The article presents a theoretical framework for evaluating the utility of consumer product testing methods involving four factors which determine a method's utility, validity, reliability, manageability, and essentiality. The framework is applied to three situations, including comparative evaluation of test methods, comparative product testing,…

A primary rule for implementing the collective bargaining grievance process in higher education is to settle early and at the lowest possible level. To achieve this or to prevent grievances, clear contract language, a contract administrator, and a "two-one-one" grievance structure should be adopted. (Author/JMD)

School health and physical education programs are encouraged to increase scheduled time and incorporate regular endurance and physical fitness activities into other programs to reduce the risk factors of coronary heart disease. (JMF)

After briefly describing the Community Experiences for Career Education project, this paper discusses 11 evaluation strategies used with the project, assesses the strengths and limitations of each, shows some relationships among them, discusses ways of communicating evaluation findings, and suggests selection criteria to others planning multiple…

The distributive education teacher-coordinator must plan study tour and classroom learning experiences in much the same way, according to the author. She suggests involving students in planning as much as possible and presents a step-by-step planning guide for tour objectives, places to visit, travel arrangements, financing, and advance…

Ideas intended for use in a high school biology laboratory are given. Swordtail fish are described as subjects for observation in animal behavior studies. (SA)

The hazards associated with recombinant DNA research are presented along with some social implications and the development of recombinant DNA research guidelines by the National Institutes of Health. (SA)

Presents specific guidelines which content-oriented science teachers can follow in order to develop subject-matter comprehension, decision-making skills, and values/moral clarification and reasoning processes in their students. (Author/HM)

Part 2 of a two-part article describes how managing decline can be seen as an opportunity to improve school buildings that will result in a more economical education system. (MLF)

The role of the cooperative education program coordinator, vital to the success of the program, is shown to include student advising, job placement, and liaison with employers and with teaching faculty and administrators. Guidelines are suggested. (Author/LBH)

Presented are 16 practical rules based upon the experiences of successful managers that can help executives get more things accomplished by their subordinates. The rules include: delegate responsibility, acknowledge good work, schedule work breaks, encourage suggestions, and handle grievances promptly. (JMD)

The planners at the Symposium on Catholic Education in San Francisco in 1976 structured the meeting and events leading up to the meeting to produce policy recommendations which would guide the progress of Catholic education during the next five to ten years. Comments on the process by which these recommendations came about. (Author/RK)

The article presents some principles which constitute a rationale for open education and that clarify some of the procedures in the open setting that can best bring about effective learning. Respect for individuality, cooperation, openness in diagnosis, pupils' active firsthand explorations, quality of thought, and teacher intervention are…

The present body of teachers of the arts represent neither the best performers in the arts, nor the best teachers in the sense of learning facilitation. This double deficit in teaching competencies was discussed with reference to the need for inservice training. (Author/RK)

The evaluation of a faculty development program should include the nature of the program and how it interacts with the larger university, as well as the accomplishment of prespecified objectives. (Editor/LBH)