Proposes a framework for evaluating the degree to which communication technologies promote or inhibit ethical communication practices. Demonstrates the framework's applicability in an explication of the ethical problems associated with "caller identification." (SR)

Discusses the use of videodiscs in schools and suggests criteria for the selection of videodiscs and videodisc players. Topics include different videodisc formats, including CLV (constant linear velocity) and CAV (constant angular velocity); mapping; repurposing; content and age suitability; documentation; vendors; and Level I and Level II…

Data from over 50,000 people in 50 occupational groups were used to revise the Strong Interest Inventory. New General Reference Samples containing over 18,000 people were used to construct scales, and nearly every scale was revised. (SK)

Performance-oriented program management is needed at all levels of government. Despite concerns about outcome versus impact, validity, reliability, cost, and standards, monitoring of public agency program quality and outcomes is feasible and essential for accountability. (SK)

Discusses deductive databases and database management systems (DBMS) and introduces a framework for advanced query formulation for end users. Recursive processing is described, a sample extensional database is presented, query types are explained, and criteria for advanced query formulation from the end user's viewpoint are examined. (31…

Four steps to analysis of training investment are (1) determine the information the organization needs; (2) use the simplest and least-expensive method for finding the information; (3) perform the analysis as quickly as possible; and (4) publish and circulate the results. (SK)

Describes how educators cam reawaken the awareness of the emotionally intense experience of being evaluated. Shows how they can check whether they are giving educative, helpful evaluations to learners. (JOW)

A Colorado district's high school social studies teachers have collaborated to design curriculum guides that are useful to teachers, challenging for students, and aimed at integrating content outcomes with the district's five learner outcomes. The shift toward outcome-based education has produced guides emphasizing student performance, not content…

Discusses need for careful examination of codependency as diagnostic category. Critically examines assumptions that codependency is disease, addiction, or predetermined by the environment. Discusses implications of assumptions. Offers recommendations for mental health counselors focusing on need for systematic research, redirection of efforts to…

Reviews the factors to be considered in evaluating abstracts. Types of abstracts, content, length, writing style, comprehensive criteria for abstracts, readability, readability testing, compatibility with ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standards, and informativeness are among the topics covered. (12 references) (KRN)

This description of a study that monitored user selection of business and legal databases in EasyNet's multifile Scan option presents a ranked list of selected databases and discusses the effects of price, recommended database indicator, file record format, database name, and individual files on database selection. (Six references) (CLB)

Discussion of speech processing computers that are capable of speech-to-text translation (speech recognition) and text-to-speech production (speech translation) highlights five products currently available: Voice EM, Voice Report, MedTrans 200, Development System, and DragonDictate. Criteria the speech recognition systems must meet for use in the…

Presents a framework for planning, designing, conducting, and implementing training program evaluations. Identifies pitfalls, evaluation criteria, resources, and constraints. (SK)

Studies the effects of a joint correction for criterion unreliability and Case 1 selection on the parameters of the decision function in personnel selection. Illustrates the joint correction equations. (SLD)

Provides a working definition of communication quality that focuses on its technical, functional (use), and aesthetic components. Posits a discrepancy-based approach to assessing quality. Develops (based on that analysis) testable, theoretical propositions that predict relationships among communication quality, effectiveness, and efficiency. (SR)