Ethical conflicts may arise when health care professionals control researchers' access to vulnerable populations. Collaboration and dialogue among researchers, health care providers, and potential subjects are essential in order to recruit enough subjects to maintain research integrity while ensuring their protection. (Contains 41 references.) (SK)

Suggests that longitudinal research can provide more depth and allow for reflection on and confirmation of results. Advises researchers to prepare for longitudinal studies by building on research history, carefully designing instruments, considering costs, and making a plan for data treatment. Outlines a sequence of steps for conducting research…

Twenty-five doctoral dissertations completed in 1993 and addressing aspects of deafness and hearing impairments are listed. Provided are title, author, university, number of pages, location of abstract, and order number. (DB)

Listed are 28 doctoral dissertations addressing issues of deaf education and completed between January 1, 1989, and April 1990. Provided are title, author, university, order number, and location of abstract in Dissertation Abstracts. (DB)

Reviews the relationship between occupational therapy and client involvement, examines the rationale for involving clients in program evaluation and research, and discusses how clients are involved in evaluation and research in today's mental health care setting. (Author)

Gives examples of the focus group method in terms of question development, group composition and recruitment, interview protocols, and data analysis as applied to three family and consumer-sciences research projects: consumer behavior of working female adolescents, work readiness of adult males with low educational attainment, and definition of…

A program in a materials/prototyping lab provided the structure for a year-long research activity. Students could test physical properties of a specific material or explore the use of a material in a new application. (Author/JOW)

Recounts experiences as a director of an environmental sciences research program for high school students and director of a teacher research program focusing on composting. (Author/CCM)

Discussion of Web-based link analysis focuses on an evaluation of Ingversen's proposed external Web Impact Factor for the original use of the Web, namely the interlinking of academic research. Studies relationships between academic hyperlinks and research activities for British universities and discusses the use of search engines for Web link…

A personal and tribal history outlining the steps that the Coquille took to strengthen the claim to tribal sovereignty through investment in tribal education, active participation in academic research, and the reestablishment of relationships through gift giving is presented. Coquille scholars initiated the tribe's most successful endeavors, the…

The "Starting School Research Project", based at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, promotes the involvement of children in research concerning their transition to school. Using examples of approaches that have been utilised to engage children as part of the research on their transition to school, this paper explores some of…

This article presents methods for the isolation and culture of epithelial cells from the bovine oviduct for use in both research and the teaching laboratory and provides examples of ways that an oviductal cell culture can be incorporated into an undergraduate research program. Cow reproductive tracts are readily available from area butchers, and…

In the United States there is an increasing tendency to view the only educational research worthy of federal funding as that which is designed as an experiment using randomised controls. One of the foundational assumptions underlying this research design is that the results of such research are meant to be generalisable beyond any particular…

Programs in geographic information systems (GIS) and related areas (e.g., GPS, remote sensing) have become important additions to the curriculum at colleges and universities of all sizes and types, including tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) such as Haskell Indian Nations University. This article discusses the recent development of a GIS…

One way to help preservice teachers to articulate and advocate their teaching stance is by developing their knowledge, skills, and confidence in their ability to carefully, didactically, and strategically plan for instruction. The Integrative Research Project (IRP) is a planning process that enables the preservice teacher to incorporate not only…