As part of the Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study (UPCOS-4), the authors are conducting a qualitative examination of quality support coaching in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) including an analysis of how coaching is being interpreted and implemented in the variety of contexts found in LAUP. This qualitative study will inform the…

Modeling outcomes of school, hospital, or country performance as a consequence of initial conditions and assessing the entity's actual performance relative to what the model predicts (i.e., constructing a regression residual) is a natural way to measure performance. The usefulness of residual-based measures of performance depends on their…

Relationships among goal setting, monetary incentives, two indexes of motivation, and performance were examined in an experimental simulation. Results suggested that goal-setting and monetary incentives were related independently to measures of motivation and performance. Incentives, however, had no impact on whether or not subjects set…

The main purpose of the Air Force project was to develop a universal model to evaluate usage of basic electronic principles training. The criterion used by the model to evaluate electronic theory training is a determination of the usefulness of the training vis-a-vis the performance of assigned tasks in the various electronic career fields. Data…

A 5-year performance analysis of managers in more than 500 school districts used a nonlinear, interactive, contingent model of management. Empirical support was found for key elements of the network-management portion of the model. Results showed that public management matters in policy implementation, but its impact is often nonlinear. (Contains…

This analysis of attention and learning shows that a modified version of the one-look model not only can predict one- and two-cue learning, but can also accommodate the major results of the relevant redundant cues literature. (Authors/MB)

A case is made that typing, speaking, and playing music are members of a family of skills that can be studied within a common theory. (Editor)

This publication is one of two companion volumes that describe processes, procedures, and products developed as parts of the Georgia Principal Assessment System (GPAS) and present the results of a test application of the GPAS to participants in a field-based training program for public school principals. This volume consists mainly of samples of…

Four socialization environments, all of which included some modeling of altruism by an adult, were differentially effective in altering children's responsiveness to others in circumstances of distress. (Authors)

Describes the power of queuing models as a source of detailed, expected performance measures for online catalogs. An illustration of such a performance analysis is provided, and its value to library administrators is discussed. (9 notes with references) (CLB)

The union and disjunction models for combining individual test marks to yield final grade distributions are outlined and examined empirically in two educational psychology classes. (Authors/CB)

Performance demonstrated that the conceptual style and cognitive tempo of the model changed the styles and tempos of the Ss and that these effects generalized to independent tasks. (Author)

Reports the results of a survey of 23 business organizations regarding the current effectiveness of performance technologists and current preparation of people for the role. Highlights include the desired performance, including designing interventions, and a three-stage model for preparing performance technologists based on the organizations'…

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Studied were the effects on observational concept learning of the experimenter as his own model, versus the experimenter plus a separate model, versus a nonmodeling (control) procedure, as well as the provision of favorable versus neutral outcome-expectation. (Authors/CB)