A review of research on handwriting and a call for additional research on the subject. (DD)

Briefly reviews the history of and current debate on sex differences in morality, and addresses some important issues raised by Gilligan and Attanucci (1988) related to sex bias in Kohlberg's stage theory. Underscores the political and psychological significance of Gilligan's ideas, and presents a demand for theory-driven research to substantiate…

The authors clarify factors affecting contemporary nursing research, including the need for definitions of nursing, practice, and institution. They predict future trends in nursing research. (CH)

Focuses on identifying the leading contributors to "Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development" from October 1979 to April 1984 in terms of both authors and institutions, examining the content of the articles and the type of articles and providing a descriptive profile of the articles, including average page lengths and average number of…

Evaluated the first eleven years of experimental research (1973-1983) publications, with a focus on forensic psychology, that were cited in Psychological Abstracts. Results indicate: a paucity of experimental research; a significant difference between empirical and nonempirical publications; and a transition from descriptive to correlational and…

The field of family therapy has entered a period characterized by a considerable absence of conversation. Proposes that there be an annual working conference, founded on conversation and dialogue, which would examine the core issues of the field, and that the papers and discussions at each conference be published as an annual monograph.…

An analysis of the incidence of mandatory retirement and its economic rationale suggests that the question is becoming a nonissue, given the introduction of pension rules allowing more flexible early retirement and the resulting small, declining numbers of workers now affected by age ceilings. (Author/AG)

Although Congress did not implement an 1849 plan similar to President Nixon's recent proposal for rewards to stimulate innovations in areas of public concern, all of the inventions thought necessary at that time have now been made. (AL)

The author suggests that we should try to divert a little of our time and energy away from maintaining the vast educational apparatus that we have created, towards the task of obtaining vantage points from which the longer term choices that face us can be identified, and the significance of present day decisions in relation to these choices…

Discusses research questions surrounding the central issues of nutrition education. Emphasizes that nutrition educators and researchers need to be aware of developments in related health and must be willing to utilize theoretical models derived from the social sciences. (Canadian Home Economics Association, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Canada K1P…

Professionals in nine education specialty areas ranked educational journals by perceived degree of importance. The data were used to analyze degrees of similarity among the areas. Results suggested that education specialty areas are nonoverlapping and noninterdependent and that the field of education is more a mosaic of specialties than a unified…

A review of the 1982 Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf titled "Microcomputers in Education of the Hearing Impaired" is presented. The author recommends that research be coordinated with curriculum efforts. (Author)

Implementation of high-quality early childhood education programs in African-American communities is seen as one response to promoting and perpetuating biculturalism in African Americans. Characteristics of this cultural transition system are described and issues that need to be addressed by the educational research and development community are…