Evaluates USOE studies, criticizes inaccuracies, and lists limitations common to a study with their results. Bibliography. (MD)

Suggests three approaches to studying the relationship between research and teaching at the college level: a multivariate approach; logical analysis; breaking down the general question to sub-questions; and a population approach, investigating the relationships of teaching and research at the departmental level. (EB)

Statistical significance is not a sufficient condition for claiming a hypothesis has been supported. Constructive replications are more important. Statistically significant results may be meaningless while a sequence of nonsignificant results may be quite important. Gives advice on how to overcome some limitations of classifical statistical…

Reviews research concerned with eye movement training in the classroom and points out how specific research has been interpreted and applied incorrectly. (FL)

Researchers from 18 different countries as well as representatives of UNICEF and UNESCO attended a conference on international perspectives in child development and social policy. Topics discussed included knowledge and ideology, goals of different social groups, communication problems, and the relationship of research to practice. Bibliographic…

Suggests why statistical power is of special importance to English education researchers, specifies procedures for calculating power, and assesses the power of empirical research published in this journal during a three-year period. (FL)

Stakeholder-based studies modify the relationship between evaluator and user, producing conflict that can cause evaluators to regress to familiar, traditional patterns that leave interactive evaluation strategies only partially implemented. (Author/PN)

Challenges television research which presents an overly critical view of the effects of television viewing on its audience. (JJD)

Researchers concerned with the issue of children's play are urged to read the book "Children's Play: Current Theory and Research" edited by D. J. Pepler and K. H. Rubin which provides an up-to-date review of the conceptual, methodological and developmental issues related to children's play. (MP)

Basic characteristics of survey as a research study are discussed. Issues associated with survey research, potential uses of survey research as a strategy in science education, and potential problems jeopardizing survey studies are also discussed. (JN)

Discusses four practical dilemmas faced by Black educational researchers and evaluators: (1) choosing between being objective and being loyal to Blacks involved in programs under study; (2) conducting ethnic-focused versus ethnic-free inquiry; (3) using commercially published versus specially constructed measurement instruments; and (4) producing…