The authors review nineteen evaluations and reports dealing with alternative schools, examining the structure of the research, findings, and recommendations. In an examination of the research methodology, weaknesses are described and suggestions for improving the quality of future research are made. (MJB)

A wide variety of methods have been employed in attempting to measure attitudes toward death. This paper presents a critical overview of the methods currently available. Sample items and normative data, as well as considerations for measurement selection, are presented. (Author)

Ecological violations, observer problems, and intrusions of real world phenomena are discussed in relation to observations of family interaction in home settings. (Author/SB)

Presents a theoretical discussion of the role of cohort effects in the study of human development. The paper examines three problems associated with cohort analysis. These involve the interrelated problems of defining boundaries, defining distinctive experiences, and analyzing typical response patterns. (BD)

This critique points out weaknesses regarding the test measures used by Munsinger and Douglass and questions the validity of these measures for the ages of the children used in their study. (JMB)

Cross cultural psychology is considered as a methodological strategy, as a means of evaluating hypotheses of unicultural origins with evidence of more panhuman relevance, and as a means of developing new theoretical psychological phenomena. (Author)

Shows that the variables "educational level" and "low personal involvement" can predict "no opinion" and "don't know" responses in polls. (RL)

Discusses security problems associated with the open publication of research relating to "unsolvable" codes. (SL)

This paper suggests that, at present, a science of natural developmental processes does not exist because few studies are concerned with development as it transpires in naturalistic environments and because truly developmental data are not collected or analyzed. (Author/JMB)

The activities of a research working group are described. The investigators from several institutions coordinate their work on space and geometry. Underlying assumptions of the group and issues faced by it are described. (SD)

It is argued that research settings should be chosen with the whole experimental design in mind and that the availability of appropriate controls (groups or occasions for observation) should be as important as the suitability of the treatment group. (Author/AM)

The intent of this paper is to demonstrate that the standard age effect in analysis of variance provides an ineffective means of assessing developmental change when several age levels are involved and a roughly monotonic trend can be expected. (Author)

States that educational researchers have very little knowledge that they know for certain. Provides an overview of the relationship between research and philosophy, addressing three questions: (1) What is real in education? (2) What can be known about educational reality? (3) What is the relationship between educational research and what we know…