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The Use of Verbal Feedback in Counseling Groups: Toward an Effective System.
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Stockton, Rex; Morran, D. Keith – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1980
Research findings suggest that behavioral feedback is rated by group members as more effective than interpretive or mixed feedback. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Feedback, Group Behavior, Group Counseling
Modelling and Evaluation.
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Good, H. M.; And Others – Studies in Higher Education, 1980
The evaluation of educational programs in higher education needs a better theoretical base than it has had. Proposals as to what that base should encompass are discussed and an approach that involves a more adequate conceptual and procedural model is explored. Focus is on a systems viewpoint. (JMD)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Feedback
Effective Teaching in Industrial Education and Training.
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Rosenshine, Barak Victor – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1986
Presents six teaching functions: daily review, presentation of new material, conducting guided practice, providing feedback and corrections, conducting independent practice, and weekly and monthly review. Also discusses two additional areas: teaching in small steps, and teaching "ill-structured" areas. (CT)
Descriptors: Feedback, Industrial Education, Information Processing, Instructional Materials
Control and Feedback in a Documentary Information Retrieval System.
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Frants, Valery I.; Shapiro, Jacob – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Discussion of the problem of control in documentary information retrieval (IR) systems focuses on feedback mechanisms. Information needs are discussed, particularly the Problem Oriented Information Need (POIN); the structure of an adaptive IR system is described; and the design of algorithms for automated IR systems is explained. (33 references)…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer System Design, Documentation, Evaluation Methods
The Future of Educational Technology Is Past.
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Mitchell, P. David – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1989
Discusses the field of educational technology and the need for new perspectives on the processes of learning, teaching, and doing research. Topics discussed include the scope of education; goal-directed feedback; control system theory; cybernetics and general system research; self-instruction; and suggestions for future planning for educational…
Descriptors: Cybernetics, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Research
The Emergence and Early History of Organization Development: With Reference to Influences on and Interaction among Some of the Key Actors.
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French, Wendell L. – Group and Organization Studies, 1982
By the early 1960s, organization development had emerged largely from the applied behavioral sciences and had three major stems: the invention of the T-group and innovations in the application of laboratory training insights to complex organizations; the invention of survey feedback technology; and the emergence of action research. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Role, Attitude Measures, Feedback
Improving Schools for Low Achieving Children: A System Dynamics Policy Study.
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Clauset, Karl H., Jr.; Gaynor, Alan K. – 1982
To examine the problem of widening gaps in reading achievement between initially low-achieving children and other students as they move through elementary school, the authors first reviewed the literature on school effectiveness. Using a form of systems analysis called "system dynamics," they formulated a model and a set of hypotheses…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Feedback, Hypothesis Testing