A response to a recent report's criticism of the lack of good legal research in Canada, especially research integrating law with the social sciences, focuses on the legacy of British law and legal traditions, past domination of Canadian legal education by the practicing profession, and recent developments that may brighten future prospects for…

The nature of simultaneous translation, often misunderstood, is a precarious balance of listening and analysis, production of discourse and memory. The work's quality would be improved by reinforcing interpretive skills, research in teaching methods, and study of precise interpretive techniques. (MSE)

The author reviews results of eight research papers with conflicting data on effectiveness of special versus regular class placement for educable mentally retarded children, expresses need for more research, and emphasizes use of the individualized education plan to determine the most appropriate setting for a child. (MC)

The impact of hand-held calculators on education is discussed, and areas for future research are identified. (DT)

A paper presented at a workshop on student teaching and the methods class at the Conference on English Education, April 10, 1976. (DD)

Presented are the results of a national poll of research directors to identify critical problems facing basic research today. Problems identified included the following: lack of continuous, stable funding; decline in the quality of research students; infringement of the freedom of inquiry; and decline in public confidence. (SL)

Discusses a recently completed study which examined the flow of students through the educational system of Wisconsin, with particular attention to the relationship between educational achievement ethnicity to inform public policy makers. Also discussed is a proposed cohort survival model of the movement of students of different ethnic groups.…

Defines participant observation as a research methodology whereby investigation is conducted in the subjects' natural habitat over a long period of time in which the researcher shares as intimately as possible in the life and activities of the subjects being studied. (Available from the Journal of Applied Communications Research, Ed., Drawer NJ,…

Focuses on the applicability of U.S.-originated communication models to research and practice in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and other countries. (MH)

In studies relating teacher effectiveness and student achievement, the establishment of empirical relationships between teacher behavior as an independent variable and student behavior as a dependent variable is essential. Problems concerned with instrumentation, methodology, and statistics of such research are discussed. (BT)

Articles stress the need for (1) a system to reduce the number of multiple applications to graduate programs in psychology; (2) centralized information about the status of psychology in precollege curricula; and (3) greater research experience with real-life relevance for undergraduate psychology students. (AV)

Greatly increased emphasis on field experience/cooperative education programs is being proposed at a time when the assimilative capacity of work organizations to absorb the learners in those programs is under question. Research on assimilative capacity and availability of positions for learners at various stages, federal financial support for…

This paper reviews research on psychotherapy and counseling for women. It divides the research according to focus: client variables; counselor variables; independent or treatment variables; and dependent or criterion variables. A general criticism is that clients and counselors tend to be seen as homogeneous rather than heterogeneous populations.…

This monograph, one of a series on youth with disabilities and the juvenile justice system, reviews current data on disabilities requiring special education and related supports. Statistics on the prevalence of juvenile crime are followed by statistics on the prevalence of special education disabilities in the system, specifically specific…

A second annual education summit examined research issues and research needs in urban American Indian education. This report summarizes three panel discussions and lists relevant articles, Web sites, and participants. An introduction by Linda Sue Warner discusses the Indian Community School of Milwaukee and its goals of preparing Indian students…