The Human Genome Project, an effort to sequence all the DNA of a human cell, is needed to better understand the behavior of chromosomes during cell division, with the ultimate goal of understanding the specific genes contributing to specific diseases and disabilities. (MSE)

This paper reviews hypotheses suggesting psychological, behavioral, physiological, or neurochemical factors as causes of self-injury in individuals with severe/profound mental retardation. A compulsive behavior hypothesis is introduced, suggesting that self-injury occurs with cerebral dysfunction is compulsive, may occur in the context of a…

Explores the advantages of a shift in focus in career counseling research that would put research more in keeping with the counselor's genuine interest in the individual client. Contends that both qualitative and quantitative information about clients should be published, and that each should be perceived as offering valuable information to the…

Reviews caregiving literature, focusing on current limitations and future directions for study in areas of sampling and research design. Suggests ways to refine sampling procedures and to more carefully define what caregiver is. Suggests dyadic measurements of caregiver, elder, and family. Notes that, in examining progressive phenomenon such as…

Analyzes adult education research in Zambia and looks at how it has been undertaken and what else needs to be done. Highlights the paucity of research and the weaknesses in what has been completed. (JOW)

Discusses the theory of collaboration and measures of collaboration. Variables for collaborative measures are considered, principles are formulated that good collaborative measures should satisfy, examples and practical calculations are presented, and further problems for research are suggested. (nine references) (LRW)

Summarizes a study showing that a group of midwestern elementary and secondary principals had similar priorities for selecting teachers, regardless of the desired position level. Higher selection priorities (enthusiasm for teaching, communication skills, and interviewer's evaluation) were preferred over lower priorities (reference information,…

Discussion of data quality examines five approaches to defining data in the literature; considers criteria of adequacy; proposes a modeling activity; discusses the most important dimensions of data quality, including accuracy, precision and reliability, currentness, completeness, and consistency; and suggests further research. (Contains 44…

If vocational education is to have an impact in preparing students for the workplace of the future, an important consideration will be whether the curriculum can have an impact in the development of values needed by employers and by society. Research is needed to provide a sound foundation for this curriculum. (Contains 71 references.) (Author)

Examines several areas to contribute to the development of a poetry therapy practice research model: research models, specificity and replication, poetry selection, studies in practice research, professional issues, and the identification of directions for future research. (SR)

Outlines a research agenda for family and consumer sciences based on Thurow's five economic forces shaping the future and how they will affect consumers: (1) end of communism; (2) shift to "brainpower" industries; (3) demographic changes; (4) global economy; and (5) no dominant world power. (SK)

Argues that the field of moral psychology is theoretically skewed and lacks a comprehensive model of moral functioning and a compelling conception of moral excellence. Contends that common language understandings of moral maturity are inherently interesting because they affect everyday moral functioning. Concludes that disjunctions between…

Efforts to reduce ambiguity by linking school community to clearly defined indicators may be short-sighted. Multiple meanings linked with "community" reflect a certain richness and should be explored and understood, not reduced or eliminated. Analyzing administrators' language reveals a coherent subject needing further research…

Describes eight areas for potential research in technology education: technological literacy, conceptions/misconceptions of technology, perceptions of technology, technology and creativity, gender in technology classrooms, curriculum change, integration of technology and other subjects, and the work of technology teachers. Encourages new research…

Considers aspects of knowledge management that have the potential to enhance human-performance-technology research and practice. Topics include intellectual capital; learning organization versus organizational learning; the importance of epistemology; the relationship of knowledge, learning, and performance; knowledge creation; socio-technical…