A structural model of curriculum evaluation is presented that is based on a decision-oriented concept of evaluation. Its three major components--information, technique, and decision-purpose--are discussed. (ND)

Course and instructor evaluations are being used with increasing regularity in a variety of courses and disciplines. While this is encouraging for those interested in improving instruction, it has created confusion concerning interpretation and use of evaluation data. (Author/HMV)

Eight model competencies for attending behavior are presented. The data which are presented indicate that these competencies can be measured reliably. Although these competencies were developed for use with microcounseling training, they are easily adaptable to other training programs. (Author)

Medical educators must acquaint students with the advantages of assessing the patient's total needs and of utilizing a broad range of services to help the patient achieve his fullest health potential. A schema is described for implementing the comprehensive health care concept. (Author/LBH)

Illustrates the five elements of conceptual models by developing a model of consumer behavior in choosing among alternative supermarkets. The elements are: identifying the problem, constructing a conceptual model, translating it into a symbolic model, operationalizing the model, and testing. (Author/AV)

Presents a model or classification scheme for the types of information that could be collected to aid in formative evaluation of career education instructional products, and compares professional and legal product directives to conduct educational product evaluation to evaluation science's weak response to these mandates. (Editor/TA)

The author discusses the use of a teaching model she developed for use in a pathophysiology. The model is based on the physiological component of C. Roy's adaptation model, which encourages students to look for physiological cues and apply relevant knowledge in patient care through a problem-solving approach. (TA)

A training program for managers in the State University System of Florida was developed, implemented, and evaluated, with focus on collective bargaining at the nine state universities. An efficient model for collective bargaining training evolved that includes development of approach, specific content areas, and use of consultants. (LBH)

Presents a quantum mechanical model of the ionic solid, lithium hydride. (SL)

Examines the core features of a group of related instructional strategies called modularized instruction. Key among the features is the extent to which modularized instruction makes explicit the dimension of the teaching/learning process. Several models are constructed and evaluated for the degree to which they remove ambiguity. (Author/DB)

Six deficits of this model are discussed: disparity in proponent prowess, fallible arbiters, excessive confidence in the model's potency, difficulties in framing the proposition in a manner amenable to adversary resolution, "a cat's-paw for biased decision makers," and, excessive costs. (Author/JM)

Helping students learn how to learn should be a major teaching objective and a major teaching skill in nontraditional education. Evaluation processes, both in planning and implementation, should be consistent with knowledge, values, and goals of nontraditional education, and their basis should be a theory of adult learning. (Author/LBH)

A testing mechanism that provides a closer approximation than traditional testing of the frequency and random manner with which disease state and therapeutic problems present in practice was developed with the initiation of self-directed study courses in pharmacy therapeutics. The rationales, construction, and application of this model for…

Describes a four-stage process that supervisors can use to help teachers compare "what they preach" with "what they practice" through use of videotape equipment. (JG)

This study examined several hypotheses about second language learning by testing them in a training format designed to teach Spanish to children in the fifth through eighth grades and to adults in night school. (JMB)