This article discusses the use of a "group helper" to minimize anxiety about audio-taping and role-playing experiences for counselor trainees. Results of this training technique are presented. (Author/HLM)

Iowa high school seniors enrolled in vocational agriculture during the 1975-76 school year were surveyed to determine how important the students thought their supervised occupational experience was in developing occupational skills and also which experience factors were most important. Although significant differences did exist, the findings…

This article describes how a short-term group training program served as a catalyst to make parents more sensitive and helpful to their adolescents. The combination of training in facilitative communication and behavior modification helped them to be more objective in observing and listening to their children. (Author)

This discussion of consultant preparation begins with a review of the current training practices followed by a consideration of and rational for emerging approaches. A working definition of consultation is presented, together with suggested curricular elements and instructional activities. (Author)

Makes suggestions to develop time management skills by selecting important targets, terminating others, and delegating and redisigning jobs, and to develop political skills by establishing power, networks, becoming aware of manipulative strategies, and using human relations skills in negotiation and bargaining. (Author)

Observation of student teacher behavior was undertaken to determine interpretive and managerial skills necessary for adapting to the environmental demands of classrooms. The five skills isolated were (1) "chunking" (grouping discrete events), (2) differentiation (distinguishing the importance of events), (3) overlap (handling several events at…

A battery of assessment measures, including MCQ measures of factual recall, MEQ measures of problem-solving skills, measures of attitudes, intelligence and ability, and personality factors was administered to trainee intakes of several postgraduate training courses for general practice.

Discusses a study that compared the use of interpretive dramatics activities to basal reader workbooks for developing the comprehension skills of recognition and recall of details, sequencing of events, and generalizing the main idea. (JM)

Studies elementary school childrens' abilities in (1) measuring and constructing angles, and (2) interpreting and constructing linear graphs as a result of instructional formats. Partitioned into instructional treatments of (1) science, (2) science-mathematics, (3) mathematics, and (4) control were 161 fourth- and fifth-grade children. Mathematics…

After noting the complexity involved in making career decisions and the need for young people and adults to have direct assess to career information, major discussion centers around the ingredients, or steps, in the decision making process, the importance of employability skills, and the role of cooperative work experience. (SH)

The Portable Patient Problem Pack (P4), a method of simulating a patient's problem in a card deck format, is designed to develop the student's problem-solving or diagnostic skills in a manner consistent with the skills of the practicing clinician. Its effectiveness at McMaster University is reported. (LBH)

The needs for research in nursing practice and for continuing education in clinical nursing are discussed in this paper presented at the 1976 National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing. (MF)

A group of perceptual and motor tests were administered to 155 advantaged and disadvantaged student. The results are discussed in terms of differential perceptual-motor and motor growth and need to structure educational experience that will contribute to growth. (Author)

Computer diagnosis has been shown in a University of Wisconsin study with medical students to assist the clinician through its ability to present a detailed diagnostic analysis of data collected on a patient. It can also document clearly the logic behind its differential diagnosis, making it a good tool for teaching medical decision-making. (LBH)

Outlines an approach to using the translation of French songs in English as an effective and enjoyable learning activity for students of French. Steps include: respecting rhythms; finding and respecting meaning; respecting style; respecting sound; respecting your choice of intended listeners; and respecting the original version. (CB)