This research review synthesizes the findings of eight studies (1965-1969) of educational research, development, and dissemination (RD&D) training programs. The review has five sections: 1) purposes and components of RD&D training programs; 2) curriculums of programs other than doctoral level, i.e., post-doctoral programs, sub-doctoral…

Since 1966 the Chemical Society Research Unit in Information Dissemination and Retrieval at the University of Nottingham has been evaluating the use of "Chemical Titles" (CT) and "Chemical-Biological Activities" (CBAC) as current awareness services. Early results of this evaluation led to the Students' Chemical Information…

Part II of the Students' Chemical Information Project (SCIP), designed to spread the use of computer-based information services among research scientists and technologists, contains details of the project operations, statistics, results of questionnaires and research reports from liaison scientists (See LI 002 562 for Part I). Chapter I: Operation…

This report describes a 1-week institute designed to upgrade research and evaluation skills of persons associated with PL 89-10 Title I and Title III projects. The institute's objectives were to illustrate and provide experience in: (1) operationalizing objectives of instructional programs; (2) designing projects with appropriate controls to allow…

Research directed toward providing information to be used to improve the social environment of the disadvantaged has been prejudiced by various concerns and power plays in funding agencies. These agencies have a mixture of motives and concerns, efficiency, surveillance, fund allocation, and adherence to national programs. On the other hand,…

The amount of research space required in higher education depends first upon the level of activity devoted to research by those who participate, and second upon the type of academic program involved, e.g. humanities, social sciences, engineering. Knowledge of numbers, of faculty as well as of graduate students, is vital to achieve meaningful space…

The Fifth Annual Report of the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching covers the following: a) the center's program; b) a descriptive overview of the center; c) center resume; d) program and project register; e) Program 03, The Environment for Teaching; f) Program 04, Teaching the Disadvantaged; g) Program 05, Heuristic Teaching;…

The purpose of this training workbook is to provide the user with an understanding of Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) sufficient to allow him to identify situations in which it can increase the credibility and the statistical power of the analysis. The module provides a conceptual, nonmathematical overview of the purposes of ANCOVA. The…

The entire second volume of this report consists of tables based on the study reported in Volume 1. (Volume 1 is available as LI 003082) (NH)

To insure the most accurate research, it is necessary to have teams of scientists from the culture being studied and from a contrasting culture. The indigenous members of the team provide a sensitivity to nuances of meaning and interpretations of intent of behavior that cannot easily be recognized by an outsider. The outsider team members will…

A SUMMER PROGRAM IN THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS WAS HELD AND ITS RESULTS REPORTED. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER USAGE, PREPARATION OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS, SPECIAL TOPICS, AND INDEPENDENT STUDY WERE DISCUSSED. TO AID IN THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM, EACH OF THE 30 PARTICIPANTS ANSWERED A QUESTIONNAIRE…

This paper presents three examples of nonparametric statistical tests that can aid certain decision-making processes in the community college by using basic student data to separate "scientific" decision-making from "opinion" decision-making. A brief example of each test in a decision-making situation is related to illustrate…

Reviews the empirical literature on the question of whether teaching and research are mutually supportive concluding that it provides an ambiguous answer with recent studies suggesting negative relationships. Reports another study which suggests that teaching and research tend to be mutually supportive, especially at schools where research is not…

The authors respond to criticism of their review of "Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress." They make further objections to the book's research design, compare various "teaching styles" studies, and suggest that the studies' findings are due to different amounts of time devoted to subjects by teachers with different objectives. (MF)

Outlines four common functions of the institutional researcher at community colleges: conducting and coordinating institutional research, including descriptive, evaluative, operational, and policy research; assisting staff and community with research activities; collecting and disseminating research information; and participating in institutional…