This paper discusses a study that was conducted in order to add to the body of literature that investigates the manner in which feminist psychology is accepted among education graduate students. Graduate students (N=69) at a large public mid-western university were recruited and randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups. Participants were…

Signal detection theory (SDT) has been widely applied in situations where observers attempt to detect or discriminate between two or more events. The usefulness of SDT with latent classes was illustrated in the context of an educational situation that can be readily conceptualized as a signal detection task: grading term papers. The approach…

The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) defines human performance technology (HPT) as "a systematic approach to analyzing, improving, and managing performance in the workplace through the use of appropriate and varied interventions." The first step in this approach is the performance analysis (Gilbert, 1978). In this…

Problem solving is of critical importance in many disciplines. In medicine, the clinician's ability to arrive at the correct diagnosis often means the difference between life and death. Despite its importance and a significant amount of research regarding how to improve problem solving, few unambiguous answers have emerged for promoting problem…

The various resources used by the students enrolled in the School of Educational Change and Development at the University of Northern Colorado is reported in tabular form. (HMD)

The data presented does not support any concurrent appropriateness for the standardized measures in a graduate program employing the grade point average as the major criterion for granting degrees. (Author)

Compares the personal channel of training and the impersonal channel of publication for recruitment to scientific theories considers both number of recruits and degree of affiliation. Examines social effects of training as seen through associates' perceptions of traits and attitudes of theorists. Analyzes correlations between perceptions and…

A description, presented as performance objectives, of how diagnostic skills may be taught to graduate students.

This article concerns the depersonalization of graduate study and the consequent reduction in the quality of education and proposes an alternate model for the preparation of counselors. (JC)

This author's answer is that those who will make board members of libraries and who will administrate the overall knowledge base of the library should go to graduate library schools, rather than those who do the everyday work of libraries. (36 references) (SM)

A recent questionnaire on instruction of graduate students in the use of the university library brings up to date a similar survey reported in 1958. (4 references) (Author)

The graduate business student is, by his own admission, ill-prepared to use the library effectively in his course of study. (4 references) (Author)

The new college teacher lacks sufficient teaching techniques, training, professional sophistication and practical information. (AD)