The study evaluated the training progress of 38 institutionalized severely or profoundly retarded adults who received either paired social praise and edible reinforcement or social praise only. Results stressed the need for reinforcer sampling before initiating skill training. (DB)

Two groups of retarded adults were trained to use a cumulative rehearsal strategy for a serial recall task. Subjects who received instructions emphasizing the intended purpose and potential uses of the trained strategy performed significantly better than subjects invited to participate in "a remembering task." (Author/SJL)

The need for posture assessment and training as an integral part of the individualized educational program of mentally retarded children is stressed. Findings of posture studies of mentally retarded persons indicated that posture contributes to their problems with integration within the community. (PHR)

Offers a classroom exercise on job interviews that acquaints students with the stages and the actual time-frame of a good interview and gives them classroom practice in being interviewed. (RL)

Recognizing that trained managers and supervisors are sorely needed, particularly in today's economy, the author discusses the historical pattern of training and calls for improved methods by those responsible for management training. (JOW)

Describes an approach which overcomes the discrepancy between the aims of management training programs and the needs of management in organizations. (JOW)

Gives step-by-step guidelines for planning, designing, and writing useful training manuals for task performance and equipment operation. Steps include finding out what the worker needs to know to do the job, organizing materials in proper sequence, stating precise operations, and then trying out the instructions. (MF)

Describes a seven step decision-making process which enables organizations to examine training situations to determine whether behavior modeling is appropriate. Includes a behavior modeling decision flow chart. (JOW)

Provides a descriptive 10-step format to be used for conveying some basic concepts of instructional technology to clients, and for focusing the consultant-client interaction, both during initial project definition and throughout project implementation. (Author/MER)

This evaluation study illustrates several ways of measuring post-training job performance, a variety of measurement problems, and the impact of evaluation upon administrative decisions. Measurement problems are discussed in terms of six dimensions. (Author)

Some suggestions for training office clerical employees to help them become more productive are outlined; suggestions are based on observing problem areas that can be improved by training and treating clerical workers as important members of the team. (MF)

In experiment 1, 48 first-grade children were presented one of four elaboration strategies or labeling instructions during a single study trial and then recalled 16 paired associates. In experiment 2, 32 first-grade children were trained over a four-day period in the use of an interrogative elaboration strategy or received labeling instructions.…

This article is a summary of the final report on a study, the purpose of which was to define and assess the effect of participatory management in penology. It also distinguishes legend from fact and mythology from reality. (Author)