Some issues in the design of classroom research on second language teaching are discussed, with the intention of helping the researcher avoid conceptual pitfalls that may cripple the study later in the process. This begins with an examination of concerns in sampling, including definition of a population to be studied, alternative sampling…

This report summarizes tasks undertaken to assess the feasibility of a longitudinal analysis of elementary and secondary schools. The initial objective was to see if it was technically possible to analyze overlap samples of schools from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to produce substantive findings. Over the course of the project various…

This paper examines some characteristics of the statistics associated with the sampling distribution of the proficiency level estimate when the Rasch model is used. These characteristics allow the judgment of the meaning to be given to the proficiency level estimate obtained in adaptive testing, and as a consequence, they can illustrate the…

This volume is the restricted-use codebook for the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools, teachers and principals. The sample contains 152 schools with samples of teachers and principals for these schools. The first section contains a discussion of the SASS created variables, and the second section…

The objectives of this project were to construct two sets of balanced repeated replication (BRR) weights for two National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) sets of weights: one based on the third follow-up survey done in 1994 (NELS88:94); and the second based on the fourth follow-up survey done in 2000 (NELS88:2000). These weights are…

In a study conducted at Langley Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, random sampling done by computer rated employees from their co-op program, recruited undergraduate and graduate students, and employees with previous job experience. Co-op students rated higher in performance, advancement, less turnover, and…

This study investigated the validity of the assumption that pass-fail courses correlate with less academic achievement and considered other factors relevant to the basic justification for the pass-fail system. (Author/RK)

An empirical study of statistical overkill investigated the generalizability of multiple regression equations as a function of the subject/variable ratio. Data from various-sized groups of rehabilitation clients were used to develop the equations. Findings showed that equations developed on samples with less than a 10 to 1 ratio failed to…

Article discussed the problems that the Open University is having in gaining acceptance and evaluated its benefits to the educational community. (RK)

The major purpose of this study was to compare the achievement of junior college introductory poetry students instructed by modular materials with those instructed by the traditional method, using the criteria of poetry achievement. (Author)

Author wrote about his research into the career choices of British undergraduates. School teaching, surprisingly, headed the list. (Editor/RK)

Procedures to be applicable in situations in which large numbers of individuals are tested or in situations where multiple measures are taken. (Author/CB)

Reports existing practices for describing samples of children in the psychological literature, indicates the problems involved, and recommends specific changes. (Author/JM)

In the present study two modes of information integration, simultaneous and successive, were proposed as alternatives to reasoning and memory. The generality of these two was tested by factor analyzing the cognitive test scores of 9-11-year-old children from Canada and India. (Editor/RK)

The authors describe their own investigation into how the ability to differentiate emotions verbally, an important element in a child's emotional development, is influenced by factors of age, sex and social class. (Author/RK)