Noting a paucity of research on volunteerism, this report examines research on volunteer recruitment, training, and retention, particularly in youth-serving organizations that rely on volunteers to accomplish their missions. The report also proposes questions for further research. The report notes that while the number of individuals volunteering…

The educational research agenda proposed by the National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy has five priorities. The first is monitoring the effects of state-level tests, including promotion and exit-level examinations, and teacher testing. The second priority is designing state systems for accountability that link technical…

This study provides a broad look at mathematics education research published since 1982. The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database was utilized to count and categorize over 3,000 articles from 48 educational research journals, with particular attention to equity issues. Results reveal the number of articles relating to…

This document presents five action papers and three invited papers originally presented at a seminar concerned with accountability in rehabilitation. Each of the five principal chapters contains three parts: an action paper, selected scholars' reaction papers (brief written responses to the action papers), and the summary of recommendations which…

A final report is provided outlining a cooperative effort on the part of national groups to resolve the needs of communities through shared facility use and interagency cooperation. The report's first section presents the pre-conference written descriptive of each issue and selected background materials which provided conference participants a…

Author feels that only upon learning more about the variety and magnitude of the external benefits of higher education will educators be in a position to reach more enlightened judgments about the appropriate levels and distribution of public subsidies for higher education. (Author/GB)

Author presents his theories on educational research and seeks to stimulate other research theorists to build better theories about the patterning of research to meet the needs of a field of social practice. (Author/GB)

Since the empirical status of simulation game use does not seem to substantiate all claims made for the games, methodological problems in games research are pointed out and new areas of scrutiny suggested. (KM)

The task of the scientific administrator is to ensure that areas of the greatest obvious need are being adequately explored according to the availability of resources and to maintain a balance between specialized and nonspecialized research. (Author)

Discusses current research trends in the use of laser-fusion technology in combustion chambers to eradicate energy shortages. Indicates that fusion power could be made available at a relatively low expense. (CC)

Missionary zeal must be supplemented by rigorous empirical research if environmental education is to efficiently contribute to the alleviation of environmental problems. Objectives pertinent to all programs are proposed, folklore influencing these programs is identified, and research issues fundamental to increasing the contributions of…