This study tested the feasibility and appropriateness of the process of further developing and strengthening available curricular materials along specified dimensions in an elementary school social studies unit. (DAG)

Describes a college level exercise in physics for measuring the earth's resistivity. (SL)

Focuses on specific problems of being a female field researcher in relation to general methodological issues such as the establishment and maintenance of rapport and research relationships. Observations from twelve research studies are used to exemplify these problems. (Author/AM)

Describes observation research conducted by the author in a state institution for the mentally retarded. Discusses the moral and ethical dilemmas that occurred when the author witnessed routine abuse to patients by the institution's attendants. (BSR)

Willard Waller fused social theory and field observation techniques. In work still relevant 55 years after its appearance, he viewed school in its societal context. This study develops a theory of schooling based on his work and that of his successors. (LHW)

The methodology of participant observation in evaluation research is described. The author cites examples of its use and includes references to additional sources of information. The characteristics of participant observation, appropriate circumstances for use, and specific techniques of this method are examined. (Author/DWH)

This paper deals with use of field research in an investigation of diffusion and use of information in environment of working poor. Highlights include discussion of field research and identification of conceptual themes (gaining entry, field researcher's role, anxiety in field research, rapport, reciprocity, empathy, maturity). Forty references…

Intended for use in introductory college-level physical geography courses, this self-guided field exercise involves students in searching their immediate environment for examples of fourth-order landforms that are replicas of large landforms. (RM)

A method of contour-line mapping using small contour intervals and a large scale is appropriate in teaching several mapping principles and requires use of a few, simple tools and elementary mathematics. (Author)

Students who undertook field studies of soil before the related laboratory work performed better on a posttest than students using the opposite sequence. (AL)

Describes techniques for studying historic changes in climate by analysis of pollen preserved in peat bogs. Illustrates the methodology and data analysis techniques by reference to results from English research. (AL)

Describes the use of capture-recapture techniques to estimate the population of taxis in Liverpool and demonstrates the points of similarity to animal population estimation. Considers advantages of studying taxis rather than organisms in introductory studies of the techniques. (AL)