Expresses concerns about importing qualitative research methods from education to family therapy. Argues that qualitative researchers cannot establish the trustworthiness of their findings, regardless of the methods they use. Further contends that the legitimacy of research knowledge cannot be determined by researchers, but rather requires the…

Suggests that teachers or researchers ought to slow down, trust their intuitions, and keep solutions open longer as they approach and attempt to solve educational problems. Shares, through three studies and one poem, the similarity in the thinking and writing of research problems and the composing of a poem. (MG)

Identifies and discusses four issues that arise in process of collaborative research conducted by practitioners and researchers: issues of practice, design, measurement, and team development. Includes case example of practitioner and research collaboration to evaluate single-session groups for families of psychiatric inpatients to illustrate…

Presents overview of research about mental illness and criminality. Notes methodological problems. Discusses general conclusions that psychiatric patients tended to get arrested at higher rate; factors associated with offenses by mentally ill people were same as those associated with offenses by general public; there was no uniform rate of…

Although comments of D.J. Nordlund and R. Nagel are welcomed, their arguments are not sufficient to accept the recommendation of using total variance estimates to standardize canonical discriminant function coefficients. If standardized coefficients are used to help interpret a discriminant analysis, pooled within-group variance estimates should…

Reacts to Jennings and Skovholt's (1999) study on master therapists. Discusses the lack of clear definition of master therapist, lack of meaningful comparison groups needed to infer the distinctive characteristics of master therapists, the incomplete communication of data-analytic procedures, and the formulation of results as a uniform…

Describes 11 common dogmas of understanding (convictions that are impervious to evidence) that have led researchers to ignore or dismiss many features of everyday language. Discusses evidence against them, and some of the dangers they pose for the study of understanding. Argues that using language is fundamentally social, and that social features…

Argues that history and philosophy of science can investigate scientific questions that are excluded from science itself by working as a shadow discipline, complementing the specialist science in the production of knowledge about nature. Contains 16 references. (Author/WRM)

Describes the experience of being a researcher in mathematics classrooms. Offers background-research information and describes the research context. Presents a series of episodes to stimulate reflections. Contains 12 references. (ASK)

Mullen's survey of 160 mentors and 140 proteges showed that mentors who initiated relationships, who felt valued by the organization, who were older, or who perceived proteges as competent were most likely to perform both career-related and psychosocial mentoring functions. Chao's response identifies problems in the research. (SK)

Observes that photographic education has inspired little research despite the sociocultural importance of photography. Looks at how professional-photography students talk about their art. Argues that photographic education has its own professionalized discourse. Considers alternative approaches developed outside the mainstream of photographic…

Investigates problems of using commercial search engines for Web-based research. Findings indicate that search engines are highly variable in their results, are limited in the search functions they offer, have poorly and/or incorrectly documented functions, use search logics that are opaque, and change search functions they offer over time.…

Vocational psychology research has understudied some issues and populations, missed linkages to other domains, and neglected contextual and cultural variables. Internet-based career services are both a threat and an opportunity. A revised mission statement and goals encompasses these gaps and opportunities and builds on traditional strengths.…

Explores the nature, origins, and purposes of collaborative research in early childhood, and identifies the challenges that arise in conducting such research. Discusses how other articles in this issue illustrate diverse approaches to collaboration and provide examples of how challenges are dealt with in practice. Notes that equality between…

The purpose of this article is to provide an alternative interpretation of the National Reading Panel's meta-analysis on phonics instruction. The NRP based its conclusion that phonics instruction was superior to other approaches on the interpretation of mean effect d statistics reported in its meta-analysis. In addition to looking at these d's, we…