Addresses these questions: To what end is evidence sought? What is the nature of evidence? What kinds of evidence are valued by the nursing profession? and What kinds of evidence should underlie clinical decision making? (Contains 28 references.) (SK)

Provides an historical background for evidence-based practice and methods for assimilating research into practice. Information searching, systematic reviews, and other decision-making models are discussed using specific questions for establishing policy guidelines. Stresses the need for evidence-based practice implementing the best-known practices…

Highlights relationships between theory and practice and the genesis of professional action in clinical nursing and among researchers. Suggests that clinical nurses learn from context, including each other, and are active producers of knowledge, not merely recipients. Concludes there is no research-practice gap as argued in the dominant barrier…

Area of expertise (AOE) teams are more permanent, self-directed, integrative, and empowered with resources than traditionally organized teams. Using the AOE team approach in Michigan Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station has improved capacity to deliver educational programs. (SK)

A survey of Scottish registered nurses (680 of 936 responded) revealed a correlation between higher education levels and their use of research in practice. Nurses who read at least one journal regularly, had more study leave, or attended research classes also had higher levels of research use. (SK)

Explores how multimedia records, especially digital video, can enhance the analysis and presentation of research findings and can facilitate mixed-method research designs. Draws analogies between mixing methods and mixing technologies. (Author/SLD)

In this article, the author makes a case for a greater understanding of Native research and how the academy can learn from it to become more sensitive to the concerns of the research constituencies. How academics handle the intellectual property that results from their research is also critical. What they make public and what they decide is better…

This report discusses the most relevant issues concerning using student test results in OECD countries. Initially the report provides an overview of how student test results are reported in OECD countries and how stakeholders in these countries use and perceive of the results. The report then reviews the literature relating to using student test…

State education data systems have often been described as data rich but information poor. Historically, these systems were created for compliance purposes and, therefore, designed and managed as information technology projects, but a culture change is under way. Educators and other stakeholders are beginning to value data as a tool to inform…

Communication, both formal and informal, between social scientists and three audiences other than their colleagues -- the public at large, policy-makers, and sponsors of research -- is discussed. (JH)

This guide contains 15 articles that discuss materials to be used for ethnohistorical research; the guide also serves as a textbook for courses on ethnohistory and related subjects. The articles are: "The Anthropological Use of Historic Documents" (D. Wiedman); "Public Documents as Primary Sources for Ethnohistorical Research: The…

Describes recent increased interest in the licensing of technology from universities to industry. Licensing has been traditionally discouraged in universities due to tenure policy and other faculty inducements which foster the earliest possible disclosure of new developments in a manner that often makes subsequent patents and licensing impossible.…

Responds to a recent article, on the grounds that the author does not acknowledge that the R&D model is controversial and dated, does not pay adequate attention to political variables, and ignores basic shortcomings of the R&D model. (Author)

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT, IN SPITE OF THE FAVORABLE ATTITUDE TOWARD SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, A GAP EXISTS BETWEEN THE INITIATION OF AN INNOVATION AND ITS WIDE ACCEPTANCE. TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP, TEACHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY RESEARCH FINDINGS TO CLASSROOM PRACTICE AND TO DETERMINE THEIR FEASIBILITY. SIXTEEN STUDIES ON COMPREHENSION CITED IN THIS ARTICLE…