Problem-solving ability has been assessed within the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners through the use of patient management problems (PMPs) in both medical and surgical areas. It is shown that the highest marks in PMPs are being achieved by students who arrive at the correct diagnosis without accumulating excessive information and…

School can promote acceptance of feelings and ideas and help involve people in meaningful inter-personal relationships with clear reality based communication. It is the school social worker that must spear head this movement. (Author)

Investigates high school student exposure to education about state government by examining student enrollment, course offerings, textbooks, and curriculum guides. Concludes that there is a need for more extensive treatment of state government politics and political behavior, and less coverage of details of institutional structures. (Author/DB)

Discusses problems encountered in France in developing a labor force skilled in areas needed by industry and in coordinating the supply and demand of these skills. Conclusions are that vocational training research must be promoted on a systematic basis and that socioeconomic factors and worker attitudes must be considered in addition to technical…

Briefly examines a junior high school correspondence course in social studies. Ten specific skills were introduced at a fairly simple level in the first ten lessons and then repeated at a more complex level in the remaining lessons. Four examples of the skill development components are given. (Author/JK)

Within the counselor-as-teacher frame of reference, the concept of behavioral contracting is examined. Basic issues are developed and evaluated. An illustrative contract between an adolescent and his parents is presented. (Author)

This article defines competency-based education for consultant trainees and describes some of the more common approaches used in identifying, organizing, classifying, and evaluating competencies that training programs seek to develop in consultants-in-training. The differences in the delivery systems for CBE and more traditional training models…

In these hard times in higher education the continued development of current faculty is a crucial concern in an institution's attempts to maintain future viability. This article describes the range of activities undertaken to increase faculty effectiveness and the unique role counseling psychologists can play. Training implications are discussed.…

Evidence was found to indicate that training to improve the speed of saccadic eye movement (movement from one fixation point to another) also resulted in observable changes in batting performance among a sample group of high school girls. (MJB)

Games players need a large repertoire of movement patterns that they can use under differing conditions in the playing of games. (JD)

Students should be encouraged to develop an effective style by combining the basic movements that are used in sports. (JD)

By insisting that a student master a skill before progressing to a more complex task, a teacher can help that student build a firm foundation for further learning experiences. (JD)

Professor Loney writes further about his "Project Design" concept (initially described in the September 1976 issue and noted in EJ 149 766) involving group participation in selection, design, construction, testing, and evaluation of projects. Although implementation has been in secondary technical subjects, the concept may be applicable…

The need for a compact psychiatric skills test usable in medical examinations is outlined along with the need to develop training procedures in clinical skills. The trial run of a teaching and testing procedure, together with the preliminary results of a new rating instrument, is described. (Author/LBH)