THE AUTHORS HYPOTHESIZED THAT IF SUBJECTS WERE PRESENTED WITH "AMBIGUOUS" ANAGRAMS (THOSE WITH MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS), THE SOLUTION-WORD WITH THE HIGHEST NORMAL FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE WOULD BE DETERMINED FIRST, THE NEXT MOST FREQUENT SOLUTION-WORD WOULD BE DETERMINED SECOND, AND SO ON. SIXTY-NINE COLLEGE STUDENTS ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE 15…

Notes that deaths from natural and technological disasters are increasing in United States. Reviews key findings in areas of vulnerability to natural hazards, disaster behavior and risk perception, societal concern over technological hazard, and social-psychological effects of disasters. Calls for research examining the role of media and measuring…

Illustrates current status of thanatological research by examining the most popular line of empirical investigation (death anxiety as assessed by self-report scales) and the most sweeping theoretical approach yet proposed (Freud's death instinct). Notes that the most popular vein of research and most spectacular theory have almost no relationship…

Reports results of a survey of 40 communicative research centers affiliated with universities. Includes information on years in operation, staffing, facilities and equipment, funding, publications/activities, research methodologies, etc. (PD)

Compared the occupational interests of research and development managers (N=110) and technical specialists (N=55). Analysis on the general occupational themes and basic interest scales of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory indicated the social, enterprising, and conventional areas predicted managerial group membership, whereas the artistic…

Discusses topics and issues related to the federal government's support for university research. Points out that while government grants to universities for research and development have increased under the Reagan administration, unprecedented portions of the monies have been devoted to Defense Department activities. (JN)

This report contains information on federal funding of the research and development (R&D) components of agency programs as proposed by the administration for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998. Research and development data contained in this report are classified into the same federal budget function categories used in the Budget of the United States…

This document features detailed statistical tables of Academic Research and Development Expenditures for fiscal year 1999. The data presented in this report were collected from the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) fiscal year 1999 Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges. Contents include: (1)…

Evidence of tension between teachers and researchers regarding the work that researchers undertake in classrooms surfaces from time to time. The title of this conference, "A Conversation between Researchers and Practitioners", testifies to the importance of interaction between the users and providers of research. Indeed, in this paper, we will…

The author proposes the creation of a new type of independent research institution which would have a special relationship with universities. (Editor)

Describes a project which was conceived to provide a vehicle for an adequate test of the utility of evaluation based on student achievement of specific program goals." (Author/AA)

The U.S. Commissioner of Education describes the National Institute of Education, a national center for educational research. (LR)

The critical examination to which research and development activities and agencies are being subjected is taken as a point of departure for reviewing historical developments and persistent problems in both approaches and institutions. (Author)