Notes that United States currently has about 15 research institutes or departments affiliated with nursing homes, and several others are under consideration. Summarizes results of short survey of these institutes. Advantages for both nursing home and research of having research institute in nursing home are discussed along with problems that…

Claims the field of counseling currently lacks an integrative approach on issues of sexual orientations in training and research. Discusses some of the challenges and difficulties involved in integrating sexual orientations into counselor training curricula and research. Presents suggestions to help professionals gain a better understanding of…

Presents overview of Item Response Theory (IRT). Explores substantial advantages of IRT in both ability and attitude measurements. Describes and illustrates basic IRT models. Discusses instrument construction and computerized testing. (Author/BHK)

Discusses the Xerox/Kurzweil Personal Reader which is an advanced optical scanner that reads a greater range of typeset or typewritten text than its predecessors, and converts it into highly naturalistic speech. (MG)

This introduction to a special issue devoted to modeling data, information, and knowledge briefly describes the origins of the papers presented and the topics covered, which include: Boolean logic; probability theory; artificial intelligence; organizing and encoding information and data; and characteristics of users of retrieval systems. (12…

Discusses the origins of the University of Oregon's 20-year-old Center for Gerontology, focusing on the center's accomplishments. Discusses the center's current design, including both the continuities and the changes that have characterized its development. (Author/BH)

Reviews contents of the Fall/Winter 1989 edition of JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Topics include: differences in the psychosocial work environment of schools; possession and exchange of materials in Chinese and American preschools; primary education in Nigeria; exemplary grade 1 mathematics teaching; and priorities for kindergarten…

Responds to Hoshmand's article on alternate research paradigms in counseling psychology, asserting that Hoshmand has established a new milestone in the history of research in counseling psychology. Discusses the importance of Hoshmand's article and the usefulness of qualitative research in counseling psychology. (NB)

Responds to Hoshmand's article on alternate research paradigms in counseling psychology, calling it a valuable treatise that might have been made even more valuable by attending to the relationships between the more traditional research paradigm in psychology and the alternate paradigms presented by Hoshmand. (NB)

Updates review of literature on family therapy approaches to adolescent disturbances (Breunlin and Breunlin 1979), revealing significant developments in theory, practice, and research and highlighting new themes and continuing trends in literature on family therapy with adolescents. Review reveals that conjoint family therapy has emerged as…

A collegial research mentoring model was implemented at Pittsburg State University to (1) enhance the research climate, (2) encourage faculty to advance their own research agenda, (3) prepare faculty to compete for external funding, and (4) enable faculty to become mentors. After one year, the model shows promise of fulfilling these goals.…

This article presents an operational, inclusionary definition of dyslexia constructed by the Orton Dyslexia Society Research Committee and others. Each clause of the definition is explained in terms of relevant research findings. The definition attempts to identify unique factors of reading disability, independent of its common association with…

Emphasizes mutuality of science and practice, and discusses problems of better linkage between psychological science and professional practice. Discusses current status of scientist-practitioner model; argues for need to move beyond textbook accounts of scientific process; discusses war of words regarding nature of psychological science; and…

Describes an International Development Research Centre project that tested suitable approaches for assessing the benefits derived from information activities in developing countries. Reviews many research questions related to concepts of information and development, impact of information, and the methodological and practical constraints in its…

Reviews the literature concerning practical computer-based simulation systems for the management of construction projects and/or firms and describes a conceptual model of a prototype system that simulates the decision making of construction site management. Research and development required to produce the system for use in industry is discussed.…