Focuses on the positive impact of the professional development model that has evolved from the initial set of principles and practices James Gray laid out for the Bay Area Writing Project at the University of California in Berkeley in l974. (NH)

The increasing numbers of independent scholars, individuals doing scholarly work outside academe, suggests three needs: a comprehensive study of this phenomenon, development of a means of communicating within and outside this group, and discussion of what independence means. (MSE)

Maintains that before teachers or administrators become involved in classroom research they should carefully assess the conceptual soundness, feasibility, and ethics of any proposed study. Also considered should be ways to facilitate research and the potential rewards of research involvement. (BB)

The educational research community has stressed the importance of minority researchers studying the groups of which they are members. The field work described here, investigating attitudes of parents and teachers in a reservation community toward multicultural education, supports this view. (LHW)

A study at one university found that traditional admission criteria for a graduate microbiology program, undergraduate grade point average, and Graduate Record Examination scores, were not good predictors of student potential as a researcher, as measured by faculty ratings. (MSE)

West Germany's system of graduate study is outlined and its role in the promotion of research, diversification of the higher education system as a whole, alleviation of labor market problems, training of future university teachers and researchers, and formation of a scholarly elite is discussed. (MSE)

Woman scholars at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians called for a new "multi-cultural approach" that would weave the lives of Hispanic, Black, Asian-American, and American Indian women into women's history and into United States history. (MLW)

Advanced communication and computing technologies create new resources and new opportunities in expanded role relationships for institutional research. Approaches to impact analysis and the rates of future change are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Findings from national survey describing sources that were used to obtain information about mental health topics by individuals in various settings demonstrates: importance of person-to-person communication; differences in sources used and value placed on sources; information-seeking episodes generally involve using multiple sources to obtain…

In a survey on variables affecting research and publication productivity, 100 special education researchers were divided into three groups: low producers, intermediate producers, and high producers. Significant results were obtained for teaching load research participation during graduate training sources of research support, availability of…

A discussion of the rationale for asking sponsors for non-grant support details an orientation to research development that focuses on process rather than outcome. Specific strategies for communicating with government, industry, and private sponsors over a broad range of non-money research development issues are discussed and illustrated with…

A new trend in Swedish pedagogical research is described and its effect on Swedish society is measured. The research is described as a middle-class phenomenon, which is non-scientific and ideological in character. The author concludes that researchers should also engage in pedagogical research of a more traditional and theoretical nature.…

Just 10 weeks ago, a consortium of researchers from Arizona's universities and research institutes released a comprehensive report indicating that a lack of good data has the state largely in the dark about the effectiveness of its education policies. Regrettably, concerns raised over the adequacy of available data did not prevent state schools…

Coteaching and cogenerative dialoguing are ways of learning to teach that truly bridge the gap between theory and praxis, as new teachers learn to teach alongside peers and more experienced teachers. These practices are also means of overcoming teacher isolation and burnout. Through cogenerative dialogue sessions, new and experienced teachers,…

Stemming from a teacher/researcher's experience in a public school where music was "hated" by students, this study investigates how early elementary students understand and appreciate music, and how classroom teachers can help students in this process. The research was conducted in a first and a second grade class in two Boston (Massachusetts)…