Teleconferencing as a teaching topic lacks suitable textbook readings and research with educational, rather than business, applications. Discusses reasons for the shortage, informally surveys existing materials, and suggests a model for future research that the teacher can apply and use. (PD)

In this second of two installments, a discussion of role of information science (IS) in numerical databases (NDBs) and vice versa highlights two elements of IS needed to develop NDBs: technical (hardware, software, artificial intelligence, degree of database reliability); social (man-machine interface, social infrastructure). Research requirements…

Discusses results of two 1983 educational microcoputer use studies which indicate schools are acquiring microcomputers but lightly utilizing them, and concludes that this may be due to lack of research on the intelligent use of microcomputers. Research questions needing answers are noted and scarcity and problems of research are discussed. (MBR)

Finds that, between five and seven years of age, the majority of healthy children in modern urban-industrial societies achieve an understanding of the irreversibility, nonfunctionality, and universality of death. Suggests reasons for ambiguous findings concerning the relationship between the acquisition of the concept of death and developmental…

This article describes the conceptual framework of and purposes for two organizations: The Consortium for the Improvement of Teacher Evaluation; and The Research and Development Center for Teacher Evaluation. These organizations focus on improving the quality and quantity of research conducted on assessing teacher behaviors that affect student…

Current interest in the topic of teacher evaluation indicates a need for better evaluation techniques. The methodological problems in teacher evaluation are explored through a discussion of audiences, models, sources for data, and modes of reporting. Directions for development by researchers and practitioners are presented. (DF)

Discusses the obstacles and opportunities that school counselors face in attempting to conduct research in the public schools. Suggests that engaging in research and program evaluation may necessitate restructuring the goals of the guidance program, altering the priority of counselors' tasks, and modifying the expectations of various groups within…

Examines 82 journal articles that dealt with an event or trend in the past to explain the past, classifying each as using a conventional or unconventional approach to the subject covered. Concludes that while articles were generally conventional in approach, there was more experimentation than previously thought. (FL)

Discusses a 9-point program for research on student persistence. The program is designed to encourage effective policy development at the institutional level. (Author)

The review synthesizes viewpoints on functions of play and provides an overview of information on effects of visual impairments on play patterns. The importance of play in learning is stressed. Specific needs for research on the play behavior of young children with low vision are identified. (Author/CL)

Asserts that the sensitive-period hypothesis has not been tested on three counts: (1) no systematic studies of initial mother/infant contacts exist, (2) the majority of studies confound timing and amount of contact, and (3) failure to consider underlying mechanisms results in the omission of designs and dependent measures that could address…

In this paper, tables for the appropriate sample sizes are presented and discussed in the context that the determination of the effect size must precede the determination of the sample size. (Author/PN)

Special attention is given to the developmental tasks, problems, measurement, and counseling issues associated with the establishment stage of career development, i.e., the activities related to demonstrating competence in the occupation and adjusting to the occupational environment. (PN)

Although a higher mean difference in academic achievement was obtained when disclosure of cognitive style map information was made to a sample of adult learners in a community college anatomy class, the difference was small. Disclosure of the cognitive style map information had no significant effect on academic achievement. (JOW)

Describes children's play materials in one rural village in Senegal and illustrates the children's free play. (CI)