This article is meant to summarize development in the field of computer-aided research in early German. (Author/RK)

Twenty presentations delivered at a 1976 symposium on research in deafness at Gallaudet College are compiled. The following topics are among those addressed: establishing research priorities for Gallaudet College, applying instructional technology to problems in audiologic habilitation; preliminary flow analysis of Gallaudet College graduates; and…

A CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, ON MARCH 29 THROUGH APRIL 3, 1964, WHICH WAS DIVIDED INTO 3 PARTS. PART ONE, LASTING 2 DAYS, WAS A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING RECENT RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF TEACHER EDUCATION AS THAT FIELD HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY DEPRIVED. PART TWO, LASTING 2 DAYS, ATTEMPTED TO STRETCH THE NORMAL BOUNDS PLACED ON…

THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO EXPLORE NEEDS AND TRENDS IN RESEARCH, TO LOCATE EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH SHOWING DIRECTION FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION, AND TO EXCHANGE IDEAS. THERE WERE THREE GENERALLY ACCEPTED ASSUMPTIONS THAT GENERATED MANY IDEAS FOR RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF THE EDUCATION OF GIFTED CHILDREN AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN AT ALL LEVELS OF ABILITY.…

Argues that the meetings of the National Council of Teachers of English and the Conference on College Composition and Communication should focus on improving the literacy skills of students rather than promulgating superficial results of poorly conducted research. (RS)

Discusses security problems associated with the open publication of research relating to "unsolvable" codes. (SL)

VARIOUS WAYS OF EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND MATERIALS IN AFRICAN STUDIES WERE REPORTED. THE PARTICIPANTS (31) ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS, PRESENTED PAPERS, AND ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS DURING THE 2-DAY CONFERENCE. THE PAPERS WERE PRESENTED ON TOPICS SUCH AS--RESEARCH PROBLEMS, RESOURCES, AFRICAN REACTION, LEVELS OF COMMUNICATIONS, PEDAGOGICAL…

This presentation outlines a perspective on job analysis and comments on research reported at a symposium with reference to that perspective. The perspective discusses two questions pertaining to job analysis that are referred to as the Stage I and Stage II evaluation operations: What should be done? and How well was it done? Stage I evaluation is…

PROCEEDINGS FROM A CONFERENCE HELD AT COLUMBUS, OHIO, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE EDUCATION ARE REPORTED. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE ANALYZED STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF RECENT RESEARCH IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, IDENTIFIED RESOURCES, MODELS, AND THEORY FOR IMPROVING RESEARCH IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, IDENTIFIED ISSUES AND PROBLEMS…

IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL DEPRIVATION REDUCES TO ONE OF HOW CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN DISADVANTAGED BY THEIR ENVIRONMENT CAN BE BROUGHT UP TO THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF MORE FORTUNATE CHILDREN. MANY APPROACHES ARE POSSIBLE. AMONG THE VARIABLES WHICH MUST BE STUDIED IN DEPTH ARE--THE STUDENT, HOME ENVIRONMENT, PEER…

THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIOLOGY TO EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION WAS PRESENTED WITH EMPHASIS UPON THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF SOCIOLOGISTS. INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION WERE BACKGROUND EVENTS, CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, AND THE PLACE OF FOLK-WISDOM AND ITS REPLACEMENT WITH SYSTEMATICALLY-TESTED KNOWLEDGE. (RS)

Synthesizes information from a 1995 international symposium on longitudinal research in learning disabilities. Discussion of generic considerations of longitudinal research is followed by examination of issues specific to learning disabilities including definition, attrition, composition of research teams, ethical concerns, data collection, and…

A special symposium held at the University of Southern California examined an agenda for action, "Social Research on Broadcasting--Proposals for Further Development," which was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Company and written by Professor Elihu Katz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Participants included communications and…

THIS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON (1) STIMULATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS, DESIGNS, AND TECHNIQUES FOR 11 DIFFERENT FIELDS OF EDUCATION, (2) ASSESSING THE UTILIZATION OF RESEARCH SPONSORED BY THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM (CRP) AND PARTICIPATION IN CRP, ESPECIALLY BY SMALL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND…

This document is a report on the Conference on Needed Research in Mathematics Education held on the campus of the University of Georgia. A major objective of the conference was an examination of the progress of research in mathematics education as well as the development of guidelines for further research. Toward this end, the Conference was…