Counselors need to learn new skills to meet changing conditions or run the risk of becoming ineffective or irrelevant. This article reports on seven years of experience with the continuing education for counselors model at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. (Author)

Faculties within the university community are ideal settings for preventative, outreach counseling. Efforts by a university counseling center to provide psychological services to a faculty of education are described. Difficulties of program evaluation and psychological consultation are also discussed. (Author)

A variety of practical and theoretical issues pertinent to the evaluation of mainstreaming programs are presented. (Author)

The various data analyses comparing different approaches to teaching the disadvantaged show that the Direct Instruction model was more effective in terms of basic academic goals and affective outcomes. (Author/AM)

Discusses the development and application of a model of cooperation-competition in an undergraduate college class as well as its theoretical framework and programmatic implications. (Author/RK)

The Governor's alternate in Georgia explains the importance of evaluation for regional programs and Georgia's approach to the problem. (Author/JC)

Discusses five principles that can be used as a guide for designing inservice teacher education programs responsive to teacher needs. (RK)

Describes and defines dimensions of program evaluation--target, purpose, and stage--relevant to school psychologists, combining them into a conceptual framework indicating 48 different types of program evaluation. Incorporates relevant aspects of existing program evaluation strategies and action research, affording practitioners a strategy for…

The author describes an instructional model intended to enhance each learner's capacity for self-direction and intellectual responsibility. This article examines ground rules of the instructional format, theoretical bases, the experience of collaborative learning and team-building, use of panelists, and participants' evaluations of the model. (CT)

The development of an adviser program at Rush Medical College is described that utilizes faculty members and provides comprehensive counseling with continuity of contact between adviser and student through medical school. Evaluations used to determine its efficacy are also discussed. (Author/MLW)

A seminar/internship model of multidisciplinary team training is described and evaluation data reported for seminar value and organization, team knowledge and skills, internship team functioning, and self-evaluation of team competencies. (CL)

The absence of a model to guide systematic inquiry in teacher education prevents sustained study in the field. An outline of an inquiry model and its component parts are described. (DF)

Current efforts in vocational assessment of handicapped secondary students are considered. A model is discussed via five chronological purposes: (1) screening, (2) placement, (3) program planning, (4) monitoring of individual progress, and (5) individual program evaluation. Two fundamental shifts in assessment are projected regarding vocational…

Uses a travel cost method to quantify benefits received by visitors to Petawawa National Forestry Institute's public awareness facilities. Analysis of data from 697 visitors provided a basis for calculating benefits, which are reported in monetary terms. These benefits ranged from $2.89 to $6.64 in value (United States) per visit. (Author/JN)