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This journal, which deals with topics in educational research, includes articles written in Spanish (translated here) such as the following: "Management of the Competence of Professional Action (CAP)]" (Benito Echeverria Samanes); "Concepts and Beliefs of Andalusian Secondary School Teachers on Mathematics Assessments" (Francisco Gil Cuadra, Luis Rico Romero, and Antonio Fernando Cano); "Dimensionality of a Scale to Measure the Attitude toward the Environment for Secondary School Students" (Pedro Alvarez Suarez, Emilia Inmaculada De la Fuente Solana, and Juan Garcia Garcia); "Evaluation of the Needs of Youths with Hearing Difficulties during the Transition into the Working Environment" (Mario de Miguel Diaz and Marisa Pereira Gonzalez); "The Productivity of Studies on the Evaluation of Spanish Educational Programs (1975-2000)" (Jorge Exposito Lopez and Antonio Fernandez Cano); "Study and Characterization of Classroom Discourse: The Application of Multiple Correspondence and Other Analyses" (Ma Angeles Rebollo Catalan); "Pedagogic Training and Professional Education of University Lecturers" (Ma Cruz Sanchez Gomez and Ana Garcia-Valcarcel Munoz-Repiso); "The 'Success-For-All Program': Description and Results of a Program of Pedagogic Intervention with At-Risk Children" (Miguel A. Santo Rego and Robert E. Slavin); and "Impact of a Program for the Development of Psycholinguistic Skills on Learning How to Read and Write." (AS)

Articles in this volume focus on the following: specialized research; methodological challenges; establishment of a categorization system for sociometric analysis and its application in the multicultural classroom; a case study of factors to prevent school failure in children at risk; the KeyMatch-R scale (study of a curriculum-related diagnostic instrument); a study of the external validity of the Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test (STAT); predictors for the outcome of doctoral studies and differences between hard sciences and technology studies and social and humanitarian studies; accordance and errors (type I and II) in primary logopedical diagnostics; a methodological approach to evaluating nonuniversitarian educational expenditures of communities; a case study of the autonomous community of the Murcia region of Spain; an analysis of covariant structures in the study of the teaching quality of university professors; and a comparison of statistical methods for evaluating the differential item functioning. (AS)

The two issues of this journal include the following articles (Titles are translated into English): "General Panorama of Research on Intercultural Education in Europe" (Margarita Bartolome Pina); "Incidence of Some Educational, Social, and Affective Factors in Alcohol Consumption by Teenagers" (Elvira Repetto Talavera, Ma. Peregrina Senra Varela); "Analysis of Multicultural Education in the Educational Centers of Western Almeria" (Encarnacion Soriano Ayala); "Test Anxiety: Its Effect on Performance (I)" (Norberto Navarro Adelantado, Presentacion A. Caballero Garcia); "Evaluation of School Counselors' Professional Competencies" (Luis Sobrado Fernandez); "Constructing a Scale for Measuring Attitudes towards Multicultural Education" (Mercedes Rodriguez Lajo, Flor Cabrera Rodriguez, Julia V. Espin Lopez, Ma. Angeles Marin Gracia); "Motivational Patterns in University Students: Differential Characteristics" (Antonio Valle Arias, Ramon Gonzalez Cabanach, Lino Manuel Cuevas Gonzalez, Jose Carlos Nunez Perez); "Type I Error and the Power of Chi-Square Tests in the Study of Differential Item Functioning" (Ma. Dolores Hidalgo Montesinos, Jose A. Lopez Pina, Julio Sanchez Meca); and "Evaluation of the Action Research Done by University Faculty in the Field of Science Education" (Mario de Miguel Diaz); "Counseling in Secondary Education: The Current and Prospective Situation" (Ma. Teresa Diaz Allue, Rafael Carballo Santaolalla, Ma. Jose Fernandez Diaz, Narciso Garcia Nieto); "Entering the Workforce" (Benito Echeverria Samanes); "Research in Practice" (Pilar Colas Bravo);"Evaluation of Educational Centers: Getting Closer to a Systematic Focus" (Mario de Miguel Diaz); "Evaluation of the University Institution"; (Sebastian Rodriguez Espinar); "Education for Gifted Students" (Carmen Jimenez Fernandez); "Conceptual Contributions and Methodologies in Three Fields of Comparative Pedagogy. Intercultural Education" (Teresa Aguado Odina); "Adaptive Education" (Mercedes Garcia Garcia); and "Perspectives of Psycho-Educational Research. The Linguistic Dimension" (Feli Etxeberria Sagastume). (LR)

This document consists of the eight issues of the series "Revista Investigacion Educativa" published during the 4-year period 1992-1995. This review of educational investigation seeks to promote the exchange of information about empirical research in education. It is published semiannually, and includes reports of both quantitative and qualitative research as well as articles on research methodology. Studies at all levels of education, from early childhood education to graduate study, are included. All articles are in Spanish, but English abstracts of each article are provided. The eight issues included in this group, dating from 1992 through 1995, contain articles on a wide range of topics, including bilingual education, mathematics instruction, curriculum design and development, teaching skills and qualifications, reflective teaching, science instruction, the purposes and uses of research, cooperative research, articulation, external and internal program evaluation, educational reform, social aspects of education, diagnostic evaluation, mainstreaming, classroom teaching techniques, special education, educational psychology, qualitative research methods, various methods of statistical analysis, and research design. A number of articles refer specifically to the Spanish educational system. (MSE)