This study is based on a comparison of data from two independent studies of technology utilization and dissemination methodology that sought to identify the behavior characteristics of "linkers" and "stabilizers" and their relative existence within different groups of technical personnel. Hypothesis for this study is that the…

The major objectives of this paper are to identify and examine those areas most critical to the effective management of a research and evaluation department in a large urban school system. The paper focuses on the organizational structure and management concerns of the Philadelphia school district's Office of Research and Evaluation. The scope,…

This paper explores the research function in higher education. It specifically addresses the following questions: (a) What is the complex role of research as a function in higher education?; (b) How do research results contribute to the resolution of societal needs and problems?; (c) In which institutions of higher education should the research…

These guidelines are designed to make research a more effective instrument in the management and improvement of the correctional sub-system of criminal justice. The Guide emphasizes that: (1) the correctional administrator has several responsibilities to fulfill if he is to benefit from research, and, (2) the researcher must command a variety of…

The dimensions, status, and improvement of institutional research in junior colleges are considered in this topical paper. Its dimensions are discussed in terms of definition, purposes, and boundries and its status is then viewed from different perspectives. First, it is admitted that the present role of institutional research is difficult to…

The study involved the collection of (1) research reports, published through 1968, including journal articles and dissertation abstracts, and (2) information on developmental projects, supplemented by ERIC documents on funded research and Title III project reports. The journal articles were analyzed, categorized on ten aspects, evaluated, and…

This volume of the Final Report on the Interpretive Study of Research and Development in Elementary School Mathematics contains materials which are most appropriate for the researcher. Whether he is working at the pre-doctoral level or the post-doctoral level, the researcher has a recurrent need to know the results of previous research, and the…

To gather the information for this section, visits were made to each of ten major curriculum development projects. These were selected because of the impact which each has had on curriculum reform--past, present, and future. It was not possible to visit every project, and several of the more significant ones, such as the Greater Cleveland…

To increase the expertise of leaders in educational research, a series of four 5-day training sessions were held between April 1968 and January 1969. Ninety-five persons from all parts of the nation attended the sessions, including directors of educational research and development programs, professors, administrators, and research associates. The…

This document reports on an investigation which surveyed process analysis and documentation concepts, practices, and standards in light of the need for communicating the processes and outcomes of educational research and development. The survey demonstrated that the areas of impartial process analysis and documentation are both important and…

As a discipline, marketing can offer several things of value to the National Institute of Education (NIE), both with respect to its design function and its dissemination. This report identifies those items that marketing can offer NIE and explains how they could be used. The authors maintain that NIE can profit from marketing's (1) emphasis on…

The independent, nonprofit research institute is a phenomenon of the twentieth century. These institutions now engage in research not only in industry, but also in national defense programs, public health, space exploration, atomic energy, education, economics, and public policy. The nonprofit research institutes are of particular interest because…

Science reporting today is starting to undergo some basic changes, partly because of audience reactions which journalists have learned about, partly because of convictions of some writers that changes are needed, and partly because of the growing involvement of science and technology in pressing social problems. Science reporting is no longer…

A new kind of systems approach to science educational publishing is presented in this paper. This synergistic approach to the publishing of instructional materials for science education would require input from psychologists, scientists, classroom teachers, and science education researchers. The role of the science education researcher is…

This paper is mainly devoted to the analysis of four planning reports that were produced by the Planning Unit of the National Institute of Education (NIE) to guide NIE's activities for 1972-73. Each report presented recommendations for new programs and management activities intended to lead to better achievement of American educational goals. In…