To help the reader understand the scope and diversity of the Wisconsin R & D Center's research effort in mathematics, four perspectives are presented: (1) the Center's approach to research, development, and practice; (2) the origins of the current research effort; (3) a description of current research; and (4) a projection for future research. (JP)

This report discusses the growth, administration, research facilities, and educational activities of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India. (PG)

Outlines a proposal for establishing ecological-based curriculum design and evaluation centers. Compares traditional transmission-oriented curriculum design with new self-designing curriculum structure and ECO Center development. (BL)

Copies of the extensive reference list for this article may be obtained from the editor on request. (Editor)

Study of relationship between consultation and decision processes in an industrial research laboratory showed the efficacy of multidirectional consultation coupled with a pattern of shared, decentralized decision making. (Author/KJ)

From Paper delivered at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 1969. (IR)

How the experimental manpower programs served disadvantaged women and girls. (Editor)

Discusses the state of research, development, and innovation of new educational technology in West Germany, with special emphasis on the student interest and attitudes which have helped bring about changes. (DE)

Reviews literature concerning questions confronting Third World countries in deciding to launch domestic programs of research and development. Concludes that the adoption of a domestic science and technology policy is not only an economic decision but also a highly political one involving the strategy of national development. (Author/KC)

In the United States, recent educational research and development efforts reflect an overriding concern for maximizing these impact areas on practice, as illustrated by five thrusts: development work; evaluation; fundamental research; dissemination; and attention to the process of social inquiry. The complexity of American education makes research…

Lists the names and addresses of 12 sources of research in the academic sector and describes the types of research publications available from each. (CHC)

Capsulizes the main premises of the articles in the UCLA Educator Winter 1980 issue on laboratory schools (EJ 228 397-405), focusing on issues of mission, support, and laboratory schools in a nonuniversity setting. (CAM)