An analysis of first amendment guarantees focuses on the federal government's power to regulate experiments, arguing that they do not merit the stringent level of first amendment protection offered by strict scrutiny or related standards. (Author/MSE)

Describes a program that brought teacher researchers together to discuss their work and learn about each other's teaching techniques. Reflects on the purpose of the project, which was to provide professional development and a way for teachers to share information and enhance their own teaching. (SRT)

Research to identify the characteristics of the active research producer within dental schools is described. A survey was mailed to 4,901 full-time faculty members in 53 U.S. dental schools. Faculty research productivity was defined as the number of publications generated by a faculty member during an academic career. (Author/MLW)

Consists of two articles delineating (1) the role of the monitor of a major personnel training project and (2) the impact of personnel training on entrepreneurial advancement. The author monitored a project at an industrial firm in Finland and draws on this experience. (CH)

Reports on 1986 Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education held in Chicago, Illinois, January 15-17. The theme was "Accreditation: The Way Ahead." Stress management for faculty, new paradigms, response from the practice, insights from educators and research, and program highlights are noted. (EJS)

This article reviews Raymond B. Cattell's important contributions to intelligence testing and the theory of intelligence. His theory of fluid and crystallized intelligences and other high-order factors of cognitive ability has offered the most well-founded and reasonable approach to an acceptable theory. (Author/BS)

While the author and Raymond Cattell approach personality study differently, their similar conclusions reveal their constructs and theories as complimentary, not contradictory. They agree on major issues: the existence of general personality traits with consistent associated behaviors, the relevance of multivariate studies, and the importance of…

Discusses the advantages for teachers in collaborating with educational researchers. Asserts that such participation reduces teacher isolation and makes the job of teaching more stimulating. Focuses on successful, ongoing projects in New York, Michigan, and California, and offers ideas for joining the teacher-as-researcher movement. (KH)

Examines problems of field research conducted by female researchers in policy settings. Proposes ways to manage role, entree and access, data gathering, reciprocity, and reporting. Raises issue of male-female dynamics in field research, and suggests appropriate roles for female researchers in policy settings. (Author/KH)

Reports findings of a survey designed to determine the most important changes that have taken place in reading education over the past 20 years and the people who have made the most significant contributions to the field. (FL)

The acute deficiency in the number of clinical dental faculty who are trained to do high-quality research is discussed. There is a paucity of role models for research in dental schools. Students at dental schools have no opportunity to gain first hand knowledge of how dentist-scientists function. (MLW)

Information gathered in Sweden concerning student post-high school aspirations, gifted students, work values and choice of continued education, attitudes toward science and research, and perceptions of researchers and research is summarized, and its implications for the distribution of the sexes in graduate study and research careers are…

Reviews Vietnamese Studies in American universities, and stresses the problems of Vietnamese scholars who are usually refugees and thus face research problems resulting from the language barrier. Presents an overview of literature from this field, and describes research areas into which it might expand. (KH)

Presents a questioning guide for identifying specific classroom issues, then devising a research question that can be systematically researched in the classroom. (HTH)

Discussed are two constraints that should be kept in mind when using research findings: (1) a recognition that researcher and practitioner work in different contexts; and (2) research findings should not be regarded as prescriptive, but rather as suggestive of ideas which may aid decision making. (RM)