This paper provides an historical and contemporary overview and criticism of individualized instruction, beginning with the Dalton Plan and Winnetka Plan of the 1920's. While there appears to be a proliferation of new individualized methods and procedures, they have existed in several forms in the past and have been utilized on a large scale,…

An effective personnel evaluation system should contain ten components: (1) an introduction including the selection and composition of the committee that develops the program and the procedures used in its development; (2) a philosophy of evaluation based upon an assessment of the teaching environment of the district; (3) a listing of the purposes…

This is one of eight short monographs intended to aid practicing educators in planning and conducting accountability programs in schools. This booklet discusses the concept of educational accountability and examines the major facets of educational accountability programs. Short sections focus in turn on the nature of educational accountability,…

Discusses the use of economic analysis to examine relationships between school resources and school outcomes. Outlines a conceptual framework that employs a systems approach to analyze the efficiency of school resource allocation. (JG)

Article described the District Management Team, designed to re-organize the existing school system in such a manner that it becomes more responsive to the needs of the entire district, including the community it serves and to all personnel within its organization. (Author/RK)

Rising costs of medical care and training of medical professionals have brought about circumstances which threaten the quality of medical care in the U.S. One response by the medical community has been the introduction of educational technology and design processes into professional training. (Author/JEG)

Started in late 1972, "Operation Conserve" has led to a central control system and reduced lighting methods that have cut the University of Western Ontario's energy use by 15 percent. (Author)

A recently developed theory of marital dissolution that utilizes a systems perspective is briefly presented. The theory was derived from almost 1,300 propositions in extant literature, and is readily understandable to layman, practitioner, and academician. Implications contained within the theory for those concerned with saving floundering marital…

Explores usefulness of a two-stage diagnostic system. The proposed diagnostic system warrants trail application in a real-life setting, although 85 percent of the initially unclassified subjects and 79 percent of the random data records were also identified. (Author)

This discussion of the legal aspects of acquiring a computer system emphasizes the buyer's rights. Guidelines are provided for drafting a contract specific to the individual buyer's needs and modifying the vendor's standard form contract. (EM)

Examined the verbal interaction styles of two marital combinations to study sibling position differences in marital interaction. Analyzed the content, style, and tone of the verbal interactions between the spouses. First- and second-born couples approached issue resolution with more direct openness than second- and third-born couples who preferred…

Provides a retrospective review of a book published in 1962, "Advanced Data Processing in Libraries," by Schultheiss, Culbertson, and Heiliger, which was one of the first books to present a systematic view of library computerization. This review attempts to consider how accurate that view was. (Author/CLB)

Presents a brief model which integrates an individual, cognitive-behavioral approach with a strategic approach to therapy, at both pragmatic and theoretical levels. Justifies the selective use of behavioral frames in strategic therapy in this Strategic-Behavioral model, and offers guidelines for their selective application. Presents and discusses…

To become true educational leaders, principals must realize that administrators' only legitimate goal is to make schools work by helping students learn and that administrators accomplish goals through the efforts of others at the organization's delivery point (teachers). Ideas that enhance the teacher-student relationship are worth pursuing.…

Discusses need for systems-based approach to quality assurance in mental health services, which can provide useful information to administrators and practitioners as they work to maintain or improve quality of care provided to patients. Introduces generic model for monitoring and evaluating quality of care and discusses potential barriers to its…