Describes potential areas for service-learning research involving older adults. Provides methodological recommendations intended to address such issues as recruitment, retention, and randomization of participants; appropriateness of assessment tools; student training in research methods; and treatment of topics such as sexuality. (Contains 46…

Presents insights gained by studying media use in existing distributed research communities. Describes the "Virtual Mobility and Distributed Laboratories" research project and three naturalistic case studies, highlights the concepts of activity theory and media-richness theory and suggests an integration of the two, and addresses the applicability…

Presents guidelines for supervising an undergraduate student doing research, including a sample contract set up between the student and the supervisor. The contract may state the research topic, objective, procedures, laboratory requirements, costs, schedule, additional projects, and grading criteria. Other suggestions include scheduled meetings…

This article lists 40 doctoral dissertations completed during 2001 that examine services to or experiences of students and adults with deafness. A list is also provided of five Gallaudet doctoral dissertations. The title of the dissertation is provided, along with the author, the school, and the length of the dissertation. (CR)

A method for evaluating research using both quantitative and qualitative analysis is presented. It is proposed as useful for a variety of evaluation needs including large-scale projects, acquisition of expensive equipment, and nomination of scientists to important positions. It is seen as especially useful for evaluation in small entities. (MSE)

The author explains how consumer research can be incorporated as subject matter in consumer education. A sample research-based class project entails observation and data collection at area salad bars. Unsanitary practices by both restaurant personnel and customers were noted. Data were analyzed and class members wrote short papers summarizing…

A project entitled Assessing Change in Medical Education at the Association of American Medical Colleges will study the degree and direction of changes occurring in medical education and compare them with recent recommendations made for change, examining the obstacles to change and assuming new strategies to promote innovation and improvement.…

Barriers to achieving true scholarship in the school of pharmacy include the sacrifices necessary to accomplish scholarly activity, the trend toward specialization that makes traditional, broad-based scholarship difficult, the absence of theory in pharmaceutical practice, and the necessity of obtaining research funding. (MSE)

The Department of Pharmaceutics at the University of Illinois at Chicago has been carrying out research in pharmaceutical biotechnology that has allowed unique student involvement and promises further interdisciplinary research and instructional activities. (MSE)

The University of Kansas' undergraduate summer research program has resulted in high quality work, enthusiastic response, and interest in advanced studies among its graduates. (MSE)

Describes "Research and Experimentation in Technology Education," a program for gifted and talented students based on the process of learning to learn, problem solving, inquiry, synthesis and analysis, coupled with involvement with verbal and written communication. It is based on theories regarding adapting teaching to the individual needs of the…

Describes three projects at Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) that developed novice programming environments based on structure editors: GNOME, MacGNOME and ACSE (Advanced Computing for Science Education). Tracks the evolution of the programming environments and courses, documenting important lessons and discoveries about novice…

A survey of 404 full-time, tenure-track assistant professors at Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) found that successful researchers exhibit specific research activities and scholarly habits to an extent that less-successful researchers do not. Implications are drawn for faculty development and related research. The survey instrument is…

Describes a research assignment that enables students to recognize the context of a document, extract the document's message, and determine its usefulness. Suggests possible warm-up activities for this assignment. (MM)

Research and other projects for which Congress has directed federal agencies to provide support in fiscal 1992 are listed for over 200 colleges and universities. In each case, the agencies did not request money for the projects and did not sponsor merit-based competitions to determine which institutions should get the awards. (MSE)