This paper tests a multivariate theory of family status, socialization, and student politics employing two different methodological techniques: (1) the popular path analysis method as compared with (2) a modified causal analysis approach. Results reveal that both techniques appear to be a reliable check on one another. (Editor/PG)

Responses to a questionnaire concerning experiences on their first teaching practice and their reactions to it were obtained for 218 Diploma of Education students at the University of Melbourne. (Editor)

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the guidelines used in the study to develop "good" problems for young children and to describe the nature of some problems so developed. (Author)

The purpose of this survey was to gather the opinions of a group of randomly selected members of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) regarding the quality of graduate programs in art education. (Author)

Criticizes studies of egocentric development in children using cutaneous perception procedures. Also questions study contribution to the understanding of the development of decentering. (Author/SDH)

Article considered the psychological problems faced by adolescents in accepting a donor kidney as a means of extending their own lives. (RK)

Article investigated managerial decision making and the cultural differences in preferences for decision making styles. (Author/RK)

Article investigated two new, parallel, multiple-choice group tests of reasoning, suitable for literate subjects from 10 years to adulthood. (Author/RK)

Author severely criticized a book on encounter groups by Lieberman, Yalom, and Miles (1973) and stated that it was a methodological morass, theroetically obsolescent, and almost totally unjustified in its conclusions. (Author/RK)

Economists use nonrandom sampling and self-selectivity models to analyze a variety of issues. Individuals are not homogeneous and self-select into those alternatives where they have a comparative advantage. Examples where self-selection models have been applied include analyzing schooling, labor supply, and career choices. A student's…

Some of the frustrations inherent in trying to incorporate qualifications of statistical results into meta-analysis are reviewed, and some solutions are proposed to prevent the loss of information in meta-analytic reports. The validity of a meta-analysis depends on several factors, including the: thoroughness of the literature search; selection of…

Designed to provide librarians, library administrators, and other interested persons with information organized to facilitate comparisons of libraries within the same library system, with comparable service populations, and with comparable expenditures, this publication contains information derived from the 1985 Annual Report/System Membership…

The first step in aggregating qualitative data is to establish parameters for cross site analysis. Establishing parameters should include: (1) building a conceptual framework, (2) defining units of analysis, (3) developing core questions, and (4) establishing guidelines for handling unique features in each site. Two basic approaches to analyzing…

The paper is the fifth of a series of working papers developed by a project which conducted a cooperative study of existing student study team (SST) processes in nine California special education local plan areas. The working papers augment the final report by providing detailed descriptions of the methods used and the preliminary findings. This…

Three factors are considered that contribute to the perception that the higher education research effort has done a poor job in dealing with problems confronting academe. The first factor is the magnitude of the higher education enterprise and the number of problems and issues inherent in it. The second factor is the level of support for research,…