This article calls for a more intimate relation between industry and academia. It discusses the essential features of the U.S. research and development system, looking at characteristics of industrial research and of academic research as they might affect a partnership. (author/BB)

Reviews 40 years of organizational studies from a micro perspective representing the author's roots in psychology. The field's major accomplishment is its interdisciplinarity. Organizational studies helped put organizational management under critical scrutiny and demonstrate the futility of devising simplistic solutions to organizational and…

Suggests a more functional pair of categories than "basic" and "applied" to describe the purposes for which research in vocational education is and should be conducted. Explores implications for research management of the proposed categories. (Author/JOW)

Reviewed both theoretical foundation and therapeutic implications of psychodrama, therapy using theatrical principles as clients act out problems. Used social psychological and psychodramatic perspectives to evaluate psychodrama research in areas of therapeutic strategies, case illustration reports, and controlled research. Results suggest need…

The need for research in computerized career guidance is pervasive. It is an expression of developers' needs to make sense of their work, to clarify what they are doing, to guide them in constructing and implementing a model, to observe the consequences and efficacy of a system, and to provide feedback. (JOW)

Presents an alternative architecture for intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) that is based on (1) the understanding/explanation process for tutoring and (2) the learner-tutor duality. Learner and tutor models are explained, knowledge types are described, and suggestions for further work are given. (18 references) (LRW)

A literature review was organized by three theories: career as life process, as individual agency, and as meaning-making. Although the objective career is a major component, subjective meaning-making plays a significant role in career development. Understanding of career development should integrate several perspectives. (SK)

Attendees at a symposium and a survey of 40 researchers and leaders identified a macroagenda for technology education research, what would be ideal, and existing roadblocks. Highest-rated topics included integration, technology education as general education, rationale, effectiveness in delivering technological literacy, nature of and need for…

Discussion of computer-based simulations for business focuses on adding transparency through system dynamics techniques. Describes an experiment that evaluated the relevance and the effects of providing structural transparency to users of business simulators and suggests further research. (Contains 51 references.) (LRW)

The reliance of comprehension processes on knowledge to form explanatory inferences has been well established (Grasser, Singer, & Trabasso, 1994), yet the evidence that supports these studies is derived from sentence pairs that are largely unexamined. While some recent studies have suggested that the stimulus sentences utilized in comprehension…

This is the second in a two-part special issue on the nation's research agenda on violence against women (VAW). As introduced in Part 1, this special issue is not the definitive word on what the nation's research agenda should be, nor is it the final critique on the current state of research in this critical area. Rather, this special issue is an…

Two developments have contributed to the convergence of views about the benefits of real-life and inquiry-based pedagogies in mathematics learning. First, the mathematics teaching community is increasingly focused on the learning of mathematics that involves the transfer of prior knowledge to novel problem-solving situations, a key element in…

This study evaluated the impact of a curriculum called the Early Literacy Skills Builder on the language and early literacy skills of students with significant developmental disabilities. Students in the control group received the ongoing sight word and picture instruction prescribed by their individualized education programs. Results indicate…

"Strategy instruction" is quickly becoming one of the most common--and perhaps the most commonly misunderstood--components of adolescent literacy research and practice. In this essay, veteran teacher educator Mark Conley argues that a particular type of strategy instruction known as cognitive strategy instruction holds great promise for improving…

A strong base of research is needed to guide investments in teacher professional development (PD). This article considers the status of research on PD and articulates a particular direction for future work. Little is known about whether PD can have a positive impact on achievement when a program is delivered across a range of typical settings and…