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Swinburne Inst. of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria (Australia). – 1991
The Australasian Association for Institutional Research (AAIR) conference provided a comprehensive coverage of issues, concepts, and techniques in the areas of planning, data analysis and research, and related aspects of management support in tertiary education. Refereed papers from the conference include: (1) "Changes in Student Approaches…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Frasier, Mary M. – 1992
This chapter examines trends and issues concerning inequities in participation by ethnic/minority children in gifted education programs. The first section provides a brief historical perspective on past trends and issues concerned with the identification of gifted ethnic/minority students. Theories of cultural deficits, cultural differences,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Access to Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Herman, Joan L. – 1992
The research evidence supporting current beliefs in testing is summarized, and critical qualities that good assessment should exemplify and the current state of the research knowledge on how to produce good assessment are reviewed. Research has demonstrated the difficulties of achieving meaningful improvement in schools and the shortcomings of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Cost Effectiveness
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1991
In preparation for the 1990 Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act reauthorization, the Department of Education established the National Assessment of Vocational Education (NAVE). The plan of study examined five broad research areas: (1) implementation of the Perkins Act; (2) access of special populations to vocational education; (3) status of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Payneham (Australia). – 1989
The conference recorded in this document covered a wide variety of themes and consisted of keynote addresses, research presentations, and workshops. The following keynote addresses are included: "Technician Training: A New Zealand Perspective" (Wood); and "The Provision of Information Services in Vocational Education: The Present…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cognitive Processes, Competency Based Education, Followup Studies
Lynton, Ernest A. – 1991
This report argues that many higher education institutions in metropolitan areas, in order to fulfill their mission of enhancing the utilization of research knowledge, must develop appropriate internal and external bridging mechanisms between scholarship and utilization. It further argues for the development of appropriate adaptations in the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 1993
This guide to European Community (EC) programs in the fields of education, training, and youth is intended to help interested individuals, projects, and institutions obtain information on the increasing scope of cooperation at the EC level. Section 1 describes programs/actions initiated by the EC's Task Force for Human Resources, Education, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Cooperation, Exchange Programs
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Johnson, Jean M. – 1993
This document is a summary of the situations of six Asian nations (The People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and India) compared to the United States in science and technology education. The paper includes a table of the production of bachelor of science degrees in science and engineering in 1990, comparing the Asian…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Engineering
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This handbook provides guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating technology for the purpose of improving student achievement in school districts across Texas. These guidelines are not intended to replace currently successful district practices, but to provide one model of a step-by-step method for planning and implementation. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Check Lists, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Improvement
Loup, Karen S.; And Others – 1994
Results are reported of three years of research and development, piloting, and extended field testing of a classroom-based assessment and professional consultation system used to assess important teaching and learning variables in higher education contexts. Of particular interest is the focus of the total system on enhancing learning and newer…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Consultation Programs, Continuation Students, Continuing Education
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Blansdorf, Klaus, Ed. – 1983
The Institut fur die Padagogik der Naturwissenschaften (IPN) is the research institute for science education, with a national function in the Federal Republic of Germany. The IPN consists of biology education, chemistry education, physics education, educational science, research methodology/statistics, and administration/general services…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
David, Henry, Ed.; And Others – 1983
These proceedings consist of the papers presented at a conference on vocational education research in the 1980s. The first group of papers deals with various approaches to, and priorities for, vocational education research in the 1980s. Discussed in the next group of papers are national perspectives on research programming. Following this group…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Financial Support
Community Coll. League of California, Sacramento. Commission on Research. – 1990
Designed to promote an institutional environment in which research activities and perspectives are integral to the infrastructure of the community college, this compilation of articles presents strategies for developing and strengthening links between research and decision making. Following a brief introduction to the role of the Community College…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Classroom Research, College Planning
Ely, Donald P. – 1987
Instructional technology is defined as a systematic way of designing, carrying out, and evaluating the total process of learning and teaching in terms of specific objectives, based on research in human learning and communication and employing a combination of human and nonhuman resources to bring about more effective instruction. The main question…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Miguel, Richard J.; Bhaerman, Robert D. – 1987
The research division of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education received a 5-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to conduct a research program on youth employability. To increase the use of the research findings, the National Center created the Knowledge Development and Utilization (KDU) project in 1983 as part of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning
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