This is the final report on the project to design new patterns for training research and development (R&D) personnel in education; the project was conducted by a consortium of educational agencies coordinated throught the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. The report is bound in eight sections: goals and activities of the design project, designs of the training programs, rationale and description of the consortium, scope of work, budgets, list of tasks in educational R&D, behavioral analysis of the curriculum development process, instructional strategy to guide the development of R&D curriculum, and examples of training programs for R&D personnel. (Author)