A sound approach to the conversion of research into effective educational practice involves: (1) goal identification; (2) description of instructional design specifications; (3) development of instructional prototypes; (4) evaluation of the prototypes; (5) prototype modification; and (6) recycling for the improvement of instruction. (MJB)

Presents a broad perspective for memory research in counseling and levels of processing, and examines a series of hypotheses that are tied into current work in counseling. The overall heuristic of levels of processing is followed by an examination of the reformulations of the position and how these may result in testable counseling hypotheses.…

Analyzes selected critical issues concerning participatory research in adult education. Defines participatory research and looks at its development. Links this with the significance and rationale of the participatory approach in adult education and focuses on the problems of this approach. (JOW)

A nine point checklist is provided as a guide to critically evaluating research reports. The checklist includes questions on these components: soundness of theory base, statement of the problem, definition of the variables, description of the population, type of research design, reliability and validity of test instruments, consistency of results…

Discusses historic technological barriers to use of the brain in teaching/learning theories, compares medical profession's early move to biological research to educators' long reticence, describes new computer-based brain monitoring technology, and proposes greater involvement of educators in brain research and related technological developments.…

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how quantitative research articles can be made much more reader-friendly. It illustrates how statistical language and research terminology can be simplified in reports. The paper also demonstrates how quantitative reports could be restructured to make them more reader friendly without sacrificing any…

The role of research in higher education is analyzed with a history of how it achieved its status and an analogy of what circumstances must surround its continuance. (HS)

Field development should be thought of as a process for solving problems. This process is carried out by adapting both knowledge and materials within the context that they exist. (4 references) (Author)

The Chief of NASA's Experimental Fabrication and Engineering Division reviews the benefits accruing to education and society as a result of the space program. (JS)

This paper offers an analysis of the methodology and the importance of reviews and integration by discussing the procedures, problems, functions, and values of this type of research, illustrated by the author's attempt to integrate the findings of research on the impact of colleges on students. (Author/DB)

A study was made of citations from the "American Educational Research Journal,""Review of Educational Research," and "Educational Researcher" to determine: (1) which journal is most cited; (2) sources that most cited the literature appearing in these journals; and (3) the citation characteristics of the most cited articles in each of these…

Methods for integrating isolated facts determined by research into applicable solutions to practical problems are described. (JD)

Moss presents his reaction to Henry David's report on the Vocational Education Study (Journal of Vocational Education Research, Winter 1980) in the form of four questions about the interpretation, synthesis, and utilization of the study's findings. (SK)