This paper presents results from a preliminary investigation in which researchers manipulated the cover story of an open-ended assessment that required students to design an experiment. Participants were 27 sixth graders from a culturally diverse urban school. In one version of the cover story, students were asked to design an experiment to test a…

This study is an inquiry into the use of the Kolb Learning Styles Inventory (KLSI) as a training tool rather than as strictly a diagnostic tool. The idea is to assess whether it is possible to alter the perception of learners on the divergence of learning styles through an appropriate conditioning process. Using an experimental design this study…

This handbook presents current explanations of how each survey program of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) obtains and prepared the data it publishes. The handbook aims to provide users of NCES data with the most current information necessary to evaluate the suitability of the statistics for their needs, with a focus on the…

This study examined the process followed by graduate students in the formation of research problems for their dissertations. Narratives were solicited from researchers who received Spencer Awards for their dissertation research, and researchers received 30 narratives that described the process of research problem formation. The grounded theory…

This book is a broad-spectrum guide, suitable for all courses in basic research. It guides the student from problem selection to completed research report with practical suggestions based on a solid theoretical framework and learning procedure. As a do-it-yourself guide, it is useful for students who are left to their own resources in executing…

The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a field experiment designed to test the effects of manipulating several elements of an operative level performance appraisal system. (Author)

The main objective of this study is to present some differences in the ways boys see themselves and in the ways girls see themselves. (Author)

To examine the agreement of linguists and non-linguists concerning the acceptability of surface structure, 48 under-graduates classified each of 66 sentences as acceptable or unacceptable while playing different roles. High agreement was confirmed. (Author/KM)

Analyzes the 1972 Minnesota NCTE Seminar on Research in the Teaching of English, records impressions of the experience, and discusses future concerns of researchers. (RB)

The purpose of this experiment was to see if there would be a conditioning of evaluative meaning effect when a procedure was used that reduced contingency and demand awareness. The results lend support to Staats' conditioning of meaning and attitude theory. (Author/KM)

Criticized on logical grounds are the interpretations of many researchers of cognitive development in mental retardation. (DB)

This article discusses fundamental principles of design and interpretation of factorial studies in an effort to minimize blatant misuses of the factor analysis technique. The article concludes with several recommendations for improving the design of factor analytic studies in rehabilitation. (Author)

The concept of the single group experimental research design is to test the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the achievement of the pupils under the experimental treatment and their achievement at their previous rate of progress. (Author)

Describes possible curriculum evaluation designs, and the reasons for choosing a randomized control group design for evaluating the Physical Science for Nonscience Majors course. Outlines procedures used in this evaluation. (AL)