The research appraisal checklist, which contains 51 criteria ordered under 8 major research categories, is examined as a method of appraising a nursing research report. Criteria include title, abstract, problem, review of literature, methodology (subjects, instruments, design), data analysis, discussion, and form and style. (CT)

The author poses the following questions and examines the answers: What are schools doing about teaching research at the undergraduate level? Do schools have required research courses or do they integrate information into existing nursing courses? What information are they teaching? (CT)

The discussions of participants of a workshop concerning the effects of retrenchment on teaching and research, institutional policies, and institutional operations in European higher educational institutions are summarized. (MSE)

Provides an analysis of 20 years of research and graduate study experiences in engineering colleges, focusing on 17 variables including full-time, faculty, part-time faculty, master's enrollment, doctoral enrollment, master's/doctoral degrees awarded, researchers, research expenditures, and number of research projects. (JN)

A New York University "magnet" program supported by the Ford Foundation provides opportunities for 11 member institutions' faculty members to pursue research, curricular, and professional projects. (MSE)

Discusses the relationship between information science research and practice and briefly describes current research on 10 topics in information retrieval literature: vector processing retrieval strategy, probabilistic retrieval models, inverted file procedures, relevance feedback, Boolean query formulations, front-end procedures, citation…

Discusses several characteristics considered to be important to a good undergraduate research program in chemistry. They include providing adequate time for students, proper selection of the research problem, a firm requirement that significant work will be performed, and a suitable format in presenting the research results. (JN)

Describes a project whose objectives are to bridge the gap between second language instruction and computer-assisted instruction, explore multimedia combinations, and stress productive language in language learning. (MSE)

Describes the methodology used in quantitative and qualitative studies of labor needs, the difficulties encountered and implications, with examples of research carried out on information workers in different countries and by international organizations such as Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNESCO. Twenty references are…

French linguist Alain Bentolila answers a number of questions about his work and the work of the International Center of Continuing Education, which he directs. (FL)

The author presents a case for the combined use of people-centered development and participatory research as a tool for maximizing local human resources to deal with local concerns. In building his case, Brown defines participatory research as a legitimate form of inquiry, drawing some distinctions between it and more traditional forms of…

Report on study to consider ways in which research effectiveness could be assessed outlines possible approaches (cost-benefit assessment, citation analysis, publications, real-time tracking study, case study, take-up survey, audience research panel, penetration study). Appropriateness of approaches is discussed in relation to projects funded by…

Reported is a study comparing black and white teachers' perceptions of eight factors that comprise the organizational climate in recently desegregated schools. (GW)

A mnemonic procedure, a method of loci, was used with men and women over 60 years old in two studies of free recall. The learners take a mental trip through their residences stopping in order at 16 places. Experimental subjects were able to master the mnemonic and apply it effectively. (Author)

This paper reports the satisfaction between several independent variables and marital satisfaction. Adequacy of role performance of both self and spouse and spouse's conformity to expectations emerged as the strongest predictors of satisfaction derived from playing family roles. (Author)