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Miller, L. Keith – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
The field of behavior analysis has not learned how to develop interventions that rely on positive reinforcement for all participants, including the normal adults who implement them. Thus, the field has not learned how to avoid evoking countercontrol. Establishment of collaborative relationships with the people targeted for help is suggested. (JDD)
Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Community Action
Shau, Kathryn – Education Canada, 1987
Encourages classroom teachers to engage in collaborative research. Addresses role of theory in research design, ethical/legal aspects of data collection/treatment, ownership of data, and communication among team members. Describes one-to-one friendship, teacher team catalyst, and cruise ship research models. Discusses how to formulate research…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Collis, Betty; Gore, Marilyn – Educational Technology, 1987
Presents a model for instructional software design as a collaborative effort involving computer scientists and educators, which stresses the process of design through documentation. The documentation used to exchange information at each phase of the process is described, and the advantages of this model are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Courseware, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
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Jason, Leonard A.; Crawford, Isiaah – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Issues that impact on the ability of behaviorists to be effective in solving social and community problems are discussed, including use of legislative initiatives to bring about behavior change, sustaining interventions with local resources, and the possible rewards from employing collaborative methods in behavioral research. (JDD)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Community Problems
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Evans, Susan B. – Preventing School Failure, 1991
This article reviews the literature on consultation, collegiality, and other forms of collaboration in schools, as a means of assessing the knowledge base and understanding its relationship to special education. Research on implementation of collaborative practices in special education is called for. (JDD)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Consultation Programs, Cooperation, Disabilities
McCorkle, Constance M.; Gilles, Jere L. – 1986
Because negative stereotypes have direct implications for social scientists' functioning and inclusion on multidisciplinary teams working in international development, rural sociologists should be aware of these stereotypes, identify their sources and modes of perpetuation, and utilize strategies to dispel unflattering characterizations.…
Descriptors: Credibility, Developing Nations, Interdisciplinary Approach, International Programs
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Gladstone, Colin – British Journal of Special Education, 2005
Many practitioners are now grappling with the practical realities involved in collaborations between mainstream and special schools. Colin Gladstone is a teacher at Greenside, a special school in Hertfordshire. In this article he describes his experience of running a Young Enterprise Scheme project linking teenage students with severe learning…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Learning Problems, Special Schools, Peer Relationship
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Bagnato, Stephen J.; Feldman, Heidi – Infants and Young Children: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Special Care Practices, 1989
The article examines the sparse literature on acquired brain injury in infants and preschoolers, including epidemiology, neuropathology, neurodevelopmental outcome, and treatment efficacy. It suggests blending applied research and clinical practice, emphasizing team approaches, focusing on family involvement, integrating assessment and treatment…
Descriptors: Child Development, Epidemiology, Family Role, Infants
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Nicolson, R. I.; Scott, P. J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1986
Defines eight software production stages, and argues that the key to the production of a higher quantity of reasonable quality software lies in development of support technologies to assist teachers in software development. Three approaches--software toolboxes, computer assisted instruction (CAI) program shells, and software CAI analysts--are…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Literature Reviews
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Sherman, James A.; Sheldon, Jan B. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
This paper expresses concerns about implementing the behavior analysis values for community intervention expressed by Stephen Fawcett in EC 602 711. Concerns include inclusion of participants in selecting research goals, methods, and outcome measures; research impact on public policy; tension between research requirements and research settings;…
Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Community Action
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Englert, Carol Sue; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
This article discusses problems with traditional top-down methods of disseminating educational innovations to teachers and proposes a conceptual framework in which teachers share a primary role with educational researchers in the development of innovative practices. Focus is on the critical dimensions of teacher change as they participate in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
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Winkelmann, Carol L. – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Argues that the combination of collaborative writing and electronic resources can produce a reaffirmation of literacy as a social process. Utilizes feminist theory to equate the postmodernist assumptions regarding the indeterminate nature of language with democratizing influences. Describes a class project where students produced a collaborative,…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction