Surveys the literature on adult education history available in Africa. Discusses research needs, problems, and prospects for educational history researchers. (CH)

Synthesizes the research and discussion concerning the nature and quality of the connection between education and employment, and highlights the critical questions which appear to have guided this body of inquiry. Concludes with a discussion of methodological considerations and a critique of current research practice. (Author/BL)

Presents friendly advice to potential authors and researchers on basic conceptual and operational mistakes commonly made in the most recent 100 manuscripts reviewed by the author. (MS)

Survey results indicated many students are not well trained in procedures that are commonly used in counseling psychology research and that the present level of training attenuates the quality of research in counseling psychology. Research competencies and curricular modifications that will aid the acquisition of those competencies are proposed.…

A rethinking of the nature of the differences between three theories of educational administration (Greenfield, Griffiths, and Willower) serves as a departure point for considering a redirection of research into administrators and their work using concepts from the psychology of leadership. (Author/PGD)

Introduces a special, 20th-anniversary issue of "Urban Affairs Quarterly." Raises questions concerning the journal's function; the major factors affecting American urban areas; trends and projections for the future; significant policy initiatives; and research needs regarding cities and policymaking. (KH)

Reviewed behavioral and industrial relations literature on grievances, and raised serious methodological, theoretical, and ethical questions. Given existing threats to traditional grievance systems, basic research, especially program evaluation, on proposed structural and behavior variants of grievance procedures is necessary. (JAC)

Major research opportunities and needs are expected by the National Science Foundation in six areas of information science: models of adaptive information processing, learning, searching, and recognition; knowledge resource systems, particularly intelligent systems; user-system interaction; augmentation of human information processing tasks;…

Identifies three global areas for reserach study: (a) clinical studies, (b) counselor training investigation, and (c) evaluation. Issues such as competency, informed consent, confidentiality and privacy, cooptation and manipulation, no treatment controls, validity and generalizability of results, and authorship are discussed. (Author/BL)

Rebutt's Dell's paper (1986) which laments the lack of conversation among pioneers in family therapy. The author, a pioneer himself, feels this generation of family therapists is bored and do not appreciate the process of development in the field. History of family therapy is reviewed in this context. (Author/ABL)

Research and research needs on the peer relationships of hyperactive children are reviewed. Among topics studied are negative perceptions by peers and disruptive classroom behavior. Topics which need to be addressed include effects of age, sex, and cognitive deficits on relations. (CL)

A dozen schemes proposing to classify research questions are surveyed, analyzed, and applied to the understanding and practice of inquiry. The extent to which these schemes account for questions found in educational journals is estimated. Principles and issues are identified to stimulate work on the classification of research questions. (Author/BS)

This article summarizes the properties of binomial and multinomial logit models, reviews applications of these models in recreation, and provides guidance to the technical literature on estimation techniques. Recommendations for improving models of recreation choice are offered. (DF)

In response to Morrow's (CS 731 019) reflections on dialect interference, the author notes that those who want to find dialect interference in writing will always find it, and those who look for complex cultural codes will find those too. (HOD)

Considered three methods of identifying Primary Representational System (PRS)--an interview, a word list, and a self-report--in a study of 120 college students. Results suggested the three methods offer little to counselors either collectively or individually. Results did not validate the PRS construct, suggesting the need for further research.…