This issue examines the following topics: comparative adult education (its scientific status and development), adult education research activity in system analysis, the inner structure of the system of adult education, adult education research and recently completed planning work, and the contents of adult education research in West Germany,…

A survey of retired teachers who have been members of the American Association of University Professors for over 50 years resulted in a high response rate and lengthy and enthusiastic replies to questions about academic freedom, instructional quality, and educational change during their careers. A significant finding was a general satisfaction…

An American Association of University Professors report gives a brief history of corporate-university funding relationships, surveys the kinds of arrangements under which faculty are currently cooperating with business, describes the related concerns of interest to the association, and makes recommendations. (MSE)

Explores response time variations in National Library of Medicine's ELHILL bibliographic search system and analyzes statistical significance of response time in terms of its variations by day of week, hour of day, particular bibliographic file being searched, command issued by user, number of users logged onto system. Ten references are cited.…

Presents a model illustrating distance education students' perceptions of their aims for studying a course. Analyses of verbal reports of four students using this model showed that their goals differed from those of the teacher and influenced how they studied. Relevance for external course design is discussed. (23 references). (MBR)

Focuses on implications for intervention and highlights conceptual and methodological advances in studies establishing a causal link between social behavior and peer status. Studies reviewed investigate social interaction over time, use fine-grained coding systems, employ multiple measures, and videotape behavior in carefully designed analogue…

A general laboratory course should include projects that familiarize college students with the variety of methods available to the researcher. Described are four research projects that address questions about human behavior by means of experimental, observational, survey, and archival research methods. (RM)

Statistical examination of original cataloging records of Chicago Municipal Reference Library as input into online OCLC union catalog reveals library's cataloging use rate as compared to nationwide average. Previous studies, methodology, and areas of high and low use (year of input, type of record, classification, length of monograph) are…

Describes information-processing research, showing how computer models are used to explain thinking and how information processing approaches can be used systematically. Clarifies why students find factor-label method so difficult to master and discusses guidelines and suggestions for using information-processing ideas. (JM)

Discusses methodology and results of a study focusing on improving television's informing process by examining effects of combining visual and captioned information with a reporter's script. Results indicate redundant pictures and words enhance learning, while adding redundant print information either had no effect or detracted from learning. (MBR)

Reviews the literature and difficulties of school follow-up studies. Describes the purpose, design, and methodology of the Peel Secondary Follow-up study. Shows how results from the first round of the study raise important issues about students' expectations and how they are or are not borne out. (SB)

Provides a model for measuring the influence of book quantity and quality, personnel, organization, physical facilities, and user characteristics on loans by 700 Quebec primary and secondary school libraries in 1978-79. Links library output (loans) to inputs (personnel, books) in a production function framework. Includes policy recommendation for…

This study of public library employees' perceptions of library goals based on one case study reveals that staff hold generally conservative views of public library purpose and prefer goals that are print-based and directly related to reading. Most significant influences on perceptions are local practice and practical considerations. (24…

Analysis of New England information science personnel needs focuses on job vacancies by specialization (1980-1983); priority personnel needs; overall personnel priorities; average of advertised salaries and job by type of employer; and demand for information, processing, and youth service workers. A substantial need for children's and school…

This study of college undergraduates had two purposes: (1) to determine whether cognitive structure, as assessed by psychometric measures of concept interrelatedness, can be developed; and (2) to apply those measures to a learning situation that has produced a nonspecific transfer effect--the facilitative effect of concrete examples on learning…