Questionnaires were sent to local education authorities in England to determine what the advisory/inspectorial staff and the working groups of teachers and schools know about the national assessments of science education conducted by the APU and how they were being used. (RM)

The APU was set up in 1975 in England to conduct national surveys of science performance and to make the findings available to a variety of audiences. The research reported here was carried out from 1979 to 1982 to investigate how people make judgments about the APU science results. (RM)

Examines the issues and lists available options for these questions: why don't teachers (1) teach about the future, (2) use results of educational research, (3) focus on teacher-student interaction, (4) assign grades from a competency criterion, and (5) teach the structure of mechanical drafting. (SK)

Research in language and communication deficits is briefly cited, and three guidelines for choosing and implementing communication therapies for the learning disabled student are described. (JW)

Nine years of environmental sensory aid used by blind and visually disabled young children are reviewed in terms of benefits expected and actual results. Issues of conditioned learning and sensory integration are discussed, and the author calls for a suspension of further research. (Author)

Music teachers must learn to read and analyze research studies and apply the research findings to their teaching. The author's experience in conducting workshops to help teachers analyze research reports shows that teachers are capable of making transfers and generalizing from research results to their own situation. (RM)

Music education needs a support structure that will help researchers to stay active and help music teachers apply the results of good research. The Special Research Interest Groups (SRIGs) of the Music Educators National Conference provide such a support structure. The different SRIGs are described. (RM)

Educational research is said to influence classroom teaching by affecting the design of curricular materials, providing a model of human learning, and furnishing data applicable to solutions of particular problems. (GW)

Ways in which the home economics teacher may use research are noted, and the basic components of research are described and summarized in a checklist for use as a guide in evaluating research. Components covered include the problem, the sample, data collection techniques, data analysis methods, and interpretation of findings. (JT)

This research uses the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS) to examine student misbehavior in the context of individual, familial, and institutional influences. The NELS is the third longitudinal study of students and schools conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, and the NELS surveys encompass not only students…

Congress began funding the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program in 1998 to stimulate whole school reform in low-achieving schools. Schools receiving CSRD funding are required to evaluate the reforms implemented and the student results achieved. In response to interest among educators and researchers, a national research…

This guide explains some of the intellectual property rights of part-time college faculty members and the circumstances under which faculty can defend intellectual property rights. The term "intellectual property" refers to proprietary information, materials, or products, the owner of which may possess intellectual property rights under trademark,…

With clear and concrete examples from elementary and high schools, this book helps you effectively gather, analyze, and use data to improve student learning. It demonstrates how to make better decisions, identify root causes of problems, and communicate and report results.

This study was designed to identify components and implied sequence for teaching those composition skills identified by experts and to determine whether or not these research decisions are reflected in the textbooks used by elementary teachers. The textbooks and the authorities' views were found to disagree and be of insufficient assistance to…

The trend of outside agencies formulating important education issues may lead to an increased weakness in terms of educational bodies being capable of directing their own destiny. (GB)