The 19 chapters of this volume address theory, research, and practice concerning positive behavior support with families of children and youth with developmental disabilities and problem behavior. The chapters are: (1) "Positive Behavior Support with Families" (Joseph Lucyshyn and others); (2) "Finding Positive Behavior Support One…

The traditional "black box" approach to evaluation of assignments in educational research courses has at least two effects: (1) products that fail to meet the expectations of the instructor; and (2) frustration on the part of students who do not know exactly what is expected, and who are consequently confused about or disappointed in the grades…

The roles of both positive and negative instances in concept formation are discussed. Based on research results, the article stresses ideas that the classroom teacher could try in order to aid concept learning. Several specific examples, based on the concept of commutivity, are given. (LS)

Problems in trying to apply the laws of learning to educational situations derive both from the failure to take account of differences between humans and other animals, and from failure to take into account of important variables interacting with independent variables in natural educational settings. (Author/JM)

Authors state that research and the systems approach are effective in mutually exclusive ways, differentially applicable in educational problem-solving, and thus complementary, suggesting that each can be studied using the methodology of the other. (Author)

Discusses instructional implications of research in business education, pointing out curricular and research needs. (AG)

The author argues that behavioral research within an institutional setting should be limited to investigations that can influence program development and decision making. (GW)

Primary purpose of schools, according to the author, is fostering intellectual development in all children. (MB)

Description of adoption-diffusion model used in Minnesota program to increase school administrators' awareness of mental health problems. (SP)

Educational research is seen as distinctive when knowledge claims are set in the context of education so that the relations between educative event, assertion, and evidence is clear. (Author)

Better ways are needed to utilize research findings and innovations in education. (JS)

Concern with the complexity of social problems and of public policy designed to cope with them has led to the identification of an interdisciplinary focus called the policy sciences. The concept includes both governmental and non-governmental decisions. The social sciences have provided structure with new methods such as operations research,…

Presented are implications for mathematics educators of the IEA International Study of Mathematics Achievement. Some implications for research which are discussed include the sampling procedures, the research design, the instruments, taxonomies, and the opportunity to learn" notion. (CT)

Discusses research taking the traditional cognitive skills -- reading and mathematics -- as the characteristics of pupils" to be considered, and asks how resources which produce these skills are allocated within one school district. (Author)