Q-sorts by experts were used to compare four structural/strategic/systemic therapy models. Results suggest that the models share a practical, strategic orientation to change, emphasizing reframing, but attach different importance to history, inference, abstraction, and contextual breadth. (Author)

Instructional innovation is seen as an evolutionary, personal process; innovations are frequently discontinued but occasionally are adopted collectively and institutionalized. The implications of this process for instructional improvement are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Presents model of algorithm design (activity in software development) based on analysis of protocols of two subjects designing three convex hull algorithms. Automation methods, methods for studying algorithm design, role of discovery in problem solving, and comparison of different designs of case study according to model are highlighted.…

Defines zero-based budgeting, compares it to traditional budgeting, and discusses five steps of a zero-base budget model: determining organization's goals and refining them into objectives; listing activities to achieve objectives in decision packages; evaluating decision packages; ranking packages by order of importance; and funding decision…

Examining data from a three-generation sample of two minority groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, this article looks at the history of the concept of acculturation and presents six Ethnic Identity Profile Types illustrating the characteristics shared by each and identifying the influence of individual choice in ethnic expression. (JC)

In 2002, five state agencies overseeing technology centers and technical colleges formed a consortium with the Council on Occupational Education, a national accreditor of workforce education institutions. The purpose was to develop common benchmarks and a common report card. Subsequently, the consortium received a 3-year grant in 2001 from the…

The intent of this book is to present information on various counseling approaches for drug abuse used in some of the best known and most respected treatment programs in the United States. In an effort to make the comparison of the various models less difficult and to clarify how the model is applied in practice, each chapter follows a specific…

This review of four different computer-assisted instruction algorithms concludes that current authoring guides are more concerned with "user orientation" than with instructional principles, and advocates the application of a design model based on Gagne's information processing model of instruction. Nine references are listed. (MER)

Future classroom teaching-learning research will be occupied with analyzing and improving the internal and external validity of the "direct instruction" (DI) model. For that, international comparative studies are of utmost importance. Points are presented to illustrate this argument and describe cross-national educational research…

Presents a mathematical model utilizing three-letter codes of personality patterns determined from the Self Directed Search. This model compares personality types over time or determines relationships between personality types and person-environment interactions. This approach is consistent with Holland's theory yet more comprehensive than one- or…

Argues that research in plural societies requires a model which reflects an ideology of cultural pluralism in that it respects each group's independence and uniqueness. Proposes a transethnic model for comparing ethnic units in polyethnic societies. Discusses guidelines for assessing comparability, group independence, and group cultural…

Similarities and differences are related for the Diagnostic-Prescriptive and Behavioral-Analysis methods for teaching exceptional children. (CL)

Literature on relocation of the aged is examined and findings are presented within a framework of three types of moves--institution to institution, home to institution, and home to home--with each type having a voluntary and involuntary component. A theoretical model is proposed to explain contradictory results reported. (Author)

Provides a model developed from "Notes Towards a Model of Adult Education in Great Britain", which focus on two major areas of concern: (1) The classes of factors which seem to influence provision of and participation in adult education and (2) aspects of provision and participation, a knowledge of which seems essential to a comprehensive…