A research review conducted by the Florida Department of Education in 1974 provides the basis for a suggested model for research in the area of in-service teacher education. The model deals with four classes of variables--presage, context, process, and product. (JMF)

Historically the research and extension functions of land grant universities have been separate. This article discusses a Title V rural development program at Pennsylvania State in which research and extension efforts have been linked to provide knowledge and expertise to rural communities. (DS)

The task of the sports sociologist is to be able, through disciplined inquiry, to test available evidence against personal assumption. Sociological analysis in its classical form is necessarily critical and action-oriented. (Author/LH)

Nine examples of research findings are listed with the suggestion that teachers should be responsible for interpreting these findings in light of their classroom experience. (PBS)

"A Study of Climatological Research as It Pertains to Intelligence Problems," supplied by the CIA to the President's Domestic Council in August 1974, may turn out to be the impetus needed to launch a major publicly funded research initiative. It was prompted by a University of Wisconsin (Institute for Environmental Studies) study on…

As society develops, schools must operate at the level of modern science and must incorporate the results of research. Important considerations for science and teaching include pedagogical vocational guidance, inservice teacher training, modern teaching and social education methods, school building plans, and technical teaching devices. (Author/AV)

Recommendations of committee include greater centralization of research activities; improved communication between social researchers and policy-makers; better coordination in research by the establishment of planning bodies at different levels; and increased funding. (RW)

Individually Guided Education (IGE) in elementary mathematics is explained and described. The basic assumptions about the nature of students and their learning of mathematics are set forth, and the steps needed to plan and organize an IGE program are detailed. (SD)

Notes that the nature and the extent of research activities at some black institutions have the potential of generating economic benefits. (Author/AM)

Discusses how behavioral objectives and knowledge are related, what form a performance test theory should take, why some people can skip prerequisites whereas others cannot, how people discover new information, the relationship between content and performance analysis, and, how one might apply the structural approach in adaptive instruction.…

Asserts that graduate training, as well as the policies of journals and granting agencies, supports an approach to research that promotes scientific understanding but does not produce effective clinical treatment. (Author/JM)

Discusses the alternative roles and responsibilities that researchers might assume to bridge the gap between special education research and practice. Addresses why some research-based practices fail and the roles of researchers as collaborators, facilitators and coaches, interpreters of culture and dynamics of the school, and critics. (Author/CR)

A conceptual review of self-regulated learning (SRL) is offered, focusing on SRL as an activity that can be taught. Motivational self-regulation is considered as part of the SRL model, and an intervention aimed at putting the theories of SRL into practice is described. (SLD)

The articles of this theme issue explore the use of educational research and whether the American Educational Research Association should play more of an advocacy role in the educational policymaking process. The challenge is one of expanding debate and discussion on educational research beyond the research community to the policy process. (SLD)

Examines research training in counselor education and applies a general research training model to group work. Focuses on challenges in graduate level counseling research training, applying counseling research training to group work, and applications of group counseling research methods. Provides examples of group research training in classroom…