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Silverrain, Ann – 1989
The paper outlines the operative principles for understanding learning and discusses how these principles can help in planning a functional program for a severely or profoundly brain-damaged child. Discussed are: (1) the role of memory in learning; (2) simple associative learning (Pavlovian Conditioning and Operant Conditioning); (3) Piaget's…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Emotional Response, Habituation, Learning Processes
Clement, Frank J. – Performance and Instruction, 1985
Discusses problem areas in instruction, course development, and training administration, suggesting that a dominant factor in training effectiveness is an awareness of the limitations of the human mind to absorb material within a limited time period. Why the rule of seven can increase effectiveness of all training is explained. (MBR)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Industrial Training, Instructional Design, Learning Processes
Randolph, W. Alan; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1979
The authors present an alternative model for training in organizational development (OD) which differs from other such models by being eclectic, inexpensive, and applicable to participants with varying degrees of experience. A design for a training laboratory is elaborated and related to theories about OD and about learning processes. (SK)
Descriptors: Consultants, Experiential Learning, Instructional Design, Learning Laboratories
Carlisle, John – Human Resource Development: An International Journal, 1980
A training course for negotiators is presented, based upon models of learning processes, negotiation behaviors, and learner expectations. Course structure, the importance of practice and feedback, the place of concept formation, and evaluation are discussed. (SK)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design, Interpersonal Competence, Labor Relations
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Diekhoff, George M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1982
Relatively simple changes in cognitive activities during prose learning can substantially affect information acquisition, yet many students' strategies are ineffective. A prose learning strategy training program using network models of long-term memory structure and depth-of-processing theory is presented with evidence of its effectiveness among…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
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Goodstein, Leonard D. – Group and Organization Studies, 1981
Presents an activity in which participants identify organizational situations in which they have tried to influence others and write brief essays discussing the dynamics. Working in pairs they score each other's essays with a form that includes an analysis of the tactics. Provides suggestions for using this design. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Change, Group Activities, Individual Power
Garland, Dave – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1979
Author states that learning is behavior modification and discusses several principles of adult education and training which he has found useful in adult training programs. These include planning, organizing, a variety of activities and methods, involvement of the learner, and followup. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Vocational Education, Behavior Change
Schoen, Sharon Faith – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1986
The article reviews and analyzes existing assistance procedures with moderately to severely developmentally disabled students. Procedures considered include those performed prior to responding and those involved with fading assistance. Implications for selecting assistance procedures are examined. (CL)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes
Collet-Klingenberg, Lana; Chadsey-Rusch, Janis – 1990
This study evaluated a cognitive-process approach used to train three secondary-aged students with moderate mental retardation on a social skill involving response to criticism. The cognitive-process approach teaches a generative process of social behavior rather than specific component behaviors; relies on receptive and expressive language…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Criticism, Employment, Interpersonal Competence
Distributive Industry Training Board, Manchester (England). – 1980
This booklet is intended to assist managers at all levels and in all types of firms in coaching employees of two types: those with managerial responsibilities or those being developed as managers. The principles and approaches described, however, are applicable to all levels of employees. Discussed in the individual sections of the guide are the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Employer Employee Relationship, Feedback, Foreign Countries
Lillywhite, Malcolm – 1984
This document was developed as a training manual for people interested in various types of appropriate technologies related to improved cookstoves. The three types of cookstoves included in the manual are earthen, ceramic, and metal (or a combination of metal and ceramic). The training sessions described deal with: (1) an orientation to the…
Descriptors: Air Flow, Alternative Energy Sources, Appropriate Technology, Ceramics
Montgomery, Joel R. – 1996
This workbook explains the process of using the goal-based learning (GBL) approach to accelerating performance change to design an education or training program. The first half of the workbook, which focuses on the nature and benefits of GBL, discusses the following topics: shifting the focus of education; differences between lecture-based and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Goal Orientation
Montgomery, Joel R. – 1996
This workbook explains the principles and benefits of the integrative learning model and outlines a systems approach to developing an integrated learning-based education/training program. First, the integrative learning model is discussed in the contexts of the shift from teaching-focused to learning focused education and client-based environments…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Goal Orientation
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Kidd, David; Hagarty, Jack – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1978
Presents a story about an extension worker with the Ghana Ministry of Agriculture and discusses a short course in extension developed for the Ministry by the University of Ghana Agricultural Extension Department. Training focus was on active field practice to demonstrate class subjects and techniques. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Developing Nations
Goad, Tom W. – 1997
This book, which is intended for new training professionals and others asked to provide training, lists the critical elements of training and details an eight-step process for providing training in the workplace. The book begins with a brief introduction explaining the purposes of training and why it has become so important. The next eight…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Check Lists, Corporate Education
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