Summarizes the discussions and identified research priorities from a 1980 Workshop on Nutrition Education Research relating to areas of anthropology, communications, psychology, and social psychology. (DS)

U.S. society needs to become oriented toward the future if it is to cope with rapid social and technological change; a future-oriented society is necessarily a research-oriented society. Priorities for research are in national and world economies, the communications revolution, and the future of the family. (MSE)

The number of agricultural scientists working in developing nations and the funding available to them for research is inadequate to ensure desired agricultural development. Efforts are needed to encourage intellectual and educational environments in these countries to encourage and enable scientific and technological enterprise. (RE)

Topics in this literature review include: perspectives on work; assessment measures; vocational aspirations-choice; job seeking and recruitment; occupational careers; motivations, needs, and goals; worker adjustment; work and the social structure; and interventions. (Author)

Discusses the current state of counseling research and methodology. The "bubble hypothesis" underscores the fact that all research is imperfect, whether laboratory or field study. High quality research is important and more counseling psychologists should participate. Commentary by other authors is included. (JAC)

Higher education, through the rural churches, can help bring positive change through the provision of continuing eudcation services to both the elderly and clergymen, through research, and through community development programs. (Author)

In the last 25 years, educational psychology has changed and expanded as a discipline. The major educational reform movements have increased the need for research data and for psychological services in the schools, thus expanding the role of the educational psychologist. (SJL)

HEW research efforts and programs that concern higher education are reviewed. The structure of HEW research activities is examined and the following priorities for postsecondary education research are discussed: student finance, college choice, faculty, quality and viability, and benefits. (SF)

Reviews the current status of the study of adolescent development, with particular emphasis on "Handbook of Adolescent Psychology." Presents some projections about future research and theory. (Author/ST)

Articles on attitudes of rehabilitation service providers were reviewed for: (1) attitudes toward disabled people; (2) correlates of attitudes; (3) attitude changes; (4) attitude and outcome; (5) attitudes toward other team members. Much of the research was unsatisfactory from design and sampling points of view. Recommendations are made. (Author)

The multidimensionality of the power concept has been more systematically explicated, but research efforts continue to be primarily concerned with decision-making outcome. Perhaps the documented patterns of slightly husband-dominant, though increasingly shared or equalitarian, decision making reflect a change in normative expectations rather than…

A survey of writing research indicates positive directions for teaching composition: reflecting developmental patterns in curriculum guides; emphasizing prewriting and revising strategies; giving priority to problem solving and creative thinking skills, attending to rhetorical issues like purpose and audience, and conducting research in the…

Reports results of a project focusing on the development of inquiry skills as a goal of science education. Specifies the "desired status" for effective inquiry learning; determines the "actual status" by analyzing four recently completed status studies; and compares desired and actual status to identify needs and recommend actions. (CS)

Claims made for case studies are analyzed, and some of the obstacles to using this kind of evaluation information are discussed. The analysis is based on evaluation of a federally funded project which combined the evaluation with attempts to use that information to help other schools. (Author/CTM)

Argues that general semantics research into prejudice has made only minor contributions to an understanding of prejudice because of weak experimental designs. Suggests improvements in research methodology and urges that knowledge of the semantic world of minority groups be sought as a prerequisite to eliminating cultural bias in standardized…