Discusses data gathered from study assessing library users' behavior and perceptions of reference transaction. Characteristics of reference clientele (address, age, education), questions asked, answers given (type, source, length of time spent), relationships between variables, and cost of reference service are highlighted. Instructions and forms…

Describes an experiment in which 21 first-year university students were trained in study techniques, then followed through their first examination. When their examination results were compared with those of control groups, statistically significant differences were found, indicating that elaborate study skills can be learned and may facilitate…

Suggests a methodological framework for study of the feminization process as it has affected the professionalization of librarianship. Highlights include first generation of women in librarianship (United States, France); indicators of social status (women, librarianship); and a comparative chronology of women in librarianship (United States,…

Provides an integrative review of experimental treatment studies on the teaching of composition in the past two decades. Assesses the effectiveness of different modes of instruction and different focuses of instruction. Outlines the implications of the results for policy at local, state, and national levels and for future research. (RDN)

This research article concentrates on two major aspects of an investigation of communication patterns in four Brazilian universities during 1979/80: internal communication patterns in regard to library and campus community (user manuals, orientation activities); and external communication patterns between university library and other libraries in…

Data from 44 studies were mathematically integrated to determine the effect of grade-level retention on elementary and/or junior high school pupils. Grand means and effect sizes of dependent variable measures, including academic achievement and personal adjustment, were calculated. Outcomes for promoted pupils were more positive than for retained…

This study shows that a one-credit library research course designed around workbook/exercise module and bibliography assignment helps students learn library skills and results in improved attitude toward library. Pre/post tests were administered to experimental and control groups to assess skill and attitude level. Test and semantic differential…

Contradictions in the literature abound concerning Franz Cizek's role in fostering creative art. Researchers should turn to student recollections to determine what Franz Cizek's contribution to art education really was. A former Cizek student who today is prominent in design work is interviewed. (RM)

Examines flaws in the literature of dialect interference, examines the seven correlates of Patrick Hartwell's print code hypothesis and finds them wanting or uninstructive, and sets forth suggestions for a more sophisticated study of this issue. (HOD)

Professional librarians were subjects for an exploratory study which used a model to test two hypotheses examining whether use of assertiveness by subordinates is associated with desired leader behavior. Findings suggest people's assertiveness is not related to their perception of their leader's behavior or their own role stress. (Sixty-three…

Discusses the application of meta analysis to six areas of science education research and notes the absence in all of the research of any substantial reference to the act of reading. (AEA)

Presents results of an analytical study of interlibrary loan borrowing in a public school system during first semester of 1981-82 school year. Methodology, sources of data, results (general patterns of use, types of requests, subject distribution of requests, "fill rates," student requests), and implications are discussed. Nineteen…

Reviews the history and conclusions of school effectiveness research, which focuses on student achievement, and of school improvement research, which emphasizes educational innovation per se; analyzes the methodologies of these two lines of inquiry. Distills from both bodies of literature seven school characteristics that constitute excellence.…

Presents results of two equivalent questionnaires distributed to college faculty and students to determine if faculty expectations of student library use differed from students' perceptions of their actual use; and if expectations and use were affected by college division, student class level, or class level taught. (Author/EJS)

Explores the relationship between geography and comparative education and recommends that researchers employ modern behavioral geographic techniques in their work. The author concludes that comparative education researchers should show increased concern with peoples' perceptions of their environments. A bibliography on the geography of education…