This proposed alternative instruction model is based on the teach-practice-apply (TPA) paradigm. This paradigm provides a structure facilitating change, while ensuring the enhancement of instructional effectiveness. Suggestions are provided that secondary teachers can use in their classrooms. The steps inherent in the use of each teaching strategy…

Computerized adaptive testing procedures (CATPs) based on the graded response method (GRM) of F. Samejima (1969) and the partial credit model (PCM) of G. Masters (1982) were developed and compared. Both programs used maximum likelihood estimation of ability, and item selection was conducted on the basis of information. Two simulated data sets, one…

Terborg and Ilgen (1975) used attribution theory, equity theory, and sex-role stereotyping to explain the results of an investigation of occupational sex discrimination which found that male management student subjects differentiated in a stereotypical way between men and women in initial and second-year salaries and task assignments. A…

Human behavior shows a variety of serially ordered action sequences. This paper presents a theory of serial order which describes how sequences of actions might be learned and performed. In this theory, parallel interactions across time (coarticulation) and parallel interactions across space (dual-task interference) are viewed as two aspects of a…

The manual is intended to help elementargy grade students to develop greater awareness and acceptance of individuals with disabilities. Activities are divided into specific disabilities (arranged from least to most difficult to understand): (1) blindness, (2) deafness, (3) physical disabilities, (4) mental retardation, and (5) learning…

The third workshop on marine ecosystem modeling is one in a sequence of activities designed to promote modeling as a research and management tool among Mediterranean marine scientists. Previous workshops served mainly as a forum for a familiarization with modeling, while this workshop focused on specific implementation of modeling technology. The…

Among various possible pedagogical approaches which favor the integration of an environmental dimension into educational processes, gaming and simulation seem particularly suitable to environmental education. Environmental games and simulations reproduce in a simplified and didactical manner the complex nature of concrete environmental problems.…

In an intensive English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program, implementing a sourcebook project affects the design and content of all the courses in a curriculum. Sourcebooks, multimedia collections of materials devoted to a given topic and used in a simulation of academic research, can be adapted for use in independently operated ESL courses as…

Resource materials and learning activities to help secondary students in Kentucky learn about their state's court system are provided. The guide begins by providing a history of the Kentucky Court of Justice. Discussed are the qualification of judges, the Retirement and Removal Commission, the Judicial Nominating Commission, and juries. Background…

A computer program was developed with the potential to: demonstrate the power and uses of computers to students of environmental interpretation; show the use of computers for modeling in the realm of environmental interpretation; and show the use of computers as learning tools for students of environmental interpretation. A computer simulation…

An approach to improve the test-taking abilities of minority students, and especially college students, are discussed. The problem of lower performance of minorities on norm-referenced, standardized test is also considered. One approach to help improve students' scores on standardized tests is test-taking instruction and practice on simulated…

Since the vicarious participation analogue is frequently used to provide modeling of appropriate counselor skills to beginning counselor trainees, this model and its various forms are of particular relevance to counselor training. An investigation was designed to examine the effects of the level of the simulation of a counseling session upon…

The office worker's initial success and ability to advance largely depend on his ability to interact effectively. Eight recommendations for successful model office simulations in high school business courses are presented, based on a study measuring behavioral change in interpersonal relations resulting from participation in such a simulation. (AJ)

Operating systems theory primarily concentrates on the optimal use of computing resources. This paper presents an alternative approach to teaching and studying operating systems design and concepts by way of parametrically optimizing critical operating system functions. Detailed examples of two critical operating systems functions using the…