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Singh, R. P. – Prospects, 1990
Examines comparative education's status in India in college curricula and as an educational research topic. Argues that comparative education receives scant attention, referring to surveys that show almost nonexistent numbers of doctoral dissertations in comparative education at two Indian universities and that show the paucity of comparative…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Comparative Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Developing Nations
Greenhill, Leslie P. – Prospects, 1975
This article discusses instructional development, a process evolved by instructional technologists which provides a useful approach to bridging the gap between educational research and its practical application to the solution of educational problems. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods
Watanabe, Ryo – Prospects, 1992
Discusses why Japan has participated in the international cooperative studies sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Asserts that Japanese educators want to compare not only content acquisition but also measures of cognitive learning. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Bruner, Jerome S.; Olson, David R. – Prospects, 1973
The paper is directed to an examination of what is common to different forms of experience. The paper concludes that different forms of experience converge as to the knowledge they specify, but they diverge as to the skills they develop. (JB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Experience, Instructional Materials
