Results-based management (RBM) is an approach to programme planning and management that integrates strategy, people, resources, processes and measurements to improve decision-making, transparency and accountability. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) began the adoption of a RBM model with its 2003-2006 Three-Year Plan. This led to a significantly…

Generalization is the key to effective autism intervention--when children can apply new skills across settings, they'll make broad, long-term improvements in behavior and social communication. The first how-to guide to generalization is finally here! Practical and reader-friendly, this is the book that helps professionals take today's most popular…

This paper describes the achievements of an innovative eight-year research program first introduced in Mizoguchi and Bourdeau (2000), which was aimed at building a theory-aware authoring system by using ontological engineering. To date, we have proposed OMNIBUS, an ontology that comprehensively covers different learning/instructional theories and…

The paper explores basic concepts of mental retardation and proposes wilderness adventure programing as an approach that offers mentally retarded persons the dignity of taking a reasonable risk. Benefits of such programing are cited for affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains. Processes involved in the therapeutic bases for program…

The paper is a product of the 3-year project, "Functional Mainstreaming for Success," designed to develop a model for instructional mainstreaming of handicapped children (3-6 years old) in community settings. The paper reviews the literature defining "mainstreaming," notes that mainstreaming is not the wholesale return of exceptional students from…

Intended for local educational administrators and practitioners, the technical assistance guide addresses student related and program related connections in providing vocational programs for handicapped students at the secondary level. Following an introductory section, section II looks at the structure of vocational systems by explaining the…

Experienced in the process of student evaluation of teachers, this author suggests ways of using student assessment to best advantage. (Editor)

This monograph examines the concept of competency-based education (CBE) as it applies to elementary and secondary schools by identifying the defining characteristics and underlying rationale that distinguish CBE from other educational approaches, by describing a decision-making framework for use with CBE programs, and by discussing several…

Although the program-planning-budgeting system (PPBS) has been used in higher education to improve planning, budgeting, and decision making, examination had not been conducted to determine if the technique was consistent with planning, budgeting, and decision-making "theory." This paper reports the findings of such a theoretical…

As a result of program weaknesses found in a 1967 study of the counselor education program at Michigan State University, a new model entitled "systematic counseling" was developed. It has now been used with over 700 trainees and 6,000 clients in supervised practicum settings. Briefly, systematic counseling represents an organized means of…

This document summarizes the report of an investigation (SP 004 171) which established the feasibility of developing and operating the Georgia model program for the preparation of elementary school teachers (ED 025 491). The three objectives are listed: to determine feasibility of the model in projected sustained operation, to develop a strategy…

This bulletin is a supplement of Chapter 7 of Volume 1 of the final report entitled "The Feasibility of the Georgia Educational Model for Teacher Preparation--Elementary" (Johnson and Shearron, 1970) (SP 004 171). The aforementioned chapter summarizes cost data in four categories: materials, equipment, key personnel, and supporting…

This document, which provides a perspective in planning competency-based teacher education programs that is different and future-directed in its approach, is divided into three parts, the first of which is a presentation of Jantsch's model of teacher education. In this model teacher education is viewed in two dimensions: (a) horizontal,…

This periodical, part of a bimonthly series produced by the ERIC Counseling and Personnel Services Information Center, presents articles and information and examines several models, techniques and programs for teachers, student personnel workers, and laymen in the fields of counseling and education. Regular features include exemplars, research…

This paper describes the reasons for development and implementation of planning management systems in institutions of higher education, relates the history and significance of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Planning and Management System (PMS) program, and compares 2 approaches to implementation. It is suggested that a…