Institutional costs need to be analyzed for several reasons: (1) to increase the income of the institution; (2) to improve decision-making at the margin; and (3) to maximize efficiency. The means of costs analysis involve a simple issue: which costs to include. This decision depends on the purpose of the analysis. The actual effects of the usual…

The technique of behavioral contracting is recommended as a highly effective, readily applied technique for use in efforts to strengthen the control of family and school over the behavior of delinquents. A behavioral contract is a means of scheduling the exchange of positive reinforcements among two or more persons. The use of behavioral contracts…

When properly implemented, prototype testing appears to provide one of the most direct and economical methods for identifying means to optimize the effectiveness of a product, and ultimately to validate a product's effect. The nine papers in this volume exemplify several categories of protytype testing conducted at different stages of the…

This paper is prepared for the rehabilitation practitioner and hopefully will meet some of the needs of the academician as well. The data covers the following major areas: How personality develops, How emotional pathology develops, Defense mechanisms, Classification of psychological makeup, Treatment of emotional pathology, Commonly used glossary,…

Examines the effects of a continuous schedule vs a partial schedule of feedback on learning. The feedback takes the form of grades and comments on laboratory reports in a grade eight laboratory-oriented program. (GA)

It is argued that there is a fundamental difference in the perception of the nature of man on the part of humanistic critics and traditional experimental social psychologists which leads to different assessments of the long-term effects of deception research on subjects. (Author/AM)

This essay is a first attempt to delineate the different threads woven into the conceptual tapestry of comparative education in North America, and some of the socio-political values that have pervaded basic research and policy recommendations. (Author)

Drawing upon some organizing principles for comparative education is the basis for this discussion of its development over the past quarter century. Emphasizes parallels between education and other people-serving programs and underlines the potential gains from a combined cross-cultural and cross-program comparison. (Author/RK)

A computer program written in BASIC solves earlier problems with a mathematical model used to project the tenure ratio in a time of zero growth in faculty size. It allows the user to input values for the policy variables on a terminal and output the time path of the tenure ratio. (Author/LBH)

Studies 40 children ages 1 to 3 with respect to stage 6 object permanence, representational language, and symbolic play. Examines methodological problems in investigations of Piaget's model of cognitive-linguistic relationships related to the definition of these variables and associated with the use of correlations for data analysis. (Author/CB)

To replicate a study of conflict resolution in the family by Steinmetz (1977), the Conflict Tactics Scale was administered to college students. The results agree with the Steinmetz study with one exception. The patterns of conflict resolution are similar for race with one exception. However, several sex dissimilarities were found. (Author/BL)

Explains how the use of performance analysis technology in a hospital improved job performance, thereby generating dollar benefits and cost savings. The variables involved in this analysis are discussed in detail, and a case study illustrating its efffectiveness is included. (MBR)

An example of a methodology for programmatic research development in emergency medicine is identified through the establishment of a nonclinical health services research position, which contributes to building a body of knowledge specific to emergency medicine and creating a sense of professional identity among graduate trainees. (Author/LBH)

This paper describes the design of the interdisciplinary study of the growth and development of Dutch children in progress at the University of Nymegen, The Netherlands. Schaie's design is based on a trifactorial model which isolates the contributions to developmental data of the factors age, cohort and time of measurement. (Author/MS)

Comprehensive school reform (CSR) focuses on reorganizing and revitalizing entire schools, rather than on implementing individual programs. The idea behind CSR is that schools cannot educate all students to high levels unless all the education system's components work together toward a common goal. Choosing a CSR model can be difficult and…