Examines the effectiveness of special care units (SCUs) for Alzheimer's disease by summarizing published studies on SCUs. Presents and discusses the many potential sources of bias that pose special problems for SCUs for Alzheimer's disease research. Proposes strategies for conducting and interpreting future outcome studies in this research…

Describes one quantitative educational researcher's experiences teaching qualitative research, the approach used in classes, and the successes and failures. These experiences are examined from the viewpoint of a traditionally trained professor who has now been called upon to master and teach qualitative research. (GR)

Reports a study that analyzes the importance of individual difference variables in explaining subject performance in formal reasoning in 72 first-year college students. (PR)

Describes documentation activities by the Air Documents Division, a precursor of the Defense Technical Information Center, involving captured German technical reports related to aeronautical science and technology following World War II. Document publication, acquisition, processing, dissemination, and utilization are discussed; and selection of…

This study examined 40 articles published in the "American Journal on Mental Retardation" or the "Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps" (JASH) from 1976-78 and 1986-88. Both journals published low numbers of articles with ecological validity in the late 1970s, but JASH subsequently increased…

Survey of 95 medical school libraries found that 91.5 percent of copies of retracted articles were not tagged as being invalid, that 79 percent of the libraries had tagged none of the retracted studies; and only 16 percent had policies for managing articles that report invalid science. A common attitude against perceived library censorship was…

Education lags behind other scientific disciplines in its effective use of data displays. An example is provided in which the reorganization of data from two bar graphs into one table highlights the obvious and subtle results. To address the need for effective data display, the companion article, "Understanding Graphs and Tables," was…

Whether the conceptual framework involves historical periods, historical themes, or other principles, researchers and writers concerned with Asian Americans and Pacific Americans consider several new themes in addition to the earlier examinations of history, literature, and sociology. The accompanying bibliography reflects the breadth of interest…

Affiliations of authors publishing in six Australian journals in the field of developmental disability over several years were recorded to document the most productive centers of research. Analysis of 246 research articles indicated that the 19 most productive centers were primarily universities in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.…

This study examined 40 articles published in the "American Journal on Mental Retardation" or the "Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps" (JASH) from 1976-78 and 1986-88. Both journals published low numbers of articles with ecological validity in the late 1970s, but JASH subsequently increased…

Journal editors respond to criticisms of reliance on statistical significance in research reporting. Joel R. Levin ("Journal of Educational Psychology") defends its use, whereas William D. Schafer ("Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development") emphasizes the distinction between statistically significant and important. William Asher…

Claims that technical or business communications courses need to be interculturalized to prepare students for the global marketplace. Defines three problems: ethnocentrism, language barriers, and cultural differences. Provides strategies, assignments, and resources for implementing an interculturalized communications course. (HB)

Twenty years of journal publications of the American Psychological Association were reviewed for ethnic content. Results indicate a significant decline in the number of ethnic content articles published between 1970 and 1989. Potential factors that may influence the decline are presented, and research needs are reviewed. (SLD)

Reports the investigation of the organizational structure of introductory sections of research papers written by Polish authors in English and Polish. The aim of the study was to test whether in view of cultural differences, reflected in the Anglo-American and Polish intellectual styles, the rhetorical pattern of research papers would vary between…

This introductory monograph in this volume on research and practice in higher education reports a study that examined perspectives (shared, differing, or divergent) of practitioners and researchers on higher education literature. The study found these groups had noticeably different viewpoints. However, results suggest that both researchers and…