Documented are staff training programs at the Rutland Center, a community-based mental health facility combining professional mental health and special education personnel in a cooperative program of psychoeducational service to seriously emotionally disturbed or behaviorally disordered children. The report describes the process of planning and…

In this speech, the ingredients of an effective teacher appraisal system are discussed. The author identifies these ingredients as (1) staff involvement; (2) employment of a good management system; (3) setting clear school goals; (4) effective communication at all levels; and (5) sufficient commitment of time, money, and human understanding. (JF)

Categories of effective and ineffective behavior in regard to Goal One of the Quality Education Program (regarding student self-esteem and understanding) are listed. Both the rationales for areas of effective student behavior and the categories of teacher strategies are also included. (See TM 001 375 for project description.) (MS)

The general needs assessment instrument can provide the means for a school district to assess its needs relative to the Ten Goals of Quality Education. It is comprised of 63 area behavior statements, which encompass the 10 goals, and a 5-point rating scale (most important-least important) for each. The individual needs assessment instrument is…

The Sports Institute for Research through Change Agent Research (SIR/CAR) assists organizations to identify: (1) ultimate goals; (2) the conflicts or obstacles that prevent an organization from reaching its goals; (3) the important tasks of the organization; (4) the individuals and groups that make the organization unique; (5) the influence of the…

Concerned with attitudes toward career and marriage among women students in present day Poland, this paper reports that the overt conflict between marriage and career so often encountered among American students seems absent in Poland. Findings are based on literature and personal interviews. (Author/DS)

Reliability and validity data are reported for a 38-item questionnaire measure of individual differences in achieving tendency, which is an expanded and improved version of Mehrabian's scales. (Author/JKS)

Problems of library usage, which are the common responsibility of the whole academic community, are discussed from the personal viewpoint of a librarian in New Delhi, India. Suggestions for orientation and motivation are offered. (LBH)

The effects of immediate knowledge of results, goal setting instructions, and subjects' sex upon answering choice questions were evaluated in a group of seventh grade students. (Editor)

Skilled technicians (N=128) working under an assigned goal setting program were studied to learn about the moderating impact of education on relationships between performance and six goal setting properties. Speculation is advanced as to why education is an important moderator variable for specific types of goal setting properties. (Author)

A figure-placement method was used to examine the personal space usage of 60 mildly retarded (mean age 12 years) and 60 nonretarded children (mean age 8 years) of comparable mental age. (Author)

Describes the College Orientation Program offered by South Mountain Community College in Arizona, an intensive three-day program focusing on study skills, coping strategies, skills assessment, and exposure to postsecondary education. Explains operational considerations; collaboration among high schools, community colleges, universities, and…

Collaborative art focuses on camper-generated planning and execution, not on following the counselor's instructions. Contrary to the traditional approach (one-person, one-object), the objective is to teach campers how to share a common goal by cooperating and communicating with each other. (JMM)

Institutions are adding "cultural-diversity workshops" to their orientation sessions in hopes of promoting greater harmony on their campuses. The orientation session at the University of Michigan is described in which a panel of four students talk about their experiences at the university and then students break into small groups for…