Describes a research paper, modeled after scientific research papers and dissertations, with a four-part format including introduction, materials and methods, results, and discussion. Notes that the model is suited to students' first encounter with professional research because it encourages reflection on the research process itself. (MM)

Describes how computer-assisted outlining can enhance studying and learning. Illustrates how it is helpful in taking and studying notes, and in recording and synthesizing material for a report. (SR)

The "Program Evaluation Standards" supplies a useful framework for generating questions to raise about any evaluation plan or evaluation report to assess its pros and cons. It is a valuable "how-to" for graduate students and professionals. This second edition incorporates changes in the field in the last decade. (SLD)

Reports on one important component of language by means of which scientific Research Article (RA) writers structure textual interaction with the external community, namely choices of unmarked theme, i.e., grammatical subject. A functional analysis is presented that reveals how the changing discourse roles of subjects throughout scientific RAs…

Measures of effect size were computed for 237 statistical tests from 59 early intervention studies. Data revealed that the average treatment effect across studies was medium in size. Interpretation of measures of magnitude strength is discussed in relation to statistical significance testing. Reporting of measures of effect size along with…

An analysis of 41 recently published articles in the "American Journal on Mental Retardation" and the "Journal of Mental Deficiency Research" found a higher than expected probability of Type I research errors, suggesting that approximately 20 percent of the statistically significant results may be erroneous. (DB)

Presents a bibliography containing 1,269 Asian-American studies in the following categories: research issues, bibliographies, and methodology; contemporary politics and social movements; culture, literature, and folklore; demography and geography; education; family relations; health and medicine; historical studies; identity and assimilation;…

D. W. Zimmerman argues that the interpretation by J. D. Gibbons and S. Chakraborti of recent simulation results and their recommendations are misleading and suggests use of an alternate test when homogeneity of variance and normality are violated. Gibbons and Chakraborti review their differences with Zimmerman's position. (SLD)

Assistance is provided to those who aspire to publish practical articles in professional journals related to education of persons with disabilities. Topics discussed include general writing suggestions; eight components of practical writing, such as audience appeal, length of the paper, format, graphics, and multiple uses of research; and the role…

The final article in a series that provided advice to instructional technology researchers describes how to publish research studies in a professional journal. Highlights include guidelines for writing and submitting manuscripts, including selecting the appropriate journal and using the correct writing style, and format guidelines for the…

Twelve specific suggestions for evaluators concerning development, presentation, and followup of improved evaluation recommendations are discussed. Offering effective recommendations requires special skills that need to be recognized, studied carefully, and passed along to practitioners and students. (TJH)

Attempts to clarify the positions of T. Nix and J. Barnette on statistical significance testing, advocates the routine use of effect size, and encourages reporting results in simple terms. (SLD)

A review is a tool of "recasting" of both literature and "the lived"--that location of social relations that mediates the recognition, reckoning, and witness of experience. The reviewer-researcher can be seen as a grammarian of the order, both handler and maker of the research tool. (SLD)

A study examined effect-size reporting in 23 quantitative articles reported in "Exceptional Children". Findings reveal that effect sizes are rarely being reported, although exemplary reporting practices were also noted. Reasons why encouragement by the American Psychological Association to report effect size has been ineffective are…

Analysis of descriptive reports about individuals with autism included case studies, diagnostic reports, single-subject research studies, family accounts, and autobiographies. Seven distinct types of descriptions were identified, including a child on a specific occasion, typical behavior, what a child should have done, how behavior was…