A summary of the research which utilized the principles of a model for learner success. (Editor)

The authors contend that competency-based education holds great promise for the future, especially as a systematic framework for teaching and learning certain items. (AN)

It seems to matter little whether one examines teaching models or descriptions of master teachers, the teaching process is not very well understood. This article attempted to focus on a decision-making process that would allow teachers to make good instructional decisions. (Author/RK)

Leadership training is a form of instruction. As such, it should be guided by a model of instruction. Describes how the Three-Stage Model of Instruction (Feldhusen, Ames and Linden, 1973, 1974) was used to guide the development of thirteen units of leadership instruction for high school youth in vocational organizations. (Author/RK)

Within the last few years a "new wave" of therapeutic techniques for teaching the mentally retarded has emerged in this country. Describes how the behavior of two demonstration groups of mentally retarded children utilize the accomodations of role playing and behavior modification to develop social skills. (Author/RK)

Describes one successful secondary science model involving a child-centered plan of instruction that uses several nontest evaluation and documentation strategies to verify mastery of essential elements. (MS)