Offers a classroom exercise on job interviews that acquaints students with the stages and the actual time-frame of a good interview and gives them classroom practice in being interviewed. (RL)

Illustrates the use of a Training Awareness Analysis (which critiques exercises used in class) to develop students' skills and knowledge of training methods. Outlines an in-class interviewing skills exercise--the Interview Quiz Show--and the guided critique analyzing its effectiveness. Offers increased insight into training methods, problems, and…

A study was undertaken to compare teaching methods in a college level psychology of adjustment course. The first method involved training individuals to be therapists to those needing help. The second method trained individuals needing help to be their own therapists. (Author/DB)

Reports a teaching strategy drawn from current family reunification training materials that enhance social work students' use of collaboration in child and family settings. Students participate in a videotaped role play of a family reunification case planning conference. Discusses the strategy's theoretical background, learning objectives,…

Intended to give experience to students hoping to begin careers in advertising and also to serve a neglected segment of advertisers, a specialized senior-level course in small business advertising was developed at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Early in the semester, lectures and demonstration clients focused on the distinct promotional…

Chicano college students who participated in a study skills program based on self-monitoring and self-reinforcement, supplemented with instruction and reinforcement from the program director, reported that time spent studying and performance on tests improved as a function of training and that the improvement was maintained. (CM)