After the terms "qualitative research" and "quantitative research" are defined, this paper considers why it makes sense to integrate these approaches, at least under some circumstances. This discussion necessitates attention to the issue of whether quantitative and qualitative research are inextricably linked to incompatible…

This paper examines the metatheoretical concepts associated with ethnographic/qualitative educational inquiry and overviews the more commonly utilized research designs, data collection methods, and analytical approaches. The epistemological and ontological assumptions of this newer approach differ greatly from those of the traditional educational…

Article considered similarities and differences between transfer students and nontransfer students and evaluated the treatment transfer students received. (Author/RK)

Article investigated the relationship between parent-child drug usage in order to see if such usage is an expression of generational continuity and conformity or of deviant behavior. (Author/RK)

Article raised a basic question: can results of reading comprehension tests be broken down into subscores in a way which provides a greater amount of educationally significant information than that obtained from a single score on the total test? (Author/RK)

In this article reading comprehension and science testing were discussed as a part of the IEA study in Scotland. (RK)

Article investigated the development of vocational education and its financial support along with its information systems. (RK)

This study was undertaken to investigate the relationships between some characteristics of elementary schools in the province of Saskatchewan and the degree of adoption of educational innovations by these schools. (Author)

Technical graduates are placed as juniors, trained for teaching technical education, and enabled to pursue higher degrees. (Editor)

Reference statistics were collected and analyzed for a three-year period from Fall 1975 to Summer 1976 at the Pennsylvania State University Main Undergraduate Library. Reference questions were classified and recorded in three categories: (1) search, (2) ready reference, and (3) directional. Hour of question, interlibrary loan, book, and telephone…

The basic qualities which questionnaires must have in order to serve best the purpose for which they are designed are emphasized. A description of the preliminary planning necessary to questionnaire construction, as well as the construction of the form itself, is provided. Various types of questionaire items and the advantages and disadvantages of…

This study proposed to determine the relative value of two specific techniques of instruction in the social studies, reading and listening, when the factors of varying levels of intelligence and reading ability, and sex were considered. (Author)

The purpose of the exploratory study reported here was to investigate the nature of children's behavior in unstreamed, informal, junior classrooms where the children sit in small groups and the incidence of private teacher talk to small groups and individual children is high. (Author)

Classroom disruptions take a disturbingly large toll on an instructor's teaching time. The kinds and frequency of disruptions, tallied in the following article, may prove surprising to teachers who have learned to take classroom interruptions for granted. (Editor)

The present study was initiated to help college students preparing to teach to obtain information regarding the interests of pre-adolescents and to compare the interests of those pre-adolescents attending schools in varied geographical locations in order to improve learning activities and communications between adults and young people. (Author/RK)