Differences were compared in the short-term and long-term responses of subjects with headache, insomnia, or hypertension to biofeedback training, relaxation, or a combination of both. Headache sufferers, insomniacs, and hypertensives were randomly assigned in equal numbers to biofeedback, relaxation training or a record-keeping control. Over 2…

This paper is a progress report on a series of experiments which have sought to probe the cognitive development of mildly mentally retarded and normal children, using conservation training as the principal research tool. Three- and 4-year-old children were given Verbal Rule instruction in a 2 x 2 x 2 design intended to probe the importance of…

Speech and communication departments at several universities currently offer behavioral training programs aimed at reducing communication-related anxiety. Traditionally, these programs involve the use of a "systematic desensitization" training method. An alternative behavioral training method is found in "conditioned…

This study compared the effectiveness of a training procedure involving groups of elementary school students to an individualized training procedure, both of which utilized the Raven Learning Potential (LP) measure to assess improved performance. The development of a group training procedure using the Raven Progressive Matrices aimed at an…

Self-reported learning in a 12-week interdisciplinary health team training experience at the University of Nevada, Reno, was measured. Analysis of 14 students from seven disciplines in three settings shows there was significant learning in the areas of team skills and processes and in knowledge of and abilities in client communication but not in…

Two techniques of videotape recorded modeling for training counselors to ask open-ended questions (OEQ) were examined. Undergraduate peer counselors (N = 18) were randomly assigned to pure video models, corrective video models, or notreatment control. Findings support that a pure video model results in greater learning than a corrective video…

Compares the characteristics and training backgrounds of day care home providers in an Illinois community with the characteristics and backgrounds of participants in the National Day Care Home Study, and explores what specific factors influenced providers' interests in training. (HOD)

Kindergarten children (N=39) were designated as either impulsive or reflective. Impulsive children were given discrimination training in three sessions over a three-week period. Results on retesting indicated improvement in accuracy and increased delay in response time as a result of training in the impulsive group. (Author)

Studied test-anxious college students (N=43) who received either vicarious desensitization, study skills training, or both treatments; there was also a no-treatment control condition. Self-report measures indicated that vicarious desensitization resulted in lower test and trait anxiety than study skills training alone or no treatment. (Author)

Findings from study one indicate no differences in mode of presentation when counseling students were given a written standard model, written serial model, or videotape model of how to ask tacting questions. In study two, counseling students received written or video models and their responses in writing outperformed oral responses. (Author/RC)

Three methods for training communication skills, social-conflict method, modeling, and conflict-modeling, were devised to correct specific deficiencies in children's communication behavior. Subjects were 40 kindergarten, first-, second-, and third-grade children. (CM)

The differential effects of four task selection methods on training efficiency and transfer in a computer-based training for Air Traffic Control were investigated. Two personalised conditions were compared with two corresponding yoked control conditions. The hypothesis that personalised adaptive task selection leads to more efficient training than…

Currently recommended practice in supported work emphasizes training job skills to workers with severe disabilities while on the job. Early behavioral research indicated that skills needed in natural environments could also be trained in simulated settings. We compared job-site plus simulation training for teaching job skills to supported workers…

Teacher training sessions were examined to determine why four teachers receiving the same training in implementing explanation behavior in reading instruction differed in the success with which they carried out the new strategies. Audiotaped training sessions, trainer self-reports, and teacher interviews were qualitatively analyzed to identify the…

A study compared various types of training evaluation methods to determine which method elicited the greatest management support of the training function among corporate managers. A case study approach was used to compare four training evaluation methods: reaction, learning, behavior, and results. The study population consisted of 90 part-time…