Stresses the fact that on-the-job training in written communication is a continuous process. Presents a writing curriculum, developed by the Illinois Office of the Auditor General, that offers a planned sequence of learning activities. (PD)

This literature search revealed a wide diversity of industrial training methods, a shortage of research and information, and an emphasis by corporations on accountability of costs and procedures and on evaluation. (SK)

An approach to individual supervisory coaching, "communication by objectives," is appropriate for all supervisors, systematically teaching them to translate concepts into skills and to apply those skills on an individualized basis to employees. (Author/MLF)

An instructional procedure composed of a graded sequence of prompts and token reinforcement was used to train three mildly/moderately retarded males (12 to 24 years old) in a complex chain of behaviors which included sorting, washing, and drying clothes. Follow-up probes demonstrated maintenance of laundry skills over a 10-month period. (Author)

Signs were used successfully with a blind 10-year-old autistic girl. After eight months of training, she was able to acquire a functional sign vocabulary relying primarily on the tactile-kinesthetic and the auditory modalities. This newly acquired skill had a beneficial impact on the child's general functioning. (Author)

Describes the Consumer Education Project for Educable Mentally Retarded (EMR) 13- to 16-year-olds in the St. Louis, Missouri, public schools. (Author/CM)

Female college students were given a training task involving anagrams, mathematical problems, perceptual identifications, or all three. Results indicate that increasing the variety of training tasks at high or low levels of required effort contributes to the student's abstraction of a general principle concerning degree of effort required for…

This discussion of the types of risks associated with military aircrew training and the varieties of training devices and techniques currently utilized to minimize those risks includes an examination of flight trainer simulators and complex mission simulators for coping with military aviation hazards. Four references are listed. (Author/MER)

Three contrasting schools of learning theory are briefly described and then related to training methods. The methods are behaviorist, humanistic, and cognitivist. The author concludes with the thought that no one theory is right for all training activity, and if a particular theory works, use it. (CT)

The Bell System Center for Technical Education uses a program which trains the subject matter expert (SME) in instructional technology (IT) and the instructional technologist in subject matter understanding. This cross-training is provided in order to encourage effective teamwork between development personnel. (MER)

Describes a specific diagnostic model and its use in training and evaluating health care personnel. Educational viability is examined in terms of (1) reality of simulation, (2) stability of student performance, (3) relationship of student performance on simulation to performance on more conventional testing, and (4) applicability of simulation to…

The implementation of peer counseling programs can increase the overall effectiveness of counseling services, but no single program is right for all settings. Each staff needs to consider the particular setting. Careful consideration of the elements discussed in this article should benefit trainees and students. (Author)

A training program of paraprofessionals was developed in a university teaching hospital. Trainees were exposed to seminars and a supervised practicum. The objectives of the experience included sensitization of persons in the natural helping network to psychosocial needs of seriously ill persons and their families. (Author)

Sixteen adult stutterers were randomly assigned to one of two groups: awareness training plus regulated-breathing or Azrin and Nunn's regulated-breathing method only. Awareness training significantly reduced stuttering compared to the control procedure. But the most significant improvement appeared after introduction of the regulated-breathing…

Presents a critical review of studies designed to teach language production skills to children with specific language impairment. The evidence reviewed suggests that a number of training approaches are effective, often resulting in gains that exceed the rate seen in normal development, provided the speaking situation resembles enough the training…