Because of the special nature of teaching in a rural environment, teachers in these areas need alternative approaches to preservice and inservice training. Approaches to preservice education for rural teachers include: (1) the field-centered or field-based practicum in which the student lives and teaches in a rural community; (2) recruiting…

Presents a description of some of the needs in the 60's which generated the efforts to create the training materials and support training of trainers, the issues that seemed to need answers, a number of actions which have been taken, answers found for some of the issues, and suggestions of work yet to be done. (Author/AM)

An investigation was conducted to develop a program to train teachers to stimulate hypothesis generation (creativity) in elementary and secondary students. (SB)

The assumption that after the appropriate educational event, patient care audits (PCA) can demonstrate improvement in physician performance was examined in a study that reaffirmed earlier findings that the apparent improvement in doctor performance after a PCA may be improvement that was already occurring, with no greater improvement occurring…

Sim One is a computer-controlled patient, a sophisticated simulator developed by the University of Southern California School of Medicine. This article summarizes fifteen cost-effectiveness studies conducted over a 2-year period. Savings with the use of Sim One were found to justify the cost within a short period. (JT)

Given is detailed information about the Optacon reading system, which uses a portable electronic device enabling blind persons to convert inkprint materials into tactile form, as well as features and accessories that extend Optacon use in conjunction with machines such as electronic calculators and typewriters. (LH)

A trainer specializing in producing media packages for sales training tells what they are, how to use them, and how to put them together. (Author)

The Training situation must allow for student self-effort, creativity in analysis with a latitude for increasing the student's thinking ability. The author offers five steps to take in this approach to equipment maintenance training, which utilizes a block diagram in place of logics. (Author/AJ)

The paper outlines a method for evaluating machined parts which are used as standardized, graded exercises in a machinist training program and provides information regarding the statistical and psychometric properties of the experimental training criterion. (Author/MW)

Expert systems, rule-based knowledge systems, have been widely heralded as an important tool in management and accounting. Expert system shells have become available for personal computers, and accountants are investing in systems which are supposed to be capable of intelligent decisions. The limitations of rule-based knowledge systems are…

This paper evaluates a program for assessing and/or training choice-making skills as a means of providing opportunities for adults with profound mental retardation to express food and drink preferences. In Experiment 1, the assessment/training procedure involving repeated, paired-item presentations, resulted in active choice-making and the…

The study examined the relationship between performance of 19 severely handicapped students under training conditions and under each of two types of probe conditions: (1) multiple opportunity (the student is given an opportunity to perform every step in a task analysis); and (2) single opportunity (the student is not given the opportunity to…

A step-by-step sequential plan is offered for developing a successful competitive swimming season, including how to teach swimming strokes and organize practices. Various strokes are analyzed, and coaching check points are offered along with practice drills, helpful hints on proper body positioning, arm strokes, kicking patterns, breathing…