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Download full textReatig, Natalie, Ed. – 1981
This volume is a collection of background papers and materials prepared for workshop participants engaged in empirical research on the topic of "informed consent with subjects of uncertain competence." The first three papers consider the minimum competence needed to consent to or refuse participation in research, including a…
Descriptors: Ability, Anthologies, Competence, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFarmer, Lesley S. J. – Top of the News, 1986
Reports on a program held at the 1986 American Library Association Conference which offered a model for locating and evaluating existing research on libraries. Six guidelines for evaluating research are provided, and small group sessions which evaluated actual research and talked directly with researchers are described. (EM)
Descriptors: Conferences, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Library Associations
Peer reviewedGilbert, John K. – European Journal of Science Education, 1980
Outlines the proceedings of the Cognitive-Development Research Seminar at the University of Leeds in September, 1979. Indicates that the area of greatest interest was the differences between student conceptions and scientific norms times alternative frameworks. Outlines other studies that were presented and offers opinions on the contributions of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Cooper, John E. – 1976
Four problems are identified concerning politics and power as they relate to public schooling. The first problem is the definition of basic terms and the development of a vocabulary common to researchers investigating the field. Second is the problem of collecting information on and evidence of the political process. This problem is complicated by…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Interaction Process Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Political Power
Miller, Nod, Ed.; Jones, David J., Ed. – 1993
The following papers are included: "Social Classification of Women's Work" (Benn, Burton); "Developing Models of Learning from Experience" (Boud, Walker); "'Research Reflecting Practice?'" (Edwards, Usher); "Metaphors and Their Implications for Research and Practice in Adult and Community Education" (Hunt); "'Common-Sense' Approach to Reflection"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Autobiographies, Educational Research
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
Chapter 1 of this report, "Introduction and General Recommendations for Eye-Movement Research and Instrumentation," discusses research priorities; encouraging and supporting theories, models, or simulations of information processing; and improved instrumentation in the field of visual information processing. Chapter 2, "Summary of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conference Reports, Eye Movements, Reading
Brumfit, Christopher, Ed.; And Others – 1985
The principal objectives of this conference were: (1) to become aware of present research relevant to second language learning/teaching; (2) to stress the need for further research; and (3) to establish directions for this further research. Papers include: "Language Needs and Social Policy" (John Trim); "Some Priorities for Research in Second…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Instructional Improvement, Language Research, Language Teachers
Henderson, Karla A., Ed. – 1992
Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Coalition for Education in the Outdoors (CEO) are presented in this report. The CEO is a network of institutions, organizations, agencies, businesses, and associations in support of outdoor education. This symposium, reflecting the work of CEO's Research Task Force, provides literature reviews and field…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Reviews, Outcomes of Treatment, Outdoor Education
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
These short summaries of the reports from the National Institute of Education's Conference on Studies in Reading are intended to reflect accurately the general areas of research recommended by each of the 10 panels taking part in the conference. Each panel focused on a particular problem in reading, identifying general approaches, suggesting…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Language Usage, Models, Motivation
Heath-Camp, Betty; And Others – 1985
This document consists of four symposium papers each providing a critical examination of a particular data collection technique in vocational education research. Texts of the following presentations are provided: "Mail Survey Research," by Betty Heath-Camp; "The Telephone Interview as a Data Collection Technique," by James P. Key; "The Personal…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research
Gross, Beatrice; Gross, Ronald – 1982
This conference report identifies research needs in evaluating and documenting large scale school improvement efforts to serve disadvantaged populations. Summaries of the conference presentations are provided, grouped into three sections. The first section examines the basis of conducting evaluations. Several basic assumptions are challenged,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Facilities Improvement
National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc., Austin, TX. – 1999
Researchers, advocates, and clinicians met at the three 1998 migrant stream forums to develop strategies for farmworker health research. The introductory section of this proceedings discusses this year's focus--building research partnerships to improve migrant health--and describes planning and implementation of the forums' research track.…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Promotion, Information Dissemination, Interprofessional Relationship
Gerver, Elisabeth, Ed. – 1997
This document contains 10 papers from the research assessment exercise (RAE) that four organizations concerned with continuing education in the United Kingdom conducted to evaluate the quality and impact of research on continuing education in 1996. (The organizations were as follows: Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The problem of the panel on semantics, concepts, and culture, sponsored by the National Institute of Education Conference on Studies in Reading, was to determine how lexical, semantic, conceptual, and cultural factors contribute to reading comprehension. The contents of the document include the following: "Word Recognition Skills," which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conference Reports, Decoding (Reading)
Smith, Marshall S., Ed. – 1975
The aim of the panel on reading comprehension, sponsored by the National Institute of Education Conference on Studies in Reading, was to determine the influence of intellectual factors, general experiences with the world, knowledge specific to the particular reading task, and general decoding skills to successful reading performance. In addition,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conference Reports, Decoding (Reading), Functional Literacy
