The Delphi Technique was used to identify competencies needed by handicapped students (learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, mildly retarded, and orthopedically impaired) to enter a vocational agriculture course. (CL)

Describes Project CLASS (Competency Based Live- Ability Skills), which is aimed at adult basic education students who need instruction in basic skills in order to survive and earn a living in America. (JOW)

The major issues addressed include the extent to which handicapped students should participate in or be exempt from the testing program, whether tests and scoring criteria should be adapted for individual handicapped students or categories of students, and whether differential diplomas should be awarded to handicapped students on the basis of test…

Examines how changes in the Carkhuff Human Resources Development (HRD) training model affect the acquisition of defined interpersonal discrimination and communication skills. Compares a competency-based with a conceptual-based training group. Findings support competency-based training as more effective. (Author)

Although learning can be defined in cognitive, affective, or behavioral terms, the specification of communication, planning, or evaluation skills in behavioral terms is most appropriate in management training. Learning objectives are most effectively reached in a closed rather than open loop learning design. In designs, the learner's reactions and…

This article discusses similarities in educational trends in the United States and the United Kingdom, and criticizes the back-to-basics movements in each country. The need for further research in education and its application to the fullest development of children is suggested. (BH)

An outline of a proposed instructional system to help the accounting instructor meet the needs of a complex business society. (HD)

A self-instructional law course was developed at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and has been well received by the students. The self-instructional method of teaching appears to be conducive to learning as indicated by the performance of the student in the course. (LBH)

Several citations selected from the ERIC data base, are presented to aid educators involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of individualized programs for handicapped children in the regular classroom. (MM)

Practicing counselors and researchers are realizing the value of consulting with teachers, parents, and administrators. Counselor educators need to begin to train counselors formally and systematically in these skills. This article presents one training model in detail. (Author)

Problems with both sides of the "skills versus personal growth" dispute are presented as evidence that a third counselor education paradigm is needed. The portfolio concept is introduced as a means of assessing counselor trainees' competence against their own integrated theory of counseling. (Author)

A systematic, consistent design framework provides a common language for educational change. A performance-based curriculum design model within a learning-centered framework focuses instruction on expectation and allows for varied and innovative teaching strategies. (SK)

Project Adventure (PA) offers certification for adventure program managers and two levels of challenge course practitioners. PA feels certification is timely because other fields have certification programs that work well, PA has been using competency-based certification for their own staff successfully for 8 years, the field has recently…

Discusses research evidence for not including microcomputers in preschool environments; develops a theoretical base favoring computer use in early childhood that includes views of Papert, Piaget, Erikson, and competence development; and offers directions for software development through a review and description of successful microworld programs.…

Notes that while a number of viewpoints about adult literacy assessment exist, no one perspective dominates the field. Argues that both standardized tests and competency-based assessment poorly serve the adult learner. Argues that assessment of the adult learner can be conducted on an informal, nonthreatening basis. (RS)