This paper evaluates empirically the impact of elementary school related factors on the academic achievement of Montreal francophone children. A three-equation model explains simultaneously the level of achievement in mathematics and French and the self-concept of the students in the sample. (Author/LMO)

Offers a model for a performance-based training system based on job task analysis methodology that has been successfully implemented at a nuclear utility. Presents a flow chart of the training needs system and explains the steps involved in the process. (ML)

Describes emerging trends in the strategic use of information technology, including competitive dynamics and global growth of public and private organizations. The discussion covers legal challenges to the use of strategic information systems (SISS), and the need for increased research and education about such systems. (8 references) (CLB)

A broad international perspective is taken in this examination of the objectives of national repository planning; general principles on which a plan should be based; selection for national retention; criteria by which alternative national systems should be judged; and the main alternative models assessed against these criteria. (5 references) (CLB)

Describes how interactive programs for scientific modeling may be created by using spreadsheet software such as LOTUS 1-2-3. Lists the advantages of using this method. Discusses fractional distillation, batch partial melting, and combination models as examples. (CW)

Describes how the limitations of the built-in graphics capabilities of spreadsheet software can be overcome by making full use of the flexibility of the grahics options. Uses triangular plots with labeled field boundaries produced using Lotus 1-2-3 to demonstrate these techniques and their use in teaching geology. (CW)

Discussion of the use of telecommunications highlights projects designed by the New York City Board of Education to investigate telecommunications alternatives for the classroom. Telecommunications systems models are described, including electronic bulletin boards and networking; and instructional models are explained, including computer mediated…

Legal and fiscal operations of college residency requirements are described. "Residence" is distinguished from "domicile" and state governance mechanisms for determining residency and exemptions are categorized. Problems with institutional practices are reviewed, and residency policy models are presented. (Author/MLW)

Distinguishes between therapeutic values (inherent in a theory) and therapy values (held by particular therapists) and between clients' specific value positions and their principles for valuing. Suggests value conflicts involving religious clients often occur because of confused perceptions. Identifies approach to human authorities and to doctrine…

Presents a model of the interaction of external, work related, and internal factors that may influence the decision of academic library professionals to leave the library. The results of a survey that examined factors related to a decision to leave a library are reported, and further research is suggested. (CLB)

A comparison of current views of "teaching methods" or "methodology" from the standpoint of curriculum plan and instructional procedure demonstrates that the views are more complementary then contradictory and that they illustrate approaches to teaching and learning of a foreign language by the researcher, the educator, and the teacher. (Author/CB)

Discusses ways that chemists have traditionally used models to represent chemical structures. Suggests new ways to construct three-dimensional models of receptor sites using thermoplastics or heavy aluminum foil. Provides sketches and photographs of several models. Points out the advantages of using such models over traditional two-dimensional…

Suggests school and university intervention strategies for preventing suicides among youths, proposed following a series of teenage suicides in Minnesota: closer liaison and backup for the school counselor, peer counseling services, in-school support groups, faculty in-service on suicide, curricular introduction to coping skills and identification…

Presents the Wilkinson Scales for writing assessment and shows how one eighth grade student's essay, using the scales, can be evaluated for grammatical and mechanical problems without devaluing the emotion that went into its composition. (JC)

More and more young Black males are choosing to enlist in the military, attend vocational and technical schools, or take jobs instead of going to college. Many yield to peer pressure and stop studying; further, role models do not exist for young Black men. (MLW)