A retrospective account of the interactive research process in a study of students who left other occupations for teaching describes four research dimensions (initiation of the internal interdisciplinary collaboration, external collaboration with faculty advisors, external collaboration with students, and internal collaboration in constructing the…

Analyzes and critiques Ernest L. Boyer's book, "Scholarship Reconsidered," particularly regarding its implications for the field of communication instruction. Identifies the immediate impact of Boyer's book for the disciplines of communication. Outlines an agenda for communication disciplines based on Boyer's findings. (HB)

Details a program designed to encourage research projects aimed at promoting "higher literacy" carried out by middle and high school teachers of one Colorado school district. Argues for the value of individual and collaborative action-research projects by teachers. Describes the experience of the program. (HB)

Considers Aristotelian and Galilean views of the relationship between theory and empirical research, and argues that current models in research on teaching are Aristotelian in overly emphasizing the empirical and methodological branches of research programs to the detriment of the theoretical and conceptual. (SLD)

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro offers a three-course cluster: Career/Life Planning for undergraduates, taught by doctoral counseling students; career development for master's counseling students; and career counseling for doctoral students. Graduate students get practice in counseling and supervision while continuing their own…

Analyzes the metaphorical nature of scientific research papers. Reviews 89 journal articles from the top 400 most-cited documents for the period 1945-88. Show how these articles demonstrate metaphorical constructions in a variety of forms. Provides numerous examples for each mode of metaphor. (HB)

Describes how the development of the National Science Education Standards occurred within a political context and through a process with political aspects and political intents. Contains 25 references. (DDR)

This article suggests how traditional approaches to policy inquiry can be reconsidered in light of the research inquiry and communicative skills needed by all policy researchers. A 15-year review of both policy and discourse processes research suggests ways to conduct policy studies within a communicative framework. (Author/SLD)

Used the PsycLIT database to study six methods of computing the scholarly productivity of authors. Findings for 323 counseling-psychology faculty indicate the advisability of using simple publication totals, because the psychometric properties of more labor-intensive methods are not known, and ethical guidelines for including coauthors are neither…

Discusses the use of women researchers' birth names or hyphenated birth and marriage names in professional publications. Examines publication policies which can inhibit dissemination of their published works as well as impact on tenure and promotion decision. Offers suggestions to improve indexing of their research. (MMU)

Explores the role of research in the educational reform process by examining two research-informed professional development programs focusing on changing teachers' beliefs and practices. The Cognitively Guided Instruction program and the Integrating Mathematics Assessment projects provide contexts for examining the influence of teachers' knowledge…

Expands the debate over the conflicts between cognitive theory and situated learning from theoretical considerations, to include concerns of educators engaged in classroom-based research and instructional design in collaboration with teachers. Considers the treatments of meaning and instructional goals from the perspectives of cognitive theory and…

Discusses the contributions of Arthur Jensen to the study of intelligence and considers his writings on the topic of racial differences in scores on tests of intelligence. Concludes with a discussion of his work on the correlates of the "g" vector (general intelligence factor). (Author/SLD)

Describes seminars in which researchers reported their findings to the high school teachers whose classes they studied. Interprets the experience from three orientations: different school cultures, the research team's role, and teacher power. (SK)

Discussion of the need for more educational researchers of color considers trends in the numbers of education doctorates awarded, the relatively few black individuals with doctorates who go into research, and possible reasons for this lack, including lower salaries in higher education than in public education administration. (DB)