SUMMARIES ARE GIVEN OF CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS MADE BY INSTRUCTIONAL RESEARCHERS INVOLVED IN CURRENT PROJECTS. TITLES INCLUDE (1) COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION--A TOOL FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH, (2) INSTRUCTION FOR EDUCATIONALLY AND CULTURALLY DEPRIVED ADOLESCENTS, (3) MICROTEACHING AS A TEACHING METHODOLOGY, (4) INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED…

THREE PROBLEM AREAS ARE EXPLORED IN THIS SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH UTILIZATION IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION--(1) INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, (2) PSYCHOLOGICAL LINKAGES BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATOR'S SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND HIS ACTIONS, AND (3) THE LACK OF CONNECTION BETWEEN…

AN EVALUATION OF THE WORK AND PLANS OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER ON EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES WAS PRESENTED THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE POLICY BOARD MEMBERS PROJECT DIRECTORS, AND FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. THE INTERVIEWS WERE FOCUSED ON THE QUESTION OF "HOW CAN THE CENTER…

To assess the potential user population for Project TALENT data and to identify barriers to usage of the data for secondary analysis, a small telephone survey of leading large-scale survey researchers was undertaken. The survey was designed to elicit suggestions for strategies for reducing barriers to use of the data. Four levels of barrier were…

It is charged that remedial and experimental programs in reading ignore the results of relevant research and that research is often poorly developed. Faults of programs and research include the following: (1) There is no firm definition of the term "learning disabilities" and so they are not measured consistently. (2) Good sampling techniques…

This study used a diffusion model in an attempt to understand the role of the researcher in the evaluation of an educational innovation in a school setting. The Learning Laboratory for Adult Basic Education at the Rochambeau School in White Plains, and the Brevoort Community Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, were studied. Both programs used…

As a tool to assist in the implementation of constructive educational change, a national directory was prepared of people, programs, and projects dealing with some phase of the change process. The directory includes 367 listings in the three general categories of people (196), agencies (104), and projects (67). People are further categorized under…

During the first half of 1977, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) initiated a survey of State laws pertaining to the privacy and security of research and statistical information. Two data collection procedures were employed: a library search of State Statutes, and written inquiries to State Attorneys General and to other State…

Questionnaires were sent to the Academic Deans of all two-year colleges in Georgia in order to obtain information on the status of institutional research in those institutions. Responses were received from all 17 of the public junior colleges and from all but three of the eight private junior colleges. Results of the study indicated: (1) 14% of…

In his paper, the author contends that ethnic minority groups must use the "weapon of research" to answer some of the unanswered questions in vocational education and to give guidance toward future corrections of these problems. But the topic is emotionally charged, as intensive research in the past has generated resentment among minorities. The…

An attempt to establish criteria to judge scholarly activities in the field of educational technology focused on skills of inquiry, a process which includes problem definition, hypothesis formation, and hypothesis verification. To be judged adequate such inquiry should be: (1) publicly verifiable; (2) disciplined; (3) generalizable; (4) based on a…

Of all the functions of the university-based educational researcher, none is more important to public school activities than the training of professionals to support research, development, dissemination, and evaluation (RDD&E) operations. The researcher's job in training RDD&E personnel for a large school district can be understood through…

Some complexities and difficulties in conducting educational research without an adequate systems view are indicated. Educational programs and problems can be differentiated into at least two main streams based on epistemological assumptions. Based on this differentiation, the researcher may apply different techniques and theories from several…

The structure of an organization plays a vital role in the evaluation of the organization. Social science researchers often assume that controls inherent in the physical sciences are as applicable to human subjects. Evaluation of Head Start is an example of the social relation of investigator to subject matter and of the variables introduced by…

The theoretical concept of the double bind and the possibilities for researching it are discussed. The author has observed that theory and research, which should be reciprocal and mutually beneficial, have been working, as concerns the double bind, at odds with one another. Two approaches to empirically investigating the concept are considered via…