If drama theorists are to improve the profession at large, they need to put their own house in order first. Too often drama theorists rely on intuition, tolerating the unexplained and the unsystematized. They could learn from theorists in other fields, such as physics and the "hard" sciences, by organizing the facts of their field of knowledge and…

The author presents a summary of his own view on the need for certification of research personnel employed by local education agencies and examines the advantages and disadvantages of certifying educational researchers. Certification is considered desirable upon the development of appropriate standards of competency and the establishment of…

The intent of this paper is to examine several dimensions of knowledge production and utilization in curriculum. Attention is given to what sorts of knowledge the field requires, the form it must take to be effectively utilized, and the processes by which the required knowledge is created and put into appropriate form. The paper draws upon work by…

The developing relationship of linguistics to matters of current social concern, especially as it relates to the study of minority groups, is discussed. Problems in studying Negro/white speech differences are related to: The researcher vs. the researched; the unfulfilled promises of research and the dangers of knowing; the misassessing of facts by…

Half of this paper is the text of a lecture on the role of the university in job-related education in which the author suggests what universities ought to learn from vocational education. Pointing out that the challenge goes deeper than vocational or professional education, he challenges universities to have an eye for theory and practice, an eye…

A discussion on the need for research to focus on the effects of simulation games on students and social learning. (HB)

The author reviews the Warnock Report's analysis of special education research in Britain, cites limitations of the Warnock approach, and suggests an alternative strategy using a broader base. (CL)

Defines instructional product verification and revision (IPVR) and presents 20 questions with relevant speculations about each. The philosophy of IPVR suggests beginning with our best guesses, and verifying and revising them on the basis of feedback from the field. (VT)

The purpose of this paper is to state the reasons why secondary analysis serves an important function in educational research. (Author)

Presents fifteen classroom activities in listening and auding and describes the need for more research in these subjects. (DD)

Common and varying elements of different approaches to curriculum development are identified to highlight the need for comparative analysis of efficiencies. (GW)

Raises four questions which might generate research into the teaching of advanced skills of literacy to young adults. (DD)

Suggests an R&D process which has demonstrated its utility as a means of allowing researchers to communicate more effectively with both users and administrators (or funders). (Author/DAG)

Discusses the five studies conducted to date on the relationship between formal grammar instruction and student writing skills, concluding that new studies need to be done and the old studies need to be duplicated. (DD)

Discusses the effect of cross age tutoring on adolescents, the experience for the tutor, and the quality and quantity of the effect. Having moved from the practical to the theoretical, it is suggested that a rigorous experimental study measuring several aspects of development needs to be conducted. (Author/DEP)