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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1994
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED379733 |
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- Tools for Linking Research and Practice in the Helping Professions: Research Abstract Worksheets and Personal Reviews of the Literature. Burlingame, Martin Higher Education Information Retrieval Information Seeking Information Skills Literature Reviews Meta Analysis Research Methodology Research Tools Search Strategies Theory Practice Relationship User Needs (Information) This document is comprised of four chapters that show how to use research-abstract worksheets and personal reviews of the literature as tools for linking research and practice in the helping professions. The research tools help to condense lengthy reports, place them into a consistent format, and actively involve the information seeker. Chapter 1 describes the relationship between professional problems and research, arguing that the nature of professional practice in the helping professions relies, to a large extent, on research. It describes the "research game," which stresses public debate, follows a series of conventions, and uses publications for commentary. Chapter 2 describes a process for making a research report, qualitative or quantitative, useful to the practitioner. It outlines the steps involved in creating a research-abstract worksheet and discusses the logical relationships among problems, hypotheses, and variables. Chapter 3 offers guidelines for creating abstract worksheets on reports of educational practices. Chapter 4 presents strategies for using the library intelligently and for developing a personal review of the literature (PERL), and describes the importance of creating PERLs. Appendices contain examples of four research-abstract worksheets and one example of a PERL. Two figures are included. (LMI)