The Massachusetts General Hospital/Surgical and Special Services study, an information processing system for redesigning an outmoded existing hospital, structured information into small-scale elements that could be analyzed, reassembled into different solutions, and the solution selected that best accommodates all of the complex requirements. (MF)

The data indicated that disadvantaged children required more time to process visual information than did middle-class children, but the processing speed for the 2 groups tended to become more similar as grade level was increased. (Author)

One question prompting the present research concerned the relation between performance under tachistoscopic'' conditions where exposure durations are too brief to permit active overt visual search, and performance when overt search is possible. (Author)

Engineering educators do not utilize to full capacity the advanced computer techniques which information processing industries and utilities have developed to further educational services and data communication. (IR)

Provides an overview and a framework for the social studies educator in order that he might develop a basic understanding of the educational uses of the computer as it relates to the social studies/social sciences. Discusses use of computer as a teaching device and as tool for information storage and retrieval and lists 24 programs. (DB)

Presented is a lesson plan to be used in middle school social studies courses to help students assess whether a statement made by an alleged authority is credible. The plan also shows how teachers can use information processing strategies to design lessons to promote learning of other critical thinking skills. (RM)

Publications managers can control production costs, schedule jobs, and maintain correspondence, records, and inventory in more detail and in less time by using microcomputers. Four steps to set up a system are identified: define data, standardize data, create datafile, and maintain datafile. (MLW)

Some basic conceptual tools, knowledge, and experience that help evaluate needs for a management support system (MSS) to meet the planning and management challenges in academe are presented. An MSS must integrate the planning, control, forecasting, modeling, reporting, computing, and data administration functions of the system. (MLW)

A sociotechnical systems model used by John Brown University is described that is useful for analyzing the complexities of change in an organization and for describing the many elements involved in change. (Author/MLW)

National issues in computing are identified and approaches to meeting national goals through computer education and research are suggested. The role of computing in higher education, the new role for higher education as American society changes to an information society, and the merger of microelectronics and communications are discussed. (MLW)

Proposes five rules to help job interviewers elicit data useful in predicting job performance. Rules include: developing critical job requirements; indirect exploration of job requirements; collecting data revealing motivated work behavior (such as candidate's self-reported enjoyable achievement experiences); and summing up data. (RC)

Investigates the potential of a keyword method extension to determine if it can be effectively combined with other mnemonic strategies that are designed to facilitate coding of numerically ordered information. Twenty references are listed. (MER)

The effective management of the university depends on the research office providing usable, accurate, timely, and accessible information regarding sponsored programs. The utilization of automated systems to store, access, and manage information is seen as essential. (MLW)