Discusses a project in which quantitative and qualitative methodologies were combined in an evaluation of the High School Education Law Project (HELP) in Australia. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation were combined in several aspects of the study including field testing of preliminary versions of HELP materials, further evaluation work on…

Comparative adult education is a fairly new discipline, but one which contains a degree of immediacy lacking in other fields. Graduate study and research in the discipline are necessary so that national educational systems can benefit from international experience. (SK)

Notes that guidelines for funding new secondary reading programs are needed and that research is needed to help prepare the guidelines. Cites and discusses pertinent research. (JT)

Classification is the taxonomic science in which a system of categories is established and in which the categories have some logical structure. Scientific classifications have included those by Aristotle, Linnaeus, and Lavoisier. Educational taxonomies include those developed by Bloom, Herbart, Dewey, and Piaget. The problems of taxonomy…

The authors clarify the definition of cognitive styles and identify important areas of concern in the field. (MJB)

Based on available evidence, it appears reasonable to assume that the psychological and social consequences of becoming a father during adolescence are the same as those more traditionally associated with adolescent motherhood. (Author)

Presents three pages on the relationship between teaching and the writing of history. Conclusions are that teachers involved in historiography better understand their students; writing history and teaching history are two steps of the same process; and the relationship between history as it is written and taught is tenuous to students. (Author/KC)

The middle years of life have been neglected by educational psychology. There is a need for more, better, and better-understood psychological data so that learning can be enhanced in this age group. This issue of "Contemporary Educational Psychology" addresses five relevant questions about adult learning. (Author/RD)

Discusses the problem of defining "open" school programs; reviews four instruments (Walberg and Thomas rating scale and teacher questionnaire, Barth Scale, Dimensions of Schooling questionnaire, and the Personal Record of School Experience) that can access the degree of openness of schools; also makes recommendations for further research. (DS)

Examines the controversy facing third world nations regarding whether it is preferable to continue to rely heavily on the importation of scientific and technical knowledge from foreign sources or to create conditions for generating such knowledge locally. (Author/DB)

Uses the case of revision as an example of how the artificial segmentation of the composition process into stages has created perceptual boundaries for composition teachers and researchers. (DD)

Describes the results of a systematic survey of ten years' issues of "Research in the Teaching of English" and suggests areas of research which still need to be explored. (DD)

Expresses the opinions of several successful research scientists towards research. All agree that, while the thrill of discovery is essential to science, excitement competes increasingly with the frustrations of big science. There is a belief that the spirit of science is thwarted by activities such as grantsmanship games. (MA)

The position that field organizing paradigms need not be agreed upon by science education researchers to provide meaningful research is defended. Research needs identified by the author include: constructing adequate operational definitions; making raw data available; cross standardization of measuring instruments; and encouraging PhD candidates…

In response to S. A. Cohen's paper on research problems in learning disabilities (LD), the author agrees that much research has shown inconsistent and inconclusive results, points out conceptual inadequacies in LD research, stresses the need to define the research population, and differentiates between constructs and behaviors. (DB)