A four-phase Delphi procedure collected opinions from deans of agriculture and education and directors of agricultural experiment stations. The consensus of these decision makers was that agricultural research missions and initiatives should be focused to take advantage of knowledge and talents in the field; clustered to reflect the focus of…

The article reviews variables (such as purpose of expression, antecedents, prompts, and consequences) related to the development of non-linguistic communication skills for students with severe or profound handicaps and suggests that future research efforts be directed toward prediction analysis using a two-tiered process. (Author)

Describes study of undergraduates that investigated social influence in the group process by examining how the exclusion of contextual cues provided by face to face interaction influences individual judgments in computer mediated conferencing (CMC). Asch's social influence experiment is reviewed, and further research needs are suggested. (23…

Suggests that many of the features associated with doctoral research are being lost to potential management development programs through lack of perceived relevant routes. Addresses the real problem of a lack of awareness of the contribution doctoral research can make to management development. (JOW)

Provides an integrative review of interactional concepts within counseling and shows that the interactional view is a unique and valuable perspective for counseling psychology. Provides conceptual coherence to interactional views on theory, practice, and research. (Author/ABL)

Summarizes the results of five studies dealing with screen design for computer-based instruction (CBI) and provides suggestions for their application as well as future directions for research. Chunking, text density, and screen density are discussed as variables in screen design, and current research is described. (33 references) (LRW)

Notes that few investigations have addressed adolescents' conception of knowledge. Provides a rationale as to why it may be useful to more adequately explore how adolescents view knowledge. Reviews existing investigations and discusses three general approaches to the study of the subject. (Author/NB)

Provides an overview of research on infant and child emotion regulation, beginning with consideration of emotion as a set of responses to particular stimuli. Emotion regulation is the process through which activation in one response domain serves to alter, titrate, or modulate activation in another response domain. (RH)

Improvements in the care of older people depend upon basic and clinical research findings that lead to greater independence and health maintenance. Conversely, research depends upon care, since care-related priorities influence society's support for research. More leaders in the field of aging are needed with personal experience in both care and…

A critical analysis of 13 validation studies of the use of peer nomination forms to identify gifted students indicates methodological weaknesses. A four-step plan for research on the psychometric qualities of peer nomination forms is proposed. (Author/DB)

Traces historical developments in use of treatment manuals in psychotherapy research and reviews characteristics that have facilitated development of cognitive therapy manuals. Reviews arguments in favor of and opposed to further development of treatment manuals. Discusses relevant research and suggests three areas for future treatment manual…

Provides representative examples of the problems that diminish the utility of current metadiscourse theories, and proposes an alternative theory that locates metadiscourse within the larger context of speech act theory. Defines metadiscourse as indicators of expositive illocutionary acts, and provides a taxonomy of metadiscursive functions and…

Presents controversial issues concerning kinship care and findings from a survey of child welfare experts on their research priorities for kinship care. Discusses suggestions for future research in the following categories: children; families; services; state policies; experience of professionals and families; practice issues; and training. (TJQ)

Discusses what the term "teacher as researcher" means in the 1990s. Considers the term's value in the field of reading. Suggests that teacher research is a valuable enterprise. (RS)

The paucity of historical research in supervision can be attributed to marginalization of historical inquiry, lack of clarity about supervisory duties, a positivistic model of social research, and unfavorable images of supervision and supervisors. Research needs include accounts of early 20th-century practicing supervisors, educational biographies…