Focusing on communicative competence as a major concept in speech communication, the author discusses the implications for theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical activities. Theoretical concerns generated by this focus are: characterization of the knowledge which comprises communicative competence, description of rules for appropriate…

This paper shows that Garfinkel and Gramlich's conclusion about the average performance of the contractors is not supported by the data. The discussion focuses on three issues: (1) The study was conducted in such a way that performance contracting schools and the comparison schools were generally not comparable in terms of initial achievement,…

This study was made to determine whether the Southern California Regional Occupational Center was attracting low-motivated students, to find ways to reach more such students, and to identify factors in the guidance program that contributed to its success. The project's objective was to develop a guidance model to better assist students in…

This manual has been designed to enable school districts to utilize orderly and effective management procedures for the inservice training of teachers in writing performance objectives. The approach recommended involves first, the selection of instructors who develop skills in writing performance objectives and second, the utilization of these…

Composed of articles recently published in "Educational Technology" magazine, this volume in the review series focuses on teacher education and educational technology. Articles are included which cover defining the role of teacher education and of teachers, differentiated staffing, educational accountability, performance contracting,…

This project was intended to provide information which would assist in: (1) assessing the correlation of state board achievement with job satisfaction, on-the-job performance, and length of retention in the field of practical nursing, (2) determining those faculty qualifications which are necessary to produce above-average achievement on the state…

This paper attempts to clarify the vocabulary, issues, research findings, and direction of the development of counseling research up to the present. With changing times and dissatisfaction with counseling results and outcome research approaches, a more comprehensive and interactional view of counseling research and practice has developed. The…

Because of the effects of the various factors which influence pupil growth and development, and because of the innumerable input measures of a program (measures such as people, places, things, and strategies), the need exists to formulate a model for determining effectiveness and acceptability of a program, and, at the same time, to take into…

Test items for the introduction to psychology and leadership course (see the final reports which summarize the course development project, EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484) which were compiled as part of the project documentation and which are coordinated with the text-workbook on concepts of leadership (EM 010 420, EM 010 465, and EM 010…

Test items for the introduction to psychology and leadership course (see the final reports which summarize the course development project, EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484) which were compiled as part of the project documentation and which are coordinated with the test-workbook on achieving effective communication (EM 010 426, EM 010 427, EM…

The terminal objectives for all eight chapters of the experimental multimedia leadership management course developed by Westinghouse Learning Corporation for the United States Naval Academy are presented in this report. Also included is the script to the film General Order No. 21, and the 41 Critical Behavior Categories of NAVPERS 92224A. Related…

The paper presents two experiments which test the "change in feelings of competence and self-determination" proposition of cognitive evaluation theory. This proposition states that when a person receives feedback about his performance on an intrinsically motivated activity this information will affect his sense of competence and…

William Riley Parker's arguments favoring and supporting the post-World War II boom in language learning in America are criticized in an attempt to discover a more relevant rationale for language instruction in the 1970's. Specifically, the belief that world peace can be maintained and that international understanding can be considerably improved…

This is a paper that presents a positive case for the adoption of accountability programs. A brief history of accountability is given. Some important terms relative to accountability are defined. They are: accountability, independent educational accomplishment audit, performance contracting, and educational engineering. Ways in which the…

This study hypothesized that recent experience with a set of words is a strong influence on selecting words in an appropriate context where other lexical items are equally available for selection, i.e., recency training should significantly increase the probability of occurrence of words chosen to fill gaps in structured sentences. Two experiments…