Vroom's cognitive model, which proposes to both explain and predict an individual's level of work productivity by drawing on the construct motivation, is discussed and three hypotheses generated: (1) that Vroom's model does predict performance in a non-industrial setting; (2) that it predicts self-perceived performance better than measures…

One of a series of state-of-the-art papers, this monograph focuses upon the reasons for stressing listening in a language arts program. Listening is defined according to six approaches: comparative, ostensive, classificational, structural, operational, and synonymic. Some past and current ideas concerning a taxonomy of listening skills are…

Dimensions of scientific literacy with regard to a theoretical definition were inferred for a group of science oriented persons, a group of nonscience oriented persons, and the two groups combined. Comparisons of the strength of agreement of the two groups, and of subgroups of the two groups, with the inferred dimensions were made. The sample…

Differences in self-satisfaction between the employed and the newly unemployed vary according to: (1) amount of concomitant change in social, family, and economic role; (2) relative importance of the status change among subgroups (male vs. female, white collar vs. blue collar); and (3) individual's attribution of cause for the status change (own…

A model of phoneme identification is proposed which describes the process by which continuous acoustic featural information about the place of articulation and the voicing of speech sounds is integrated during phoneme identification. (AM)

The model described requires an examination of employee perceptions, the labor contract, labor-management relations, and attitudes of top management and union officials. Major emphasis is placed on the questionnaire and the methodology and analysis required to examine employee perceptions. (Author/MLF)

The effect of the location, in picture or text, of spatial, contextual, and operational information on comprehension was evaluated. Results showed that textual presentation of spatial information produced fewer errors, pictorial presentation reduced performance times, and pictorial presentation of contextual information reduced assembly times and…

Provides a model that explains persistent obstacles to clear communication--notably culture, tradition, conditioning, distractions, and feedback--and suggests means of overcoming them. (JW)

A model of evaluative procedures for teachers, intended to assist teachers in meeting demands for accountability, was developed and researched by teacher educators in California. (GW)

This paper presents findings regarding the role of youth's moment to moment thinking and state of mind in determining perception. These findings, along with discoveries about innate resiliency and an understanding of the underlying principles that describe how thoughts become perception, have demonstrated efficacy in empowering youth to regain…

Concludes that J. Piaget's cognitive developmental theory may be used as a framework to understand reading in all children, while visual perception showed no relationship to any measure of reading. (FL)

Tested a seven-factor model of situation perception to develop a set of valid and reliable situation perception factors for use in compliance-gaining research. (Factors included personal benefits, intimacy, rights, resistance, dominance, situation apprehension, and relational consequences.) Found that the model fit the data well and was superior…