Empiricists work with general concepts defined by their observed sets of objects. Their explanations involve their general concepts derived by trial and error from their untheoretical observations and experience. This paper distinguishes empirical educational research from scientific research to avoid confusion between the two. A reason for the…

Considerable evidence suggests that human survival and the opportunity for a decent life for all depend on attaining a way of life more in harmony with the natural environment and available resources. As a step toward understanding specializing in environmental problems, this study compared environmental psychology researchers with interpersonal…

While the logic of science serves as the methodological framework for psychological research, its particular merit for educational evaluation has yet to filter into practical application. The logic of science provides a strategy for evaluating large and complex educational treatments that is a useful guide to program development and improvement.…

As part of its continuing work on problems of higher education, the Directorate for Scientific Affairs of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) carried out an investigation into the issues and policies concerning the development of postgraduate education in OECD member countries. The present volume incorporates the…

Reviews recent research in the treatment and cause of hyperactivity in children. (SL)

Colleges and universities in New Jersey play a critical role in building and sustaining economic prosperity and quality of life in the state and beyond. Through advancements in technology and research, higher education helps to create new jobs, improve the workforce, develop new knowledge, and boost the overall economy. This report summarizes…

The U.S. Department of Education provides a great deal of support to education each year through formula funding (e.g., Title I, Title III services to students) and discretionary grants (e.g., Title III pro-fessional development grants, Safe Schools/Healthy Students projects). However, because evaluations of these projects, and many educational…

Asserts that both the Feuer, Towne, and Shavelson article on scientific culture and educational research and the recent National Research Council (NRC) report must be understood in the context of current federal discourse focused on experimentally derived causal explanations of educational program effectiveness. Notes that the NRC report risks…

This paper examines the debate about whether psychologists' quantitative research on teaching can be considered scientific, paying particular attention to whether one branch of quantitative research on teaching, entitled process-product or process-outcome research, merits scientific status. Empirical evidence that applies to educational research…

This essay looks at governmental incursion into legislating scientific method in the realm of educational research. Using critical theory, I argue that the politics of the science of the U.S. accountability movement in public education is a backlash against efforts to open science up via cultural studies, feminist methodology, and social studies…

In order for the efforts of scholarly teaching to be recognized, the work must become public and presented to peers for review. Scholarship of Teaching is not only improving instruction and learning but also methodically assessing whether specific teaching interventions have had the desired effect. In this paper, the author presents a step-by-step…

This presentation is intended to provide the reader with a perspective on indirect costs in sponsored research and an indication of the type of flexibility available within the provisions of Circular A-21, a document of the Office of Management and Budget that outlines procedures for determining university indirect costs under federal grants and…

Describes a U.S.-Egyptian workshop for chemists held in Cairo to formulate research, development, and education projects between the two countries. (SL)

Reviews steps and procedures for planning, conducting, and presenting basic research. A sample problem is reviewed, step by step, in detail, and three useful research tools are offered. (SL)