To improve the teaching of thinking skills, social studies teachers need to identify and select a few key skills on which to focus continuously throughout the K-12 social studies curricula. They also need to identify the attributes of these skills. A model skill description is included. (RM)

In the winter of 2004 the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), with the support of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, undertook a Diagnostic Survey of College and Institute Programs and Services for immigrants and created the college and institute portion of the Immigration Portal. In March 2004 ACCC held an invitational…

Presents a practical consultation model for school counselors which can be adapted for classroom and workshop presentations on consultation. Describes the model in six steps including evaluation, data gathering, clarifying, exploring, decision making, and termination. (PAS)

Examples of types of writing activities, including skill-drill, story pieces, scenario writing, and a letter to the editor, for use in secondary world history classes, are presented. A social studies writing model is also included. (RM)

Discusses the role of on-site coaching in teachers' ability to transfer skills mastered in training sessions that include theory, observation, and practice. Cites the literature on transfer of learning and proposes a model for inservice training. (Author/MK)

Outlines a coping skills-based approach to serving youth employment and training needs. Discusses critical components of career education programs (job mobility, technological change, and specific skill training); a coping skills model; how coping skills are learned; and the role of schools in developing coping skills. (CT)

Effects of conceptual level and degree of supervisory structure on training in reflection of feeling were investigated. Self-report measures supported predictions for low conceptual level participants; behavioral measures yielded minimal support. Supervised trainees improved minimally on quantitative dimensions and significantly on qualitative…

Describes a model that can be used as a roadmap to provide supervision to counselors in a manner that facilitates professional growth and development rather than evaluation. Doctoral students like the model because it provides a guideline for developing their own styles of supervision. (Author/BEF)

Presents a resiliency model of job training that emphasizes applicant recruitment, assessment, and development. The model can increase program success rates by using psychological assessment and professional development goals of the individual. Discusses the effectiveness of federal jobs training and the need for training versus the ability to use…

Declares that invented spelling ability reflects young children's developing awareness of the internal structure of words. Examines effects of an instructional approach that emphasized integration of language analysis teaching into the whole-language kindergarten curriculum. Finds that children who received instruction were representing all the…

Compares two complementary models for promoting transfer in vocational education, one at the micro-level of teaching practice (sequential skill practice model) and one at the macro-level of the context for application of skills (Motivation, Awareness, Skill, Support). (SK)

Describes a five-step approach to performance management which includes (1) redefining tasks; (2) identifying skills; (3) determining what development tools are necessary; (4) prioritizing skills development; and (5) developing an action plan. Presents a hiring model that includes job analysis, job description, selection, goal setting, evaluation,…

This report describes a dental model technique used at the Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The technique uses Dentoform which provides a realistic set of Ivorine plastic teeth set in rubber "gingivae" upon which operative dentistry, prosthodontics, and limited periodontal scaling can be practiced. (GLR)

This paper combines Gardner's multiple intelligences theory with Bloom's conception of talent to provide a foundation for the practice of fostering students' specific talents as a primary goal of gifted education. Individualized personal and skills-based growth plans are seen as a medium for career-oriented education based on students' identified…