Analyzed is the program effectiveness of the 2-year HELP Campaign conducted in Minnesota in order to inform handicapped persons about services and vocational rehabilitation available. (CB)

Program learning and contingency management are two approaches designed to prepare prisoners for college. Academic performance of Newgate students has been high. In a quarterly supplement to Educational Technology Magazine. (GR)

The first of a three part series, this article reviews the complex mechanisms for dispersing federal funds for R & D, how federal agencies decide which projects to support, and the use of various types of experts in evaluation of proposals. (Author/TS)

Indexed by subject matter, 100 research studies are summarized under a general outline of purpose, method and sources, and summary of findings. (MU)

A description of a project which was successful in developing instructional materials useful in the inservice development of science supervisors. (AK)

Helpful hints concerning the protocol for submission of a proposal. (GB)

Research shows that appropriate gestures, either discrete or continuous, substantially enhance speechreading performance and that inappropriate gestures reduce speechreading performance. (Author/KW)

Describes characteristics of computer assisted educational research (CAER) system. CAER provides a practical and feasible means of automating mundane aspects of educational research, such as selecting a problem, designing the study, and analyzing data providing the researcher time for more rewarding activities. (EK)

Reviews and evaluates the past three attempts at organizing NSF's applied research programs, the Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) in 1977, the Applied Science and Research Applications in 1978, and the Engineering and Applied Science Directorate in 1979. Discusses the National Technology Foundation now being proposed. (CS)