A great deal of knowledge acquired through scientific research does not get through to the people who are in a position to use them. When it does, it is often tardy. In the past, the consequences of this have been sometimes scandalous, sometimes tragic. Science grows at a prodigious rate, and the situation today is dismal, the outlook for tomorrow…

Must there be a dichotomy between research and teaching? Believing that the two go hand in hand rather than at odds with each other the author illustrates how cooperation between both can take place. At the Suderland Polytechnic History Division, in which students are preparing for B. Ed. and Teaching Certificate work, students study the…

This study aims to a) assess the experience of recent Ph.D. recipients, b) explore the origins and uses of some financial and non-financial resources, and c) examine the perceptions and use by graduates of the research efforts within the University of Michigan. The students' relationship to research was assessed by awareness of research projects,…

A sound approach to the conversion of research into effective educational practice involves: (1) goal identification; (2) description of instructional design specifications; (3) development of instructional prototypes; (4) evaluation of the prototypes; (5) prototype modification; and (6) recycling for the improvement of instruction. (MJB)

Presents a broad perspective for memory research in counseling and levels of processing, and examines a series of hypotheses that are tied into current work in counseling. The overall heuristic of levels of processing is followed by an examination of the reformulations of the position and how these may result in testable counseling hypotheses.…

Analyzes selected critical issues concerning participatory research in adult education. Defines participatory research and looks at its development. Links this with the significance and rationale of the participatory approach in adult education and focuses on the problems of this approach. (JOW)

A nine point checklist is provided as a guide to critically evaluating research reports. The checklist includes questions on these components: soundness of theory base, statement of the problem, definition of the variables, description of the population, type of research design, reliability and validity of test instruments, consistency of results…

Discusses historic technological barriers to use of the brain in teaching/learning theories, compares medical profession's early move to biological research to educators' long reticence, describes new computer-based brain monitoring technology, and proposes greater involvement of educators in brain research and related technological developments.…

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how quantitative research articles can be made much more reader-friendly. It illustrates how statistical language and research terminology can be simplified in reports. The paper also demonstrates how quantitative reports could be restructured to make them more reader friendly without sacrificing any…

The role of research in higher education is analyzed with a history of how it achieved its status and an analogy of what circumstances must surround its continuance. (HS)

Field development should be thought of as a process for solving problems. This process is carried out by adapting both knowledge and materials within the context that they exist. (4 references) (Author)

The Chief of NASA's Experimental Fabrication and Engineering Division reviews the benefits accruing to education and society as a result of the space program. (JS)

This paper offers an analysis of the methodology and the importance of reviews and integration by discussing the procedures, problems, functions, and values of this type of research, illustrated by the author's attempt to integrate the findings of research on the impact of colleges on students. (Author/DB)