Background: This article serves as a conclusion to a TCR special issue devoted to understanding the impact of the Spencer Foundation's Research Training Grant (RTG) initiative. We examine four case reports prepared by scholars at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California at Los Angeles…

Districts across the country face significant demands to strengthen student learning districtwide, and many are turning to intermediary organizations to help them build their capacity for such demanding, large-scale work. However, how these "learning-support intermediary organizations" assist with these capacity-building efforts is little…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to overview the Backpack-to-Briefcase project which established a set of prototype career development learning strategies for Australian university career services, with the aim of contributing to their services for supporting students and graduates to make a smoother transition into graduate employment and…

The author describes the preparation, delivery, and evaluation of five teleconferencing sessions and draws out the lessons learned. She relates the findings to the literature on the topic. (JOW)

Results indicated that the auditory stimuli intervention was effective in reducing vocal stereotypes of one autistic S across all activities and for the second subject, in two activities. Social validity measures confirmed the effects of the intervention, the importance of decreasing the behavior, and that the intervention itself was not…

Discussion of participative learning strategies that can be used in training focuses on the need for the trainer to adapt to unexpected events, whether they involve equipment or learners. The achievement of instructional objectives is discussed, characteristics of experts are described, and three examples of training sessions with unexpected…

Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how science and engineering graduates can be recruited and trained to Masters level in precision engineering as an aid to reducing the skills shortage of mechanical engineers in UK industry. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes a partnership between three UK academic institutions and industry,…

This article focuses on the types of techniques that trainers could use to manage the learning process more effectively. The author states that a good training program should ideally combine the traditional lecture method with cases, role-plays, films, games, and exercises. This shifts the responsibility for learning from the teacher to the…

A package style of treatment, in which a number of behavior modification procedures were administered simultaneously, resulted in significantly reducing the aggression of a 24-year-old severely retarded institutionalized woman. The package included a token system, timeout, and a restitutional overcorrection procedure. (CL)

The study demonstrated the effectiveness of using a multielement design to identify functional reinforcers for a noncommunicating, low functioning, deaf blind boy (age 9). Results indicated that both social and tangible reinforcing consequences were effective in reducing incorrect responses; both types of consequences were more effective than…

Changing criterion methodology was used to increase the performance rate on a vocational task by an autistic young adult in a model case demonstration. Performance rate was increased by a factor of six and maintained at eight-month follow-up. (DB)

Examines the importance of diversity training for employees in all work environments and presents a case study of one training program delivered to facility management personnel at Ohio University. The diversity program components are described as are its positive results and potential pitfalls when presented at an institution. Concluding comments…

Seven case studies in Dutch companies were used to define dimensions of on-the-job training. Roles range from learner directed to trainer directed; the context may be real work or preparatory learning; training may involve individual study, application, or supervised work experience. Supervision may be directive or coaching. (SK)

Through case studies of adult literacy learners and the volunteer tutors who instructed them, this article illustrates the strengths and challenges faced by these kinds of instructional pairs. The descriptions help to reveal critical issues that can inform researchers' and practitioners' thinking and practice with regard to tutor training and…

Is it possible to educate a fire officer to deal intelligently with the command and control of a major fire event he will never have experienced? The authors of this paper believe there is, and present here just one solution to this training challenge. It involves the development of an intelligent simulation based upon computer managed interactive…