"Frequently the first course in statistical methodology proves to be the onus of the beginning graduate student. (Author)

Of the 161 research studies completed in 1969, 59 percent were masters' theses, 32 percent were doctoral dissertations, and nine percent were staff studies. (DM)

A description of several federally sponsored projects aimed at developing new materials and instructional strategies to improve the effectiveness of present educational programs for undereducated adults." (Authors/AA)

A description of a program designed to affect decisions by students considering attendance at vocational and technical institutions. The prime source of data in the program is self-reports of present and former students from such institutions. (AA)

Describes food and packaging innovations being developed by the military and their relation to school food service needs of the next decade. (Author/LR)

Genetic technologies may soon help fill some of the most important needs of humanity from food to energy to health care. The research of major designer genes companies and reasons why the initial mad rush for biotechnology has slowed are reviewed. (SR)

Describes the robots used to aid in rescue and recovery at Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. The robots were developed as a result of national Science Foundation Quick Response Research Awards. Describes several awards that were made following the attack. (JOW)

Presents an overview of the Online Computer Library Center's (OCLC) Office of Research; describing its historical development within its institutional context, examining its present status, especially current projects; and predicting its future path. Provides a chronology of people, projects, and libraries involved in the OCLC Office of Research…

In this article, I survey the integrated connectionist/symbolic (ICS) cognitive architecture in which higher cognition must be formally characterized on two levels of description. At the microlevel, parallel distributed processing (PDP) characterizes mental processing; this PDP system has special organization in virtue of which it can be…

More than 10% of California's public high school students attend some kind of alternative program. This brief summarizes the initial research study from the California Alternative Education Research Project, which examines continuation schools specifically. It summarizes "Alternative Education Options: A Descriptive Study of California…

The literature on service learning in geography courses has established and substantiated the importance and usefulness of such projects for student learning. In this paper the assumption is questioned that similar sets of benefits accrue to "community" participants, those involved who are located outside the university context. The…

Teacher educators, administrators, policy-makers, and novice and advanced teacher candidates can achieve educational success and advance high-quality teacher preparation programmes. To do this, they must identify and cultivate positive dispositions for professional competence, commitment, and success in teaching children and adolescents.…

This paper describes a research project investigating the workplace learning experience of information technology (IT) workers in Hong Kong. The research project explored in depth the workplace learning experiences of 65 IT workers from three different work sites. It went beyond the identification of workplace learning methods and resources…

Many previous time allocation studies treat work as a single activity and examine trade-offs between work and other activities. This paper investigates the at-work allocation of time among teaching, research, grant writing and service by science and engineering faculty at top US research universities. We focus on the relationship between tenure…