A number of recommendations are set forth with the purpose of moving toward greater comparability of research results and more efficient accumulation of knowledge. These recommendations include more precise definitions of variables and samples, the inclusion of marker variables, and a review of the literature to plan alignment of new studies with…

There is no more fundamental right in our system than the right of privacy--the right to be let alone. Current trends lead to a major assault on this right, and one of the great tests of the viability of our system is its ability to preserve this right in the face of increasing complexity and increasing needs for control. As part of the scientific…

A status report on research in outdoor education needs to be written, including the establishment of research priorities, strategies to upgrade both research quality and researcher skills, and strategies for using research to improve outdoor education programs. (MJB)

An historic contextualization of the development of educational anthropology provides the frame from within which extant theoretical and methodological issues are critically delimited. Possibilities for future areas of activity and concern are explored, and specific recommendations for future directions are presented (Author)

Reviews research on the context of writing and the composing process, and suggests further research questions, which need to be answered. (DD)

The clinical supervision cycle is divided into various segments (preobservation cycle, observation, postobservation analysis, postobservation conference, postobservation conference analysis), and the research needs for each of these stages is detailed. The need for evaluating the cycle in terms of student outcomes is stressed. (MJB)

Illustrates how path analysis can be used to test implied or inherent causal models in language. (DD)

This essay recounts the controversy triggered by Senator William Proxmire's public criticism of the "love research" proposed by Ellen Bercheid and Elaine Walster to the National Science Foundation. (Author)

Three major propositions discussed in this article include: (1) There are two major obstacles to research influencing educational practice in the long term. (2) These are the pragmatic-practical notion that research should pay off and that it should be relevant to contemporary social and educational problems. (Author/AM)

Reviews research in adult education in Finland and calls for research development. Areas needing research, as identified by the research section of the Adult Education Council, are listed: (1) managing work life changes, (2) efficiency and effectiveness of adult education, (3) teaching and learning problems, and (4) structure and organization of…

Notes that deaths from natural and technological disasters are increasing in United States. Reviews key findings in areas of vulnerability to natural hazards, disaster behavior and risk perception, societal concern over technological hazard, and social-psychological effects of disasters. Calls for research examining the role of media and measuring…

Illustrates current status of thanatological research by examining the most popular line of empirical investigation (death anxiety as assessed by self-report scales) and the most sweeping theoretical approach yet proposed (Freud's death instinct). Notes that the most popular vein of research and most spectacular theory have almost no relationship…

The research base for computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is disturbingly small, with serious obstacles that limit much of the research's relevance to the practitioner. Practitioners and researchers must expand this research base to fully explore the many uses of CALL in the field. (CB))

Reviews and critiques existing research on the effects of training design, trainee, and work environment factors on conditions of transfer of training. Identifies research gaps including needs to test various operationalizations of training impact on transfer and to develop framework for conducting research on effects of trainee characteristics on…

Discusses "state of the art" of research in experiential education, gap between researchers and practitioners, and current practices and problems. Suggests refocusing attention in interpretive phase of research and evaluation and use of multimethod, multivariate approach. (NEC)