Three articles illustrate how health education research has mirrored the changes in the profession's growth, direction, and emphasis: (1) "Research Relationships and Relevancy" (Creswell); (2) "National Survey of Secondary Education" (Frederick and Brammell); and (3) "Evaluating Health Practice and Understanding"…

Poses the question of whether reading researchers should acknowledge that different definitions of reading are really geometries, each with its own set of theorems and means of validating its hypotheses. (FL)

Discusses ways of gathering social, medical, educational, intellectual, and personality data, and points out research needs. Two tables provide, respectively, an abuse data recording form and names and sources of training materials for the identification, assessment, and prevention of abuse of young children. (RH)

Discusses results of recent research and highlights directions for applied research. Emphasizes partnerships to encourage research and practice communities to seek ways to work together. (JOW)

Reviews managerial and leadership research. Concludes trainers and managers ought to pay more attention to integrating both kinds of research as well as organizational theory. Suggests scholars in both research areas should devote themselves to the managerial role and the meaning of change. Suggests other fields of inquiry. (BRR)

The article discusses six needs fundamental to research and intervention with families: (1) defensible rationale for family involvement, (2) caution in defining desired family outcomes, (3) developmental perspective, (4) ecological contexts, (5) allowance in variability in family composition or structure, and (6) adequate systems for assessing…

Nine years of environmental sensory aid used by blind and visually disabled young children are reviewed in terms of benefits expected and actual results. Issues of conditioned learning and sensory integration are discussed, and the author calls for a suspension of further research. (Author)

The article presents a critical overview of research on the integration of moderately mentally handicapped children in Ontario schools. Findings suggest that the literature is still inconclusive or, at best, equivocal. Indeed, like their predecessors, recent studies have been based, for the most part, on descriptive or impressionistic evidence.…

The author argues that one of the worst aspects of logical positivism is its attempt to construct a value-free science and to exclude values from the scientific process. (Author/PN)

Reviews the early history of home economics education research (1930s to 1960s), summarizes current research efforts of the 1970s and 1980s, and offers suggestions for future research. (SK)

Main criticisms made about Charles Valentine's article concern this author's questionable theoretical assumptions and his misguided strategic proposals.

Questions various underlying assumptions about the role of communication in effecting change and suggests ways in which communication theory and research can effect change. (MH)

Defines areas in which research is needed on the use of audiovisual materials in the classroom. (Author/KS)

This report critically examines two approaches to benchmarking vocational education and training (VET) - benchmarking through performance indicators and comparative case studies. The author finds both approaches provide useful information, although the case study approach enables a more thorough analysis of particular issues and can take greater…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Validity Studies Panel undertook a systematic analysis to consider the domain of validity threats to NAEP and to identify the most urgent research priorities. A framework of six broad categories was developed: (1) the constructs measured within each of NAEP's subject domains; (2) the manner in…