This document lists 198 studies with abstracts and reasons for exclusion in support of the main report, "Education and Training that Meets the Needs of Small Business: A Systematic Review of Research" (ED499699). [This work has been produced with funding provided through the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training. For a…

Describes a job training program to initiate new sanitarians into the Department of Environmental Health Services, San Bernardino County, California. In this program new personnel are acquainted with all phases of their job before actually beginning work. (JR)

Designed for use by officials of the Federal Executive and Legislative Branches, this report provides data regarding Federal training activities, developments, and trends. Part I of the report presents statistical data regarding the amounts, types, and sources of the training provided Federal employees during FY 72 and the non-salary expenditures…

The study is a second year-end report (Phase I) of the JOBS NOW project, based in Chicago, which operates on the 'hire now, train later' concept. The project consisted of four components: brief job orientation (two weeks) for disadvantaged youth; business, industry, labor, and agencies working together to employ the disadvantaged; the provision of…

Lecturing is a poor method of giving instruction for Army tasks, since it is suitable for only a small segment of learners and a small number of tasks. The APSTRAT (derived from "aptitude" and "strategies") model is designed to train men at many levels of aptitude and with wide differences in educational backgrounds for a…

Reviews the objectives and components of the United Auto Workers-Ford Motor Company National Development and Training Center, which, in cooperation with Henry Ford Community College, will provide various counseling, training, and employment-related services for displaced and active employees. Identifies ten characteristics that make community…

Describes the Operational Review Program, a process for evaluating the activities of a training organization, and comments on the program's impact. (VT)

Methods of increasing learner participation in training design are discussed. (Author)

Proprietary schools can be of invaluable assistance in this time of crisis in education and the job market. They have tremendously effective training programs which prepare students for needed positions in a modern working world. (Author/AG)

Project Trainee Production-for-real puts the trainee on the assembly line the second week of his vestibule training. (EB)