Describes past attempts and alternate procedures for maintaining standard client consistency in simulated experience. Discusses research implications of methodology as well as school use in counselor selection. (CJ)

Comparative ratings are discussed in areas of: (1) acceptance by other school personnel, parents, and students; and (2) understandings of school procedures and ability to perform guidance activities. (Author/CJ)

Results of these experiments indicate that the ability to deal with positive and negative instances is not only contingent upon developmental level, but also upon the dimensional characteristics of the stimuli. (Author)

Analyses indicated that varying the range of test stimuli changes the discriminability of the stimuli within that range, even though the physical differences among these stimuli remain constant. (Author)

Article attempts to provide guidelines for a systematic approach in dealing with position biases in order to improve the adequacy of decisions about hypothetical statements. (MB)

Results indicate that children can be excused from a considerable portion of the school day without loss in basic academic areas. Given a sufficiently small group considerable amounts of academic content can be covered in much less time than in large group settings. (Author)