Provides information on mental health of Mexican-American adolescents, with emphasis on prevalence of mental health disorders, service delivery, and utilization. Outlines agenda for research on this group. Topics include epidemiology of mental health disorders (stressing longitudinal studies, service delivery, and utilization); developmental…

Investigates the role of information retrieval in the enhancement from database management to knowledge base management and considers the relationship between information retrieval and artificial intelligence. Highlights include unstructured databases; storage of internal forms of documents; an example with relational database operations; and…

Describes a study that investigated the opinions of distance educators and practitioners in Australia regarding the availability of research information, areas in which research efforts should be concentrated, and the order of priority to be given to research areas in distance education. (LRW)

Discusses user preferences for the representation, interpretation, and measurement of the relevance or usefulness of retrieved documents. Highlights include measurement of user judgments on documents; distance between rankings; measures of retrieval effectiveness; normalized performance measure; and the relationship of distance-based measures to…

This paper is an introduction to behavioral genetics for researchers and practitioners in language development and disorders. It identifies essential concepts and applies behavioral genetic research to the language sciences. It suggests that more complex questions may be successfully addressed through behavioral genetic paradigms. Research needs…

Describes investigation undertaken employing known-groups strategy to expand research base on sexual offenders by investigating relationship between childhood sexual victimization and number of victims reported by known-group of child sexual offenders. (CRR)

This commentary on the research articles published in volume 16, issue 3 of "Remedial and Special Education" makes several points, including: "interpretivist" approaches do not rely on exactly the same assumptions, a variety of paradigmatic assumptions will increase the value of research and knowledge that is generated, and it…

Describes a report that attempts to connect student and faculty researchers with research topics that are important to environmental groups. The "Research Needs and Neglected Issues Report" includes a listing of suggested research topics and the names and addresses of people to contact for further information. (LZ)

Conducting research about camp programs begins with asking a question and determining the nature of the question--whether it requires a needs assessment, an evaluation process, original data, or a cost/benefit analysis. Discusses factors to consider in deciding whether to allow existing staff members to conduct a study, or to contract with an…

Describes an exploratory study of the referencing norms used in computer conferencing and considers the applicability of bibliometric techniques for computer-mediated communication (CMC). The contents of three scholarly conferences are analyzed to inductively derive a set of referencing norms, and future research is suggested. (eight references)…

Argues that the contention that media texts have no meaning is problematic. Repositions the concept of "text" within the context of general semiotic theory. Uses an approach culled from literary, film, and communication perspectives to reanalyze canonical research on television texts. Proposes a new research agenda. (PRA)

Discusses consumer researchers' and consumer practitioners' differing cultures, identifies practitioners' needs, and offers research priorities that support the improvement of consumer education. (Author)

Includes "Multicultural Issues in Adult Education: Where We've Come from, Where We Are Now, Where We're Going" (Ross-Gordon) and "Multiculturalism and Adult Education: Questions to Guide Our Research" (Merriam). (SK)

This paper identifies and evaluates emerging developments in the behavioral pharmacotherapy of people with developmental disabilities, including such medications as the opiate antagonists, fenfluramine, beta adrenergic blockers, buspirone, antipsychotics, amantadine hydrochloride, and antilibidinal drugs. The need for more well-designed drug…

A nominal group of 21 policymakers and training practitioners ranked research questions in three categories: strategic, applied, and fundamental. Twenty-six of the 35 questions appeared to be of high priority. Promising research issues include organizational effectiveness, cost/benefit concerns, human resource planning, and the mobility of special…