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"Self-Efficacy From the Perspective of Adolescents With LD and Their Specialist Teachers" appears in the Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp 494-507 (2007). The authors, Robert M. Klassen (University of Alberta) and Shane L. Lynch (University of Alberta) utilized HyperRESEARCH for their qualitative study of adolescents with learning disorders.

"This study used qualitative methodology to investigate the self-efficacy beliefs of early adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). We conducted a series of focus group interviews with 28 Grade 8 and 9 students with LD and individual interviews with 7 specialist LD teachers. Content analyses of the student and teacher data resulted in 2 a priori and 3 inductive themes: self-efficacy, calibration and levels of self-efficacy, students' self-awareness, attributions for failure, and problems and solutions. The students viewed themselves as low in self-efficacy and generally accurate in the calibration of their efficacy and performance, whereas the teachers viewed the students as overconfident about academic tasks. In contrast to the teachers, the students viewed verbal persuasion as a valued source of self-efficacy. Students attributed their failures to lack of effort, whereas their teachers attributed student failure to uncontrollable deficits. Problems and solutions related to student motivation were discussed from student and teacher perspectives."

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In the turbulent political times we live in, a better understanding of presidental leadership can only help create more informed and aware citizens. "Presidents of the United States on Leadership" by Dick M. Carpenter, II (University of Colorado), published in Leadership, Vol. 3, No. 3, 251-280 (2007), reports insights discovered using the simple, yet powerful, qualitative analysis features of HyperRESEARCH.

"This study analyzes US presidential statements on leadership since Franklin Roosevelt. Results indicate that presidents define leadership as visionary, goal oriented, moral, principles based, a responsibility, and a search for the common good. Such definitions typically involve the world of ideas and ideals, which seems to lean more toward a more passive leadership role. However, presidents frequently complement these definitions with discussions of what leaders do, clearly establishing leadership as active rather than passive. Such discussions most often focus on decision making in leadership and the necessity of persuasion to facilitate decisions once made. Finally, presidents emphasize the reciprocal nature of leadership and the necessity of collaboration in leading, particularly given the ultimate importance of and focus on people. This idea of leadership typifies a western/Anglo understanding of leadership not always consistent with other cultural definitions."

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"Having a Child Diagnosed With Cancer: An Assessment of Values From the Mother's Viewpoint" by Peggy Ward-Smith, PhD, RN, (School of Nursing at University of Missouri - Kansas City), Sarah Kirk, PhD (Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City), Maxine Hetherington, MD (Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City), and Christopher L. Hubble, MD (Advanced Pediatric Palliative Care Team Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City) appears in the Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Vol. 22, No. 6, 320-327 (2005). The qualitative analytical power of HyperRESEARCH was used to explore this powerful topic.

Utilizing HyperRESEARCH's rich multimedia source material support, Richard J. Dammers (Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ) conducted a qualitative study to explore "Utilizing Internet-Based Videoconferencing for Instrumental Music Lessons." Published in Applications of Research in Music Education, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp 17-24 (Nov 2009), the article is