A final report on the development and operation of a research training institute by Virginia State University in Petersburg is presented. Objectives of the federally-funded Research, Development, Dissemination, and Evaluation Center at the university include: to provide opportunities for women and minorities at the university to develop and/or…

This performance report of the Summer Institute for Educational Research on Asian Americans summarizes and evaluates the activities and tasks completed from February 1 through October 31, 1980. The goal of the project was to increase the participation of Asian Americans in the field of educational research and development. Specifically, the…

The activities and tasks of a summer institute are summarized and evaluated in this report. The goal of the institute was to increase the participation of Asian and Pacific Americans (APA) in the field of educational research and development. Specifically, the institute provided an opportunity for participants to exchange ideas and common concerns…

The Institutional Research Office at Delgado College (Louisiana) developed a campus-based mini-grant program awarding funds to individual faculty members proposing projects to improve instruction. Inservice workshops assisted the faculty in grant-writing and research development skills before grant proposals were solicited. Criteria for acceptance…

Quotes the Carnegie Foundation's special report recommending that high schools and colleges cooperate to determine which library skills are essential for college library use and to provide appropriate training. Principles to be followed in establishing collaborative projects are suggested and examples of cooperative bibliographic instruction…

Describes the Clinton (MA) secondary school program in plastics technology, which involves (1) mostly 10th graders in a combination classroom-hands-on-activities laboratory program, and (2) 11th and 12th graders in laboratory research/ shadowing/job performance program. Also describes actual laboratory projects, program graduate job placement, and…

Discusses professional parameters of librarianship that guided major revision of content and methods of bibliographic instruction program at Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington). Highlights include rotation of librarians into full-time teaching, characteristics of team teaching, emphasis on investigating problem solving in the course, and…

A geography workbook developed to teach upper division college-level geography students and beginning graduate students how to use a college library is described. Research on the use of the workbook indicates that directed instruction is beneficial to student learning of library resources. (RM)

Description of aggressive education program initiated at Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library highlights the library's environment; administrative configuration; staffing issues (recruitment, training); facilities, including 13 microcomputers and computer projects; materials production; program development; marketing;…

This six-week program involving minority honor students juxtaposed didactic and experiential research components in psychology to provide a breadth of exposure to researchers and topics while achieving in-depth training in research methodology. Interns initially participated in faculty-sponsored research but later developed and implemented their…

Defends the use and placement of footnotes as being central to the considerations of proof and evidential claims that are essential for historical writing. Notes the differences between history and other social studies that preclude or limit the use of in-text attribution. Answers many standard objections to footnotes. (MJP)

Claims that, although teachers are increasingly expected to integrate technology--particularly the Internet--into their classrooms, it is the exceptional school system that prepares its teachers to use the Internet appropriately. Describes new products and resources that facilitate constructive and relatively easy use of the Internet, including…

A study in one Australian institution in transition from vocational college to university found: many staff without research-based qualifications and with limited research experience; perceptions of lack of institutional support for research; need for research skills training; need for research time and money; and need for a research ethos. (MSE)

Describes a course developed by a librarian and an economics teacher using active learning techniques to teach research skills and critical thinking. Topic include the course development, including course objectives and clarification of the librarians role; a search strategy; and revisions to methodology to achieve course objectives. (six…

Critical thinking exercises incorporated into an undergraduate course of bibliographic instruction encourage students to analyze and evaluate information and retrieval methods, thus enabling them to become more effective information users. (AEF)