Reviews the research on the lecture method of teaching. Found that little effort has been directed to the effectiveness of the lecture in adult education. Limitations in the extant research highlight the need for renewed efforts to examine the appropriate use of the lecture in adult learning situations. (JOW)

Sixteen adult stutterers were randomly assigned to one of two groups: awareness training plus regulated-breathing or Azrin and Nunn's regulated-breathing method only. Awareness training significantly reduced stuttering compared to the control procedure. But the most significant improvement appeared after introduction of the regulated-breathing…

Discusses action research using nonparametric statistics which are distribution free. Describes the nonparametric statistical technique called the Mann-Whitney U which is analogous to the t-test. Presents hypothetical research problem and illustrates procedures used to analyze data. Includes a computer program for calculating the Mann-Whitney U.…

Identifies the noncontact rate and refusals rate for a survey conducted by an electronic telephone survey device. Finds the noncontact rate for the electronic survey similar to other telephone surveys. Finds that rejection of a computer-administered telephone survey has an effect on the refusal rate. (RS)

Provides a synthesis and a critique of Kulik and Kulik's metasynthesis and Slavin's best-evidence syntheses regarding ability grouping for gifted students. Although both studies address important issues, concerns such as teacher and parent attitudes to grouping and use of gifted students as role models are ignored. Includes 22 references. (MLH)

Three multitrait-multimethod studies are described, which indicated that ill-defined solutions were frequent, and alternative parameterizations tended only to mask this problem. Moreover, method factors sometimes represented trait variance as opposed to method variance. However, specification of method effects as correlated uniqueness proved more…

Field experiences with external (qualitative) evaluation audits based on the work of E. G. Guba and Y. S. Lincoln (1981, 1985) are detailed, including evaluation contexts and purposes, procedures, and findings. Such audits represent a viable meta-evaluative tool for assessing the quality of naturalistic evaluation results. (SLD)

The author compares life-cycle data from a retrospective marital history with those derived for the same individuals from panel information. Results indicate that when a marital event is reported in both sources there is substantial agreement about the date of the event. (CH)

A method of plotting on a large scale map all registered cases of child abuse in an inner London borough is compared to three more complicated methods in its ability to accurately identify target areas. The geographic plotting of cases is favored because of its simplicity and ease of annual updating. (Author/DB)

The methodology for obtaining immanent justice responses was evaluated by means of a replication of Piaget's immanent justice study. Kindergartners and first, third, and fifth graders were presented with four vignettes that allowed for immanent justice responses. Children's responses indicated developmental trends from immature toward mature…

Although the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on the Treatment of Panic Disorder endorsed the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), D. F. Klein argues that fatal flaws in all but one CBT study undermine claims about the effectiveness of CBT for panic disorder. This article critiques Klein's arguments and…

Decribes the level of mental health problems that are encountered in primary health care and describes the limitation of using randomized control trials. A three-stage model of psychological therapies research is described to show that distinct stages require different methodologies in order to evaluate them. Reviews the literature regarding…