Four major areas of investigation were undertaken in the course of this study on the training and careers of research and research-related personnel in education. The first area covered the development and testing of a classification system of skills necessary for research, development, diffusion, and evaluation in education. Telephone interviews…

A specialized research training institute was conducted for 58 college professors who were engaged in Consortium Research Development (CORD) projects. An attempt was made to diagnose specific deficiencies in existing educational research and development competencies among the participants and to provide them with concentrated experiences to…

In the summers of 1967 through 1970, summer institutes were held at the University of New Hampshire, Durham to train those involved in the field of higher education with various research methods. Although the initial institute participants consisted mainly of classroom personnel from New Hampshire, the participants in the three subsequent programs…

The purpose of this 6-week training institute was to orient a group of selected black undergraduate students to the nature of and general procedure related to the process and methodology of educational research. The program was specifically designed to: (1) enable the students to identify pertinent educational problems and to formulate appropriate…

A survey was sent to doctoral school psychologists to determine their research productivity and topical interests. Approximately two thirds of 147 respondents indicated doing some research during 1974-75. Studies dealing with topics of assessment and program evaluation were most prevalent. (Author)

Examines the professional socialization of undergraduate sociology majors with a focus on research training. Explores four assumptions related to professional socialization and a cumulative curriculum. Presents data on the national patterns in research training in undergraduate sociology and offers a case study of research training at Southwestern…

This article is part of a broader study on research capacity development (RCD) of individuals within three research units in South African universities. The complex and wide-ranging nature of research capacity means that development of capacity is a long-term, multifaceted and multilayered process. The ability to do research is more than the sum…

Although education researchers have spent years pondering what makes a good school or a good lesson, not much thought has gone into what makes a good researcher. Does the job require extensive training in a wide range of research methods? Or is it better to become an expert in just one? Should a budding education researcher steep himself or…

Synthesizes the results of three previous task force efforts into a list of 25 tasks frequently needed in educational research and evaluation, and the skills and knowledge required to perform them. Tasks listed hold for the late 60's and early 70's. Developments subsequent to 1971 are not considered. (AM)

This report of the 1968 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Research Training Presessions Program, designed to train educational researchers in fundamental research skills, includes introductory sections on background and planning and a major section consisting of descriptions and evaluations of each of the eleven 5-day sessions. The…

Ten seniors at Washington and Lee University participated in an undergraduate educational training program during the 1967-1968 school year. The program provided research training in education and the social sciences, and opportunities to work closely with experienced faculty in order to effectively formulate and clarify problems. The projects…

This fourth issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE), designed to provide a new perspective for viewing research articles and to aid in the improvement of writing research reports, includes abstracts prepared by science educators, bibliographical data, the research design and procedure used by the investigators including data, purpose,…

This report deals with the problem of encouraging colleges to engage in educational research. More specifically, it concerns itself with questions such as: What is the present role of the small college? What roles can small colleges most effectively play in the continuum of research needs? What resources are necessary for playing these research…

Examines some recent evidence about the current state of doctoral research training, and plans for the development of doctoral study; provides some interpretation of the problems we face; and offers four suggestions for enhancing research training in doctoral programs. (Author)