This research is based on a study of 19 interest groups in a four-year period of intensive activity, 1968-1972, in New York City. It is focused on the tactics of the interest groups operating in different arenas and on efforts to ascertain the effectiveness of these groups in reaching their goals. (Author/RK)

Outlines what research is, and what action research is. Describes the steps, evolution, and benefits of action research. Argues that action research is a viable and sound research strategy and an invaluable asset to solve real problems and lead to school-wide improvement. (SR)

Investigates the relationship between the length of a football coach's tenure and his effectiveness. (Author/RK)

Examines the role of the Scottish language in education and the status of Scottish literature in the secondary curriculum. (Author/RK)

This research attempts to show a relationship between the types of crimes juvenile delinquents commit and their socioeconomic status. (Author/RK)

This article attempted to present some of the pertinent findings regarding organizational, curricular, and instructional practices in the upper midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio. (Author/RK)

A review of research shows that, while supervisory job prescriptions focus on classroom observation for the purpose of improvement of instruction, job descriptions differ from the prescription and there is a gap between the classroom supervision that occurs and the supervision prescribed in the literature. (FL)

It was the purpose of this study to determine what teachers perceive to be the most effective behaviors supervisors employ in the individual conference setting. Results were compared with an earlier study (Gordon, 1973 "Educational Leadership").

Surveys over 20 television programs and films depicting school principals, finding three distinct views of the principal: the authoritarian, the bureaucrat, and the "numbskull." Suggests that the theory and practice of administration should be reconceptualized based on an "ethic of caring." (SR)

It was hypothesized that teachers who were primarily self-supporting and those with blue collar work experience only prior to graduation would have lower rates of attrition, and that those with high occupational aspirations would show a high rate of attrition. (Author/RK)

Presents recent research data which strongly support the widely held intuitive feeling that beginning teachers find the first year of teaching to be one of severe disillusionment. (Author)

Explores the hypothesis that students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grade who were exposed to the "fraction ruler" as a manipulative for exploring basic fraction operations would perform more successfully in addition, subtraction and multiplication problems than students taught fraction operations by the traditional method. (Author/RK)

Investigates current beliefs and practices of elementary and secondary teachers regarding using writing to teach mathematics. Finds that teachers indicated strong belief in the benefits of using writing to teach mathematics, yet actually used writing activities less than once a week. Notes reasons by which these instructional decisions are…

Uses an ethnographic research process called Appreciative Inquiry to identify aspects of one urban high school's culture that contributed to its effectiveness, as well as any negative dimensions that may need to be addressed. Describes the Appreciative Inquiry process, explains how it was used, reviews selected results from this high school, and…