A study is proposed to address five questions about the interrelationship of instructional intent and film form and style: (1) What are the stylistic elements within the teaching film, and how are these elements used to present epistemological content? (2) Does the instructional component of the teaching film take on a formal or stylistic function…

The relation of research to politics is described in three stages: (1) securing the contract in response to a request for proposals (RFP) format; (2) conducting the actual field research on site and in a university setting; and (3) securing final sign off on the completed research product. A second purpose of this paper is to compare the…

The U.S. Office of Education is undertaking a program of research and development designed to reach the following objective: 100% of all persons not in permanent care institutions must pass, by age 10, a criterion-referenced test which is predictive of competent performance on a set of adult reading tasks selected to have favorable returns to the…

The stated central theme of this report is that the National Institute of Education give first priority to questions of efficiency in the supply of educational services. A tripartite definition of efficiency is proposed and explained: economic, technological, and social. The report is organized around discussions of some impediments to the…

Discusses the formation of the Committee on Mass Communication and Political Behavior by the Social Science Research Council in 1974. Describes the committee's proposal to alleviate the need for broad-gaged coordinated studies covering the entire process and range of the media-political spectrum. (MH)

An outline for proposal preparation is offered as one of the crucial aspects of grantsmanship. The accompanying bibliography provides additional information on sources of grant funds and proposal writing. (JMF)

Several major sources of information regarding grants and funding available are offered to assist researchers attempting to secure foundation grants. (JMF)

Presents guidelines for health educators to follow in their quest for funding health-related programs and research including sources of funding and suggestions for proposal writing. (JMF)

Provides a list of 132 programs administered by the Office of Education covering every level and aspect of education and the funds appropriated by Congress for fiscal 1978 in support of them. Programs are presented in categories or groupings that indicate whether they serve individuals or institutions, and the nature of their support. (JMF)

Expands Elihu Katz's proposals for social research on broadcasting with suggestions for "decentering" the media, studying the effects of society on the media, and looking at what researchers do to, for, and against television and its viewers. (JMF)

Reported is a study of the activities and performance of institutional review boards to protect human research subjects. Institutional review boards had some direct impact on half of the proposals reviewed. The data raised questions about the effectiveness of some review board action. (Author/MP)

This paper conceptualizes lifetime marital experience in the form of a summary flowchart approach which highlights the longitudinal dimension and captures the dynamics of lifetime marital experience which are absent from previous research based on census data and vital statistics records. (Author)

Suggestions and ideas culled from interviews and conversations with federal officials reviewing applications for funds from local school districts. (Author)

Reviews literature on riot participation and advocates an alternate focus for future studies which acknowledges variation in riot behavior and which focuses on interactional environments of individuals prior to and during civil disorders. (RJ)