Research supported in part by Office of Economic Opportunity contract No. IED 1-66-12.

This learning module examines the teamwork skills required for productive committee work. After introductory material identifying key concepts and learning objectives, the module discusses teamwork development and the stages in the development of and the characteristics of a mature team. The module then discusses the importance of team leadership…

The facilitator's manual offers information for conducting a workshop to teach regular educators, special educators, and parents of handicapped children communication skills as they relate to decisions in the individualized education program (IEP) team meeting. Three presentations provide participants with an increased awareness of the need for…

The facilitator's manual offers information for conducting a workshop to teach regular educators, special educators, and parents of handicapped children problem solving and decision making techniques as they relate to the individualized education program (IEP) team. Three presentations are designed to define and discuss the rationale and process…

Designed as an operating manual, the document is designed to strengthen the efforts between Monroe County Community Action Program (M.C.C.A.P.) Head Start and other services helping meet the needs of the handicapped child, to insure continuity of experiences for handicapped children moving from Head Start into the public school systems of Monroe…

The author describes the Behavioral Intervention Program designed to serve children in the Gila County, Arizona public schools, who exhibit behavior and/or emotional problems. Section I outlines the program's philosophy, basic principles necessary to implement the program, program strengths and areas of concern, program procedures, and…

The described inservice program was designed to bring together teachers to collectively address overall school problems. The project was based upon the belief that school improvements could be best effected by providing teachers the opportunity to actively participate in the design and implementation of changes in school functioning. Emphasis was…

To illustrate how instructional systems may be developed to prepare students in teacher training programs, a sample analysis of noninstructional tasks (grouped under the general headings of working to improve educational opportunities for children and working for increased teacher benefits) is provided along with sample behavioral objectives for…

Part A of this paper is a general introduction to the state of training technology and studies of motivation and attitudes in learning. Part B deals with research on training for leadership, command, and team function. It is suggested that, during the decade prior to 1964, curriculum studies derived from examination of jobs and systems made…

Week-end college offerings provided more than 360 paraprofessionals, parents, and professionals with opportunities for comprehensive study of ways to meet the developmental needs of children with handicapping conditions. The program was initiated through the cooperative efforts of a college special education department, a university affiliated…

The objective for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is leadership that grows from excellence. This type of leadership requires that the network serve the diversity of the total population, present programs that develop new approaches to viewers' interests, strive for excellence in craftsmanship, program content, and management, and exercise…

Social Conflict and Negotiative Problem Solving is an instructional system currently under development by the Improving Teaching Competencies Program (ITCP) of Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL). In accordance with the Resource Allocation Management Plan (RAMP, 1975) of ITCP, this report presents a plan of evaluation activities for…

The conventional textbook approach to English, at Saint Augustine's Secondary School in Glasgow, was replaced with an anthological project--a class newspaper. To prevent plagiarism and to stimulate creative thought, students were asked to use April 1, 1984, as the publication date. Initially, the class was divided into six groups to represent the…

Presented at a conference at which authors represented major theoretical positions in the field, most of the papers use family therapy as an important source of observations or ideas, or as a means to pinpoint methodological problems. Papers are grouped in sections as follows: four which introduce the reader to the field of specialization, provide…

Recent investigations of the effects on group output of competitive contingencies, reward deliveries to group members contingent upon achieving a higher or lower task rate than another group, have suggested that competitive contingencies are a positive function of group output. When rewards are contingent upon a higher comparison outcome, group…