This study attempts to evaluate Mexico's television-based secondary education system, Telesecundaria, by comparing the mathematics and language achievement of Telesecundaria students with that of students receiving traditional instruction. Student background and ability, community, teacher, and classroom variables are considered.…

A simplex process model of the cross-lagged correlation paradigm was applied to 16 tests administered to samples of Black and White males and females in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11. Relationships among the measures as well as the use of the model are discussed. (Author/JKS)

It is shown that using formulae for the estimation of sampling errors based on simple random sampling, when a design actually involves cluster sampling, can lead to serious underestimation of error. Jackknife and balanced repeated replication are recommended as techniques for dealing with this problem. (Author/CTM)

Examines the feasibility of using a time-series design intensively in a school situation. Investigates student attitudes toward a biology class using the operant single-subject design. Despite the developmental nature of this study, it demonstrates that the five-item semantic differential is a valid and easily used instrument. (Author/MA)

A survey of existing research designs and accompanying techniques if presented along with brief assessments of their usefulness for programs of different types. The authors stress particularly the use of field experiments for the assessment of prospective social policies and programs. (Author/MV)

In view of changes in teacher education programs and the "oversupply" of teachers in the nation, it seems important to work with high school students to determine their interests and to select "promising" students who would enter Northern Illinois University in the Teacher Education Program. Considers the Future Teachers of…

Examines teachers' perceptions of pupil ability and determines whether their perceptions are distorted in any systematic way by the order or sequence of information they receive about the pupil. (Author/RK)

Elements of a proposal submitted to the U.S. Office of Education under improved research coordination, productivity, and utilization are discussed. The proposal seeks to structure, focus, share, inform, and to simulate the development of a coordinated research program in industrial arts through a national research management system. The research…

Contrasts aptitude by treatment interaction (ATI) and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) methods for making cross-level inferences between individual-level and group-level factors in school effectiveness research. Recommends HLM when intraclass correlations are high. ATI is suitable when intraclass correlations are low, but partitioning the…

This article is designed to make qualitative research more understandable by providing details about the procedures that were used in one project to develop grounded theory. Interviews with 16 gifted students (grades 1-8) participating in pull-out programs found they were dissatisfied with the pace of their regular classroom. (Contains…

Describes a research model developed by Jamie McKenzie that integrates technology and information literacy skills through a research project. Highlights include the need to teach information literacy skills in schools; research questions; planning research; evaluation of the research; and reporting, or creating a final product. (LRW)

Reports on the measurement of sex-related communication and its improvement in recent years in the following ways: more differentiated self-report measures, the use of multiple reporters, the situating of sex-related communication within the context of general communication, and the use of innovative measures such as observational methods and…

Presents a concentric research design model based on need for research which transcends individuals' historic or experiential bias concerning choice of study design, tools, and data reduction strategies. Describes the following "rings": theory/knowledge orientation; theory versus applied research; quantitative versus qualitative research…

Describes the successful involvement of homeless youth in the creation of a presentation to the Campaign for the Single Homeless (CHAR) in England. Asserts that it is vital that children's organizations support an active role for children and young people in policy development, and that it be done in the right way, whatever the cost. (EV)

Proposes the need for a design competition system (DCS) in federally funded educational research and development and discusses the key issues that a DCS must address in methodology. Also addresses the high cost of using a DCS and whether such costs can be justified. Concludes that a DCS is justified and necessary. (GR)