Reviews data related to the relationship between religious background and educational attainment for males and females during the second half of the twentieth century. Data indicate that the net influence of religious background on educational attainment has never been very large. (Author/DB)

Reviews various traditions and perspectives in modern social science research and indicates why these traditions are so 'unecological'. Suggests that a new worldview is necessary in social science research and in the larger society. Details of this worldview (paradigm) are presented and relevant literature is reviewed. (DB)

As trade unions in India are expanding their educational services, it becomes apparent that research is needed to support the expansion and diversification. International organizations can aid in the financial support of research and dissemination of the results. (SK)

Symbolic interaction theory, exchange theory, and systems theory were major schools of thought in the 1970s. The general theory of the family may be unnecessary. Theorists in the 1980s should improve existing theory and continue to develop metatheory and methodologies of building theory. (Author)

Areas of concern regarding the relationship between collegiate achievement are suggested for further study, along with guidelines for research. (JMF)

Research techniques for use in identifying and analyzing quality education in Black schools are described in this article. (Author/EB)

Discusses objectives of the introduction to business course: to provide some basic knowledge of business and economics for non-business majors; to serve as a foundation course for majors in specific areas of business; and to satisfy personal interests. Notes various teaching strategies and areas of needed research on content and teaching…

Presents a brief history of research on reading problems, a critique of methods of diagnosis and management, some speculations on the roots of the dilemma in research on reading problems, and some recommendations for future research. (Author/GT)

Points to characteristics that differentiate the college press from commercial media, mentions trends in past research on college publications, and discusses three areas in which there is a need for further research: readership, reader preference, and content trends. (GT)

Identifies shortcomings of single equation models of educational achievement, including that they have omitted relevant variables. Considers three models of educational achievement--one using cross-sectional data; one using pre- and post measures of achievement; and one using more complete panel data. (Author/DB)

Problems in research on psychological androgyny include rigidly held values, dubious definitional assumptions, diffuse and atheoretical research directions, and alienation from basic concerns in "mainstream" personality research. An idiographic model of sex roles, defined herein, would increase the predictive utility of assessment in such…

With the growing popularity of sports among children, attention must be given to the increased number of eye injuries associated with mass participation. (SBH)

Describes the six steps used in a modified Delphi technique to establish research needs and priorities: identification of needs, collection of rankings of needs, calculation of rank by an importance/consensus method, feedback to administrators, planning actions, and reporting developed plans. (MB)

Hypothesizes that: (1) there is much public distrust of business profit-making due to lack of economic education and misunderstanding of business profits; (2) social scientists should study such attitudes and investigate profits; and (3) conflicts between profit-making and government intervention for social goals are inevitable and must be better…

The central focus of this research study was to determine if differentiated achievement results would emerge if the environment into which high level questions are launched was varied in terms of providing varying degrees of positive reinforcement for high level responses to high level questions. (Author/RM)