Among results of the research review on strategies to enhance social skills of behaviorally disordered students were that a conceptual base for research is lacking, that training priorities have not been matched to learner needs, and that investigators have often failed to evaluate generalization of effects to nontraining settings. (Author/DB)

Presents an analysis of research on learning about Japan by secondary students. Notes that most studies are concerned with what is being learned about Japan as it is presented in textbooks and instruction rather than exploring the ways students can learn more effectively about Japan. (JDH)

Policies and practices which result in differential computer learning opportunities are discussed. Resources designed to remedy gender imbalance in computer learning are given. A list of areas where research is needed is offered. (MT)

Reviews and assesses evaluations of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs. Most studies found that the programs raised earnings by $200 to $600 annually. Compares studies, indicating differences in methodology and how these differences affected the estimated impact, and provides implications for policy and recommendations…

Examines two research orientations for departments of education--the craft-based model using generalists and former practitioners and the discipline-based model using specialists grounded in the humanities or social sciences. Criticizes weaknesses of both approaches and proposes a third model--the disciplined study of problems of practice.…

The similarity between rules used by mothers and those used by sons was extensive. Results suggest that research should emphasize the process by which children come to employ multidimensional rules and the role of parental models in this process. Current research in moral judgments largely ignores the rule-governed nature of children's judgments.…

Major themes from the previous light articles on literacy, reasoning, and education are highlighted. Common inferences about the needs for organizational change, loosening of governmental rules and controls, and field-initiated research are described. The general exclusion of the affective domain from this discussions of higher order reasoning is…

Responds to criticism of the uses and gratification model by proposing a modified model integrating the dependency perspective. Suggests that this integrated model broadens the heuristic application of the earlier model. (MS)

Suggests that academic research in journalism needs to deal with more relevant problems and issues faced by the newspaper industry to better prepare students for the profession and to bring needed credibility and respect to journalism schools. (HTH)

Explores the possibility of expanding the research base in distance education through the use of three well-known and accepted qualitative methodologies used by anthropology and sociology: ethnography, case study, and grounded theory. Each methodology's characteristics and main strengths are described. (MBR)

Implications of the radical perspective for social studies are examined. This perspective suggests that (1) emancipation should be the guiding social ideal; (2) social life should be understood in terms of such concepts as domination, autonomy, contradiction, and the social construction of knowledge; and (3) teaching should emphasize the…

Espouses two causes reflecting author's involvement with information science over past decade: design of transparent systems to allow potential of automated retrieval systems to be realized by end users; promotion of information science as respected field of endeavor and area worthy of research. Information retrieval and systems research are…

Argues that practitioners and researchers should examine their approach to research and the relationship between theory and practice. Raises the possibility of practitioners becoming their own researchers, and thus recasting the theory/practice dilemma. (Editor)

Using historical and content analysis, the role of qualitative family research is examined. Results indicated it generally is ignored by contemporary social scientists. The argument is made that qualitative as well as quantitative research is indispensable to the progress of family social science. (Author/BL)

Presents recent changes in the theory of moral stages, including a broadening of theoretical and research concerns, differentiation of "hard" and "soft" stages, clarification of the form-content distinction, revision of A and B substages, clarification of stages six and seven, discussion of moral action, and listing of nine…