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Kincaid, D. Lawrence – 1980
Expressing the need for a description of communication that is equally applicable to all the social sciences, this report develops a general model of the communication process based upon the principle of convergence as derived from basic information theory and cybernetics. It criticizes the linear, one-way models of communication that have…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communications, Cybernetics, Information Networks
Uprichard, A. Edward; Engelhardt, Jon – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1986
Future research initiatives on learning and instruction are considered to be of most worth if grounded in general systems theory and if multiple research methods are used. Discussed are an information processing theory and a theory for the structure and structuring of stored information. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Research
Download full textMorrison, James L.; Ptaszynski, James G. – 1990
An environmental scanning system was developed by the admissions office of a graduate school of management in a small southeastern university. The school's strategic planning committee felt that it would be beneficial to acquire information concerning issues, trends, and possible events that might impact upon the school in the future and to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Classification, Data Collection, Educational Planning
