The first generations of researchers on classroom instruction were the pioneers who developed the term, categories, and concepts that were used to view and code what was happening during classroom lessons. The five pioneers in this first wave were Ned Flanders, Arno Bellack, B.O. Smith, Don Medley, and Harold Mitzel. Each of these pioneers used…

Purpose: The past decade has seen considerable debate about how to best evaluate the efficacy of educational improvement initiatives, and members of the educational leadership research community have entered the debate with great energy. Throughout this debate, the use of randomized experiments has been a particularly contentious subject. This…

This article examines the comprehensiveness of the University of South Africa (UNISA) as an Open Distance Learning (ODL) institution and the challenges faced by experimental disciplines within ODL. Those challenges are brought about by the attempt to harmonize study and research programs in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET)…

This paper gives an overview of research on modelling science competence in German science education. Since the first national German educational standards for physics, chemistry and biology education were released in 2004 research projects dealing with competences have become prominent strands. Most of this research is about the structure of…

This study investigated the effectiveness of oral metalinguistic feedback and recasts as well as the effect of focused tasks (FT) in the development of implicit and explicit knowledge during video-conference interactions. This was accomplished by partial replication of a study performed in a classroom setting. Three groups of Brazilian EFL…

An educational intervention's effectiveness is judged by whether it produces positive outcomes for students, with the randomized controlled trial (CRT) as a valuable tool for determining intervention effects. However, the intervention-as-implemented in an experiment frequently differs from the intervention-as-designed, making it unclear whether…

The paper discussed the difficulties and problems in experimental researches in educational technology, such as misunderstanding in teachers' concept, disjointedness between theory and practice, inadequate understanding of dialectics in experimental educational technology researches, research project selection and theoretical hypothesis formation…

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)

The Michigan Department of Education received a grant of $42,950 from the U.S. Office of Education under Public Law 89-10, Title IV for the 1969-70 educational research internship program. The Bureau of Research administered the program for the department. The two interrelated purposes of the program were to contribute to the training of…

A study evaluated the effectiveness of the "Word Master in Spelling" program. In it, students study core words on the Ves Thomas "Canadian Spelling Program." Every 6 weeks, they are given a written review test and a proofreading test based on the five units they have completed. In 1981-82, subjects were 160 children in grades K…

OVER A PERIOD OF 21 YEARS THE HORACE MANN-LINCOLN INSTITUTE HAS UNDERGONE MANY CHANGES. ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE, FIELD EXPERIMENTATION, WAS SOMEWHAT FORMALIZED INTO ACTION RESEARCH, THE IDEA BEING THAT RESEARCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACTION MIGHT AMOUNT TO AN EDUCATIONAL FORM OF THE WAR-TIME "OPERATIONS RESEARCH." GRADUALLY, THE INSTITUTE…

This report is a compilation of reports and abstracts relating to research and innovative instructional activities conducted at Santa Fe Junior College (Florida) during the 1970-71 academic year. It is the third of an annual series and serves to document what has been tried at the college to encourage others to re-examine and experiment, and to…

Increasingly, educational reform is linked to the concept of professional learning communities (PLCs). Definitions of PLCs vary, but generally the concept refers to a group of educators who "continuously seek and share learning, and act on their learning" (Hord 1997, 6). Stoll and her colleagues, concluding their review of the current state of…

This preliminary report examines eight vocational and technical education programs for disadvantaged youth both in the state of Massachusetts and in other states. After reviewing the literature, the staff selected schools to be sampled in this present exploratory survey and developed and evaluated a comprehensive data form. The study showed that…