Presents a database system development model in which theoretical support in the form of automated theorem proving is brought to bear on the problem of enforcing integrity, i.e., ensuring that the database system represents only those states and transitions that are possible in the world it models. (MBR)

An antiobsolescence management education program by TRW, Incorporated, includes preliminary discussion, reading, and consultation; offsite laboratory training; work unit application; a management skills workshop; and individual developmental followup. Program flow chart. (LY)

The author presents a series of flow/decision charts designed to help teachers in selecting the particular media most appropriate as support for different learning activities. (AK)

Analyzes the procedure for playing "Life Game" in three major phases: (1) information processing analysis, (2) path analysis, and (3) hierarchical analysis. (Author/JEG)

An approach to improving classroom instruction is offered that advances a longitudinal, cyclical presentation of instruction, its evaluation, and revision over time. This approach is distinguished by student self-graphing of student performances, a teacher's log of changes made in instruction, and a class graph kept by the teacher or students. The…

Persons with profound and multiple disabilities (PIMD) are dependent on staff to be sufficiently knowledgeable as to provide them with appropriate day services. One important determinant of the appropriateness and adequacy of a day support program is the level to which staff have detailed and specific knowledge about the functional abilities and…

Purpose: This study aims to present a general conceptual framework which can be used to evaluate quality and institutional performance in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: The quality of higher education is at the heart of the setting up of the European Higher Education Area. Strategic management is widely used in higher education…

The present study utilized complex visual stimuli to investigate possible mechanisms for temporal coding because such stimuli seemed to provide a close analogue of events in daily life. (Author)

The present series of experiments attempted to analyze more fully the contributions of stimulus-reinforcer and response-reinforcer relations to autoshaping within a single conditioning situation. (Author)

This article presents an analysis of the similarities between the stimulus familiarization effect and latent inhibition. (Editor)

Article attempted to find whether there are experimental paradigms that can be employed to determine a sensory scale that is capable of accounting for judgments of differences, ratios, and similarities. (Author/RK)

This report presents a procedure for compiling a typed index using a DECsystem 10 computer without index cards, with the following objectives: (1) to increase compilation speed of a typed index; (2) to provide a machine-readable version of an index that can be edited rapidly; (3) to provide two forms of an index--one arranged by page number to…

This set of flowcharts was designed for use with the companion volume, "How to Conduct a Workshop," a detailed guide describing procedures for organizing and managing an inservice workshop. Based on extensive workshop experience of the Eastern Regional Institute for Education (ERIE), these flowcharts are intended to help any educator who…