication among sleep researchers raises some interesting questions in the definition of communication and its relationship to research productivity. (JB)

Examines some characteristics that are likely to lead to research planning, such as the size of the research grant, research problem preferences, etc.; the consequences of planning; the satisfaction of the research professor; and his rewards and productivity. (Authors)

Points out the types of scholarly work carried out by persons in higher education. (HS)

A panel discussion on the influence of Paul Goodman, known for his brilliant attacks on American education. (Ed.)

The author recounts the involvement of American scholars in public affairs during the 60s and speculates about the role of scholarship in the future. (Editor)

Article expands the traditional definition of educational research to accommodate professional researchers, practitioners, students, and others who have questions they want to study. (Author/ML)

Discusses a grant to the United Negro College Fund awarded to stimulate research efforts of scholars in Black colleges and to learn their insights and perspectives on the issue of minority career mobility and advancement. (JOW)

Presents summaries of the research studies winning the Albert J. Harris Award, the Elva Knight Research Grants Award, and the Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award at the 1983 convention of the International Reading Association. (FL)

Reviews existing studies of the invisible college phenomenon and considers the implications for information transfer among researchers, particularly within the social sciences. The likely impact of developments in communications technology on interpersonal networks is discussed and a number of areas for further investigation are proposed.…

Describes the development of a directory of minority researchers in the field of housing and community development. Summarizes data from the directory and calls for increased communication among minority urban researchers in order to develop neighborhood level self-help strategies for improving housing conditions in minority communities. (GC)

Examines the effect of researcher value judgments on the aims, methods, and objects of educational research. The author proposes a paradigm for scholarly educational research on the use of the scientific method. (AM)

Frank Smith and Kenneth Goodman were the most frequently cited authors; Bond and Dykstra's "The Cooperative Research Program in First Grade Reading Instruction" and Chall's "Learning to Read: The Great Debate" the most frequently cited works in a survey that asked graduate faculty in reading to name "classics" in reading research. (FL)