Doctoral Dissertation Research in Instructional Design and Technology from 1976 through 1988

This study presents several analyses of doctoral dissertation research completed by students in instructional design and technology (ID&T) programs from 1977 through 1988: (1) the number of dissertations completed during each of the 12 years; (2) the 46 U.S. institutions at which the research wa...

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Main Authors Caffarella, Edward P, Sachs, Steven G
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 1991
Subjects
Doctoral Dissertations
Doctoral Programs
Higher Education
Instructional Design
Instructional Development
Research Design
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Summary:This study presents several analyses of doctoral dissertation research completed by students in instructional design and technology (ID&T) programs from 1977 through 1988: (1) the number of dissertations completed during each of the 12 years; (2) the 46 U.S. institutions at which the research was done and the number of doctoral degrees in ID&T awarded by each; (3) a historical analysis of dissertation research in ID (4) a comparison of the research during the current period with dissertation research completed since 1921; and (5) a comparison of the 10 most prolific ID&T programs over the past 70 years. (12 references) (BBM)
Bibliography:In: Proceedings of Selected Research Presentations at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology; see IR 015 132. For a directory of the dissertations from 1977-1986, see ED 307 852.