In 1998, the researcher participated in a graduate-level interpretive methods class as a teaching assistant. This paper considers several aspects of the approach used in this class to teach interpretive research methods. These approaches include: (1) the introduction of five different research traditions recognized as qualitative; (2) the…

Discusses sources of science teachers' and educators' misconceptions about scientific endeavors and describes poor practices in science teaching. Identifies three styles of research reports appearing in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching'' as results of these romantic views of science. (CC)

Author considers the ingredients necessary for a cultural revolution and its inner contradictions as a stumbling block for success. (RK)

Reports on a recent decision of the United States Court of Claims in Washington which permits the National Institutes of Health library and the National Library of Medicine to photocopy copyrighted scientific articles for researchers without paying royalties to Williams and Wilkins Company, a medical publisher. (JR)

A practicing white investigator reports on his experiences in conducting research in black communities; the adequacy of traditional academic training for the conduct of research in black communities is questioned. (Author/JM)

Article focuses on the dearth of misinformation on drug education and suggests programs designed to correct the problem. (RK)

Legislation introduced for a National Institute of Education is described. (MF)

Dialogue with Researchers is a research dissemination program The George Washington University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center has used during the past three years. This program offers researchers the opportunity to discuss their project with a small group of rehabilitation practitioners in an informal setting in the practitioners'…

The relationship of each of three selected predictors (1) self-reported confidence in knowledge of research competencies, (2) importance attached to them, and (3) attitude toward educational research to a non-traditional criterion measure showed no significant correlation. The psychometric characteristics of the non-traditional criterion involved…

As demand for new knowledge grows, universities are under increasing stress with increasing research limitations; unstable financial support, contracting for specific research rather than open-ended funding, and problems of staffing projects. Problems in developing and implementing research policy under these circumstances are discussed. (MSE)