The Austin Independent School District's Research and Evaluation Office presents practical information concerning observational research. This paper focuses on five topics: (1) what makes a good observer (setting the ground rules, training observers in details, and practice, i.e., involving the observers in planning and providing rigorous…

An effective environmental scan will improve the quality of community college planning and decision making by alerting institutional leaders to the challenges and opportunities in the environment. Scanning can be done in three ways: (1) establishing a scanning committee to gather and synthesize information to guide planning; (2) sponsoring a…

The National Center for Education Statistics supported this conference as a first step in a dialogue among forecasters to benefit all in the field. Fifty forecasters representing 20 different federal agencies attended the day-long session. Objectives of the conference include: (1) to bring forecasters together for a forum to share information on…

A case study examined how a basic writer read, identified, and proposed solutions to textual problems in two drafts of texts that she wished to improve. The subject engaged in a modified form of a think-aloud protocol and an open-ended interview. Data generated from the participant were analyzed to determine the degree of miscue, the kinds of…

A study examined how often basic writers miscued, the kinds of miscues they made, the possible factors related to why they made miscues, whether they corrected their miscues, and the degree to which miscues may have prevented them from seeing textual problems. Subjects, three female basic writers (part of a larger study) participated in four taped…

This report focuses on the idea that the concept of teacher-as-researcher can and should be incorporated within the traditional teacher training curriculum. The discussion provides a description of a recent application of the notion of teacher-as-researcher within the format of a course designed to help would-be elementary school teachers fulfill…

This paper examines the recent growth and changes in the discipline of mathematics, as well as current trends in the research on the teaching and learning of mathematics. The focus of this paper is revolution, reform, and research and their effects on school mathematics. The first section deals with revolution with regard to the teaching of…

This monograph reports on a study carried out by the Board of Teacher Education into the amount and nature of research undertaken by Queensland teacher educators and the forms of support available for this research. It was anticipated that the information would be useful in helping to identify major trends in teacher education research and making…

There is research support of the hypothesis that engaging in multiple roles yields better health and greater life satisfaction, and there is support of the hypothesis that multiple role involvement leads to symptoms of role strain. No study has employed a comprehensive model to address the impact of multiple roles or attempted to identify…

In 1976 and 1977, the New York region team of the Documentation and Technical Assistance Project (DTA), Center for New Schools (Chicago, Illinois), conducted 12 seminars on major issues concerning school improvement, based on observations by documentation teams in nine school community sites. The information is then disseminated to technical…

Compiled to help educational researchers and policy makers learn about current, relevant research efforts, this directory lists 350 research projects in 4 broad categories: educational finance and economics, educational law, educational organization, and educational politics. The entries in each broad area are alphabetized by the researcher's…

In this article we address questions raised by the research methods used in teacher research by exploring a particular approach to teacher research. This approach is based in teachers' concerns with underachieving children, particularly those who come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. It grows out of the work of the Brookline…

Substantial efforts have been made recently to compare the effectiveness of traditional course formats to alternative formats (most often, online delivery compared to traditional on-site delivery). This study examines, not the delivery format but rather the evaluation format. It compares traditional paper and pencil methods for course evaluation…

In 1956, the Press Research Centre was established in Cracow, Poland by a group of journalists and publishers, for the purpose of instituting press research that would have practical applications. The aims of the Centre were to conduct studies on the history of the Polish press, the contemporary press, press readership, and editorial techniques.…

One of the reasons educational research does not have greater impact on the classroom, the authors argue, is that researchers are inexperienced in working with practitioners. Based on their experience working with a work/study group composed jointly of school personnel from a San Jose junior high school and faculty members and students from…