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Williams, Arthur E. – 1995
This paper discusses the need for students and faculty at small, under-funded academic libraries in rural areas, such as the University of Maine at Machias, to have Internet proficiency so they can access more sources of information. Small academic libraries in remote areas often lack the resources for students to conduct adequate research without…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Westmeyer, Paul – 1994
This guide to planning and conducting research projects covers how to decide on a research problem, state a hypothesis, plan for the collection of data, write a proposal, analyze and interpret data, and write the research report. Overall, the book takes a practical, hands-on approach and offers checklists, suggestions, and guidelines for all the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Software, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Ingels, Steven J.; Scott, Leslie A. – 1993
Sample undercoverage issues in the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) are addressed. The main focus is the exclusion of certain categories of student in the base year, 1988, and in in-school follow-up rounds. A subsidiary focus is the question of how adequately transfer students were captured within the sampling procedures of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Data Collection, Eligibility, Followup Studies
Cizek, Gregory J. – 1993
The report of the National Academy of Education (NAE), "Setting Performance Standards for Student Achievement," provides an interpretation of NAE investigations into the procedures surrounding establishment of achievement levels for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAE report synthesizes the investigations of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Policy
Keeves, J. P. – 1992
The first and second International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement Science Studies examined and compared science achievement in 19 and 26 countries, respectively. This paper considered 10 technical issues that arose in these 2 studies of science education and achievement. The issues discussed were the: (1) need for the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Parkyn, David Lee – 1991
This paper reviews two areas of limitations concerning college outcome assessments and argues that while cognitive outcomes may be effectively measured during the students' academic careers, the perceptions of alumni are a necessary component of the assessment of affective outcomes. The limitations that are addressed concern first, determining…
Descriptors: Alumni, Church Related Colleges, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment
Wink, Joan; Towell, Janet – 1993
Considerations unique to classroom research and problem-solving where the teacher is English-dominant and many students speak English as a Second Language are examined, and advice is offered to teachers. The discussion reflects the specific concerns of a group of graduate students in teacher education. An approach is outlined, in a conversational…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Romano, Richard; Moreno, Luis – 1994
A study was conducted by New York's Broome Community College (BCC) to compare student-reported parental income with income reported by the students' parents on their 1982 tax records. Student reports of parental income were obtained from a survey administered to students entering BCC in fall 1983. The college had parents' federal income tax…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Disclosure
Padilla, Amado M., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This collection of 16 studies examines the wide variety of issues surrounding bilingual education and reviews program design, evaluation, and classroom strategies. The following chapters review the 20-year history of bilingual education and concomitant political issues: (1) "Bilingual Education: Issues and Perspectives" (A. M. Padilla);…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Strong, Merle E. – 1983
Based on a review of the literature on industrial education as well as on comments elicited from industrial educators, it does not appear that the topics for research in industrial education have changed much throughout the years. What has changed, however, is the context in which industrial educators operate. In light of these changes, it would…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1983
Educational research in Asia and the Pacific is examined from the perspective of reform in instructional content and method. Information based on speeches and discussion at a regional workshop held in Japan in 1982 is presented in four chapters. Chapter 1 explains workshop objectives, introduces participants, and presents a general overview of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Research
DeVore, Paul W. – 1983
Industrial education has reached the stage of evolution where a major transition is required if it is to continue as a viable field of education and contribute to the solution of some of society's significant and critical problems. If industrial arts practitioners are to guide their field through an orderly transformation, they must follow a…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
Temme, Lloyd V.; Zeigler, William, Jr. – 1980
This report examines the logic that underlies projection methods and applies that logic to data describing vocational teacher needs for 1978 through 1982. (The report addresses the demand for vocational education teachers only, not for other personnel such as counselors, prevocational teachers, and so on.) The report is organized into three…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Employment Statistics, Postsecondary Education, Research Methodology
Smulyan, Lisa – 1983
Action research, a term first used in the 1940's by Kurt Lewin, implies the application of tools and methods of social science to immediate, practical problems, with the goals of contributing to theory and knowledge in the field of education and improving practice in the schools. Collaborative action research suggests that each group represented…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational History
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Findsen, Brian; Carvalho, Lucila – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
This article provides a preliminary analysis of issues and challenges associated with a qualitative participatory research project conducted in Auckland, New Zealand. It traces the history of the development of the project in two selected urban areas which entails an investigation of a full range of learning for older adults--formal, non-formal…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Older Adults, Qualitative Research, Research Projects
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