The social interactions of three children were studied in a nursery school classroom. Collections of cards termed "mixies" were used as response consequences. By the third session, each child performed target behavior everytime he had an opportunity to do so. (HMV)

Two new spelling systems, Regular Spelling (RS) and World English Spelling (WES), were tested for their effects on 26 adults. The subjects read passages in one of these new orthographies, timed themselves, completed a comprehension test, and rated the ease of learning to spell and to read the new orthography in relation to traditional orthography.…

The highlights of the 1978 Ohio White House Conference on Library and Information Services are presented in this report. Brief sections describe pre-conference activities and the democratic processes of the conference, and summaries of the presentations indicate the major issues addressed at the meeting. Conference recommendations, listed under…

The Urban Education Project was implemented to help the National PTA realize its historical commitment to reversing the deterioration of human life in urban centers, especially in schools, and to emphasizing the actual and potential strengths of diverse publics collaborating in dealing with urban problems. Six hearings were held to identify and…

Recent societal changes that indicate a need for different competencies on the part of those who provide leadership at the community level also indicate a need for improved competencies on the part of those who train community leaders. A national conference was held to provide an opportunity to share training strategies among institutions training…

In addition to the three traditionally defined branches of Federal and State government (executive, legislative, and judicial) there exists a fourth, powerful branch--administrative or regulatory agencies. To the naive eye, passage of a legislative act will lead to resolution of the problems that initiated the need for the act. However,…

This is a summary of the final report of the Urban High School Reform Initiative, a Federal effort designed (1) to review the educational and related needs of large city high school students, (2) explore the Federal role in urban secondary education, and (3) develop recommendations for a more effective Federal response to continuing needs of these…

The organizational communication specialist can play a significant role in the communication of change. The consultant must begin by determining who the client is and what the unit of change is to be. Then the consultant must choose which intervention is appropriate and what the focal issue is. Before the consultation, the consultant and client…

This issue of the Multi-State Consortium on Performance-Based Teacher Education (PBTE) contains: (1) competency based teacher education and certification activities at six Utah universities and by the Utah State Board of Education; (2) the Texas State Attorney General's opinion on the lack of power on the part of the State Board of Education to…

Libraries in Utah have collected large numbers of materials on Mormonism and related topics and have a need to provide more detailed subject headings for these materials which the Library of Congress has lumped together under "Mormons and Mormonism." A list of subject headings which was developed for this purpose by a Committee of the…

This booklet is one of a series of publications developed to aid educators, pupils, parents, and community members in implementing the school improvement portions of California Assembly Bill 65. AB 65 calls on all members of the school community to join together at each school site in an effort to assess the effectiveness of the total school…

Traditionally, instructional developers have confronted the following dilemmas: (1) motivation through coercion versus motivation through reward; (2) systems approaches versus intuition; and (3) incremental change versus fundamental change. A more pragmatic approach to institutional change should attempt to: (1) be user centered; (2) provide…

This paper discusses aspects of competency-based teacher education in order to provide useful information for developers. Some essential elements of a competency-based program are described, and three approaches for bringing about programmatic and organizational changes necessary for competency-based program development are defined. Advantages and…

Many human resources development (HRD) people play out self-fulfilling roles of incongruency with top management, but when management resistance to change is real, the six strategies offered in the article can be used by HRD specialists to help themselves and their companies. (Author/AJ)

Argues that managerial style and substance are inextricably intertwined, illustrating the discussion with excerpts from an extensive study and job analysis of first-line supervisors in a food packaging plant. (JG)