A study was conducted to determine how participation in self-assessment seminars influences the attitudes, practices, and communication behavior of teachers. Two seminar groups of seven student teachers met for a series of 10 2-hour seminars during their senior student teaching. They were matched in a pretest-posttest design with control group…

This module provides instruction in increasing positive interpersonal relationships. As a performance-based module, it requires the application and practice of specific verbal interpersonal skills in a real setting until their mastery is demonstrated. A continuous cycle of input--concept formation--application--feedback--and evaluation leads to a…

This overview provides an introduction to a three-day training program designed primarily to help first line supervisors improve their effectiveness in dealing with personnel drawn from minority groups and/or disadvantaged backgrounds. Included is a brief history of the program's development and its initial utilization by management personnel from…

A study was devised to develop a method for describing a continuous, complex perceptual-motor task in descrete categories by which subjects could be pretrained through the use of static, programed, audiovisual techniques; to construct an audiovisual training device to provide realistic, programed practice in the stimulus-response events selected…

Under a background condition of either recorded radio chatter or no radio chatter, the individual performances of two flights of mid-phase instrument student pilots were measured during a simulated instrument cross-country mission in the T-38 ground trainer. Operational constraints prevented the exercise of optimal experimental controls, thereby…

From 1946 to the early 1960's, American seafaring unions were generally opposed to the operation of formal maritime industry training programs. This view was influenced by a chronic postwar oversupply of seamen and a secular decline in the Union's shipping industry which resulted in underemployment for union members. After 1960, trade union…

This report describes how a one-year program prepared 30 people to be professional teachers of Adult Basic Education, with emphasis on Teaching English as a Second Language. The program utilized a team structure in modular modifications of existing course structure, including modules of field experiences, directed teaching, paid experience in…

This booklet uses the example of Micro-U--a hypothetical example intended as a training tool-- to illustrate the application of WICHE's basic Management Information Systems (MIS) concepts. Micro-U embodies a microcosm of higher education management problems related to the instructional functions MIS is designed to address. This initial version of…

This report described an Iowa State University program which trained educational researchers in a 3-year graduate program leading to the Ph.D. degree. The program provided trainees with research training in two complimentary areas of specialization: (a) educational and psychological measurement and program evaluation; and (b) educational research…

The Advanced Systems Division of the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command conducts research and development in the areas of training techniques, psychological and engineering aspects of training equipment, and personnel and training factors in the design of new systems and equipment. This unclassified, unlimited…

To develop guidelines for the identification of behavioral disorders and devise more effective means for working with people classified as having behavioral disorders, a study group reviewed knowledges and experiences of group members, conducted a literature study, and surveyed 91 state vocational rehabilitation agencies with respect to: (1)…

A guide to the over-all Supervisory Development Conference Series is provided. The guide provides answers to the following questions: What is the need?; How was the Supervisory Development Conference Series developed?; What are the core units?; How do these core units fit in with management development training that field stations have already…

This is a report of a 5-day research training session held in New York City from January 30 to February 3, 1971 under the sponsorship of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) with support from the U.S. Office of Education. The purpose of the training session was to develop and improve research competencies of individuals engaged in…

Reported were two studies designed to clarify the effects of verbal elaboration on children's learning. Study I was undertaken to replicate, with controlled training times, an earlier investigation of the effects of three types of extended verbal elaboration (sentences, semantic paragraphs, and syntactic paragraphs). Trials to criterion analyses…

This report summarizes, evaluates, and synthesizes the data on the training value of training devices. The report discusses the issues of substitution of some operational training time by training devices and the relationship between training effectiveness and cost (fidelity of simulation). These general conclusions were made: 1) Experiments…