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Edyburn, Dave L.; Smith, Roger O. – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2004
The topic of assistive technology (AT) outcomes has only recently received attention in the professional literature. As a result, there is a considerable void in the profession's ability to address contemporary questions about the value and use of AT. The purpose of this article is to highlight the theory, development, and research efforts of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Research and Development
Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, DC. – 1976
This guide was designed to assist black delegates attending the 1976 Democratic National Convention. The guide is divided into four main parts. The first part contains information on convention procedures, standing committees, and various aspects of black participation in politics. The second and third parts lists the names of alternates as well…
Descriptors: Black Influences, Black Leadership, Black Power, Blacks
Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, DC. – 1976
This guide was designed to assist black delegates attending the 1976 Republican National Convention. The guide is divided into four main parts. The first part contains information on convention procedures, convention committees, and various aspects of black participation in politics. The second and third parts include the names of delegates to the…
Descriptors: Black Influences, Black Leadership, Black Power, Blacks
Gage, N. L.; And Others – 1980
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) established a task force to investigate the impact of its activities in two areas, research and development and field development. In the first part of this report, the task force and its work are discussed, and the central issues that the task force is concerned with are defined. In Part Two,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
Sheffield, Edward – 1981
Information on organizations and individuals involved in research on postsecondary education (PSE) in Canada was obtained through a survey of 435 organizations, a survey of 817 individuals, and through requests for information appearing in two publications. Methods of disseminating research results on the role of the Social Sciences and Humanities…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Coordination, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Darnell, Frank – 1981
The National Centre for Research on Rural Education (NCRRE), located at the University of Western Australia, was established in November 1980, to undertake research on educational problems in rural Australia, which include isolation, cultural heterogeneity and underdevelopment, insufficient resources, technical inadequacies, and economic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Organization, College Role, Educational Improvement
Schillinger, A. George; And Others – 1980
A major objective of this study was to determine how Research and Development (R&D) managers, executives, training directors, and academic administrators, perceive the future demand for continuing education in R&D as well as what new institutional arrangements, program innovations, and policy changes they believe will be necessary to meet future…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Change, Engineering
National Commission on Research, Washington, DC. – 1980
The national need for an ample pool of research scientists is considered. Research in universities and in the federally funded research facilities is described, and the importance of the research these institutions do and the interweaving of research and instruction in universities are noted. Some manpower projections are included and questions…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Employment Projections, Federal Aid, Government Role
Oon-Chye, Yeoh; And Others – 1977
The Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) of Malaysia became an operating agency in January 1973 and became a division of the Malaysia Ministry of Education in May 1974. Its establishment was the culmination of over a decade of curriculum development efforts by the Ministry of Education. The CDC was an outgrowth of both the First and Second Malaysia…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Study Centers
KLAUSMEIER, HERBERT J.; AND OTHERS – 1967
OF THE EIGHT INITIAL EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION (R AND I) UNITS, ESTABLISHED IN WISCONSIN SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP AND EXECUTE EXEMPLARY INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THEM THROUGH A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, THREE EXPERIMENTS ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT RESULTS. IN ONE, 99 SIXTH-GRADERS RECEIVED THREE TYPES OF SPELLING…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Experiments, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Callahan, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1980
The development and implementation of an evaluation plan for a district's program for the gifted is examined. The school system in question applied for state funding to develop appropriate instrumentation and implement such a plan. Its uniqueness was in its attempt to secure funds for developing an evaluation for a given program. Because the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Education
Topping, Jim; Myers, Ed – 1979
The applicability and validity of NCHEMS' Information Exchange Procedures (IEP) to major research universities are examined. IEP enables peer institutions to compare information about their resources. The major research universities formed a task group to determine the use of IEP's focus points: costing methods and possible alternative approaches…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Definitions, Educational Finance
Miller, James O.; And Others – 1969
This paper discusses the problems and issues involved in the organizational structure of the National Laboratory on Early Childhood Education. The National Laboratory, which consisted of a coordination center and six university based research and development centers, was organized for the purpose of planning, sponsoring and conducting research and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
Levis, Rae M. – 1979
This paper examines the existing and potential roles of educational service agencies (ESAs) and their relationships with state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs). Special attention is focused on urban school districts. The paper also critically analyzes these roles and relationships as they relate to dissemination…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Schneider, Larissa J. – 1979
About 80% of the 282 employees at a university-based educational research and development center completed questionnaires based on J.E. Grunig's theory of communication behavior in a study to define communication types, discover communication patterns, and make recommendations for improving the center's communication program. Grunig's theory…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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