Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Bolef, Doris | 1 |
Cohen, Lee | 1 |
Cole, Leslie | 1 |
Davis, Richard W. | 1 |
Donahue, Frank E. | 1 |
Drake, Jackson M. | 1 |
Erickson, Gene A. | 1 |
Fisher, Janet S. | 1 |
Gerhardstein, Aloyse | 1 |
Grant, Philip C. | 1 |
Hannum, Wallace | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Reports - Descriptive | 32 |
Journal Articles | 21 |
Opinion Papers | 4 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 3 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 2 |
Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Education Level
Adult Education | 2 |
Higher Education | 1 |
Audience
Practitioners | 3 |
Community | 2 |
Teachers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Social Security Act Title XX | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Tandoc, Juanito P., Jr. – Online Submission, 2019
The Language Learning Strategies Enhancement training focuses on the use of varied strategies to aid and assist the learners in the success of their language learning. The use of varied strategies in language learning will greatly assist the learners to develop and improve their proficiency and task performance. While enhancing the learners' use…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Learning Strategies, Personality Development, Second Language Learning
Kahl, David H., Jr. – Communication Teacher, 2018
Courses: Instructional Communication, Graduate Teaching Assistant Training Programs. Objectives: Students will (1) understand critical communication pedagogy (CCP); (2) evaluate traditional and critical objectives and assessment procedures; and (3) create critical objectives and assessment procedures.
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Assistants, Class Activities, Teaching Methods
Laczik, Andrea; Mayhew, Ken – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2015
This chapter discusses the relationship between the labour market and vocational education and training in England. For decades British governments have emphasised the need for more people to stay longer in the formal education system and at the same time have attempted to improve work-based training. They have also emphasised the centrality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Labor Force Development, Vocational Education
Runyan, Charles K. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
The paper focuses on the need for trained mentors in developing new hires in any profession and outlines a developmental theoretical framework as a basis for mentor training. To illustrate the success of trained developmental mentoring, a unique mentoring program called the Kansas Early Career/Mentor Teacher Academy is reviewed. The paper shares…
Descriptors: Mentors, Professional Development, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction
Training, 2012
The best learning and development organizations support business initiatives tactically "and" help drive strategic change. Verizon did just that, earning it the No. 1 spot for the first time on the Training Top 125. Verizon and the other 2012 Top 125 winners continued to invest in training, collectively dedicating a mean of 4.52 percent of their…
Descriptors: Training, Leadership, Tuition, Labor Force Development
Hannum, Wallace – Performance Improvement, 2009
This article questions commonly held beliefs about training as a component of performance improvement solutions. Rather than being based on theoretical and empirical support, many beliefs about training are based on little more than myth. Part 1 of this article presents myths about the relationship of training and performance and myths about…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Misconceptions, Beliefs, Training

Erickson, Gene A.; Herman, Michael W. – Water Engineering and Management, 1982
To aid in personnel training and as a complement to its enforcement program, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency implemented an operator assistance program in June 1976. Its principle objective was to train operators in process control to improve their skills and enhance their long-term ability to produce high quality effluent. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Program Descriptions, Training, Training Methods
Bolef, Doris; Fisher, Janet S. – 1978
Problems which frustrate and hinder training in data base use for personnel employed in biomedical libraries include the ever increasing number of data bases which continue to be introduced, search techniques that differ from vendor to vendor and data base to data base, and differing formats of data bases and their training manuals. Training…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Educational Needs, History
Swain, William A. – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Discusses the systematic approach to training, how this approach increases training impact, and how it evolved and identifies the four components of this approach, describing three components in detail--pretraining briefing sessions, review of individual training objectives, and group followup. (MBR)
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement
Cole, Leslie – 1984
The Colorado Training Institute (CTI), established in 1980, is a non-profit, instructional program devoted to promoting hazardous materials safety through education. It has trained over 3,000 emergency response personnel and industry officials and is a unique example of the private and public sectors working together to protect the public from…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Hazardous Materials, Industry, Program Descriptions

Maffioli, Francesco – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1985
Provides summaries of four discussion groups that examined (1) differences in international training among the various fields of engineering; (2) training needed for working productively in third-world countries; (3) training needed for industrialized countries; and (4) needs of industry in the future in the field of international training. (JN)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Engineering
Zigon, Jack – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Describes a collection of techniques used to increase use of skills learned in a training program for the staff of a motor freight common carrier company; briefly summarizes nature of the training program, its rationale, target population, content and delivery methods; and summarizes the training program's effects on employee performance. (MBR)
Descriptors: Business, Improvement, Job Skills, Performance

McCowan, Richard J.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1983
CREST (an evaluation model for social services training) was developed to assess short-term training for social service workers. The model is based on a criterion-referenced, competency-based concept of evaluation. The rationale for the model, procedures, and the computerized system used to manage trainee data are described. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Continuing Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation
A Method for Enhancing Training and Monitoring of Program Adaptions and Adoptions in New Situations.
Stuck, Gary; Rubin, Roberta – 1982
Described here is a rating scale to provide feedback about the success of training and of program implementation when a new program is being adopted. It allows project personnel to determine whether trainees possess the knowledge and skills necessary to implement a new program for which they are being trained. It also informs project personnel of…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Inservice Education
Davis, Richard W. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1981
Discusses how the Bell System Center for Technical Education uses computerized instruction to meet five goals. (DC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Higher Education