Presents observations of a researcher on state of educational research. States that some issues and questions have not changed in 50 years. Cites the arguments over the difference between basic and applied research, and the hereditary basis of intelligence. Concludes with remarks about inappropriate data analysis, the use of technology, and the…

This article brings together the principles of designing Likert attitude scales and demonstrates the procedure through the development of a chemistry attitude scale. Design procedures and validity and reliability of the scale are each discussed, with a data summary for the 20-item chemistry scale. (MNS)

Results from 821 Israeli subjects revealed that the Hebrew version of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory was as reliable as the original English version. Demonstrates initial cross-cultural reliability and validity of the instrument, allowing for its utilization in further research of individual learning styles. (Author/BJV)

The editor of the 'Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning" outlines the reasoning behind and the anticipated content of the handbook. The volume discusses the following topics: audience; scope; style; dimensions of social studies; teachers; students; contexts of social studies education; subject and objectives components;…

In this paper an analytic framework is developed for the examination of state policies that are most likely to influence teachers' content decisions. This framework offers a way of assessing the potential strength of such policies in terms of their prescriptiveness, consistency, authority and power. The framework has been applied to policies…

As useful as LISREL may be in model estimation and testing, its most significant contribution to date is the encouragement and example it gives for right thinking about research and right planning of research. The encouragement to hypothesize the best possible model for the process that is the object of study, and to plan measurements that…

Divides science education literature into the following areas: journals, reference works, miscellaneous publications, monographs, and handbooks and dictionaries. Subdivides and examines in detail each of these areas. (MLH)

A CASE IS MADE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH AS A 2-WAY STREET BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IS DEFINED AS "THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LEARNING PROCESS IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING," THUS QUESTIONING THE RELEVANCY OF "BASIC" VS. "APPLIED" THEORIES.…

This 13th Yearbook is a handbook on classroom research, designed to guide industrial arts teachers in setting up small studies and analyzing the results. Major topics are: (1) Research and the Classroom Teacher, (2) The Research Process, (3) The Tools of Classroom Research, (4) Interpreting and Evaluating Research, (5) Selected Problem Areas with…

Designed to assess the ability of subjects to apply concrete operations to data in a reading format, and to determine if there is any difference with regard to type of paragraph or type of question, this test consists of four short paragraphs, each of which established one of the following operations: an additive classification, a multiplicative…

Designed to investigate how the beginning reader understands the antecedent/anaphora relationship in written discourse, this test contains four stories which were drawn from basal readers and modified so that the categories of pronouns were represented in proportion to their occurrence in the basal readers. Stories were further modified so that…

The solution to the lack of productivity of educational research is the recognition that applied research can be scientific and the reexamination of the implications of the scientific orientation for research strategies. (Author/EB)