This study explores how an individual's cognitive style influences the development of a strategy in a concept identification task and how an individual tests his hypotheses in a concept learning set task. Subjects for the research were given the Hidden Figures Test as a means of identifying their cognitive styles. Half of the subjects were…

This study reports the results of a pilot Change Agent Research (CAR) project initiated in the summer of 1975 by the Sports Institute for Research (SIR) for the Windsor Minor Lacrosse Association. The purpose of the project was to audit the association to diagnose the nature of its organizational problems and assist in initiating change in order…

A description of the present methodology for studying possible violations of the civil liberties of homosexual men and women is provided. Presented at the 1976 American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. (Author)

Argues that Rubin and Rice endorsed a narrow conception of investigative quality and technique and overemphasized the potential value of research for practitioners. (Author)

Analysis of teachers' questions, part of the ORACLE (Observation Research and Classroom Learning Evaluation) project research, is examined in detail. Scarth and Hammersley argue that the rules ORACLE uses for identifying different types of questions involve levels of ambiguity and inference that threaten reliability and validity of the study's…

Examines the relationships between doctoral students and their research problems under circumstances presently thought to be ideal for creative research endeavor. The article focuses on three contextual perspectives: (1) psychological and primarily affective, (2) theoretical-methodological and primarily cognitive, and (3) institutional. (CT)

This article describes an attempt to improve the Personal Orientation Inventory's specific trait prediction capability. The results indicated the potential for specific trait prediction was improved, although global prediction capability was not significantly changed. The resulting scales have been labeled the modified scale form of the…

This guide to the Research Process is a four-day diary of scripted research lessons. It is based on a generic concept of research and addresses the ever-increasing need for methods to manage information in a practical way, explaining how to teach research. The lessons and strategies are all based on authentic teaching experiences, and the…

First of two articles that review 16 major research studies of secondary education in the United States during the early eighties. The purposes, assumptions, and methodologies of the studies are examined here. A later article will cover other aspects of the research. (Author/MLF)

Guidelines for research in educational programs for the deaf, in response to a Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf resolution (June 1979), are presented. (PHR)

School counselors need to know which methods work best with their students. One means of determining this is presented. Limitations exist in the generalizability of findings. A major feature of intensive experimental designs is that large numbers of students are not needed to conduct meaningful evaluation of an intervention. (Author/BEF)

The current, conventional approach to research does little to strengthen scholars' participation in civic life. However, models of research that promote more democratic inquiry methods, more reciprocal relationships between researchers and their subjects, and new collaborations between research institutions and communities are emerging and being…

Despite key changes in the federal Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) research program, activists and some scientists are frustrated that not enough has been done and the actions taken have not had sufficient impact on the problem. Controversy over basic vs. clinical-trial research persists. (MSE)

Argues that (1) the purposes of environmental education are socially transformative; (2) the dominant approach to research in the field is behaviorist and deterministic; and (3) the role the dominant behaviorist approach to research play in professional development needs to be critically examined. Outlines a current international project…

Describes the method employed for scholarship that involves the analysis of original unpublished scripts. A professional-development grant provided an opportunity to travel to a university archive to read primary research materials unavailable through conventional means, and to develop a detailed analysis of selected works by Ray Bradbury,…