Findings indicate that the effects of assertion training generalized to novel teacher, parent, and student situations and to the in vivo test. Structured learning training with teacher trainers produced more assertive behavior in teacher situations. Performance was differentially affected by type of participant. (Author)

Japan Air Lines has developed a training technique called "unprogramed instruction" in which the trainees set up the schedule and training objectives with the instructor. Advantages and limitations of the self-directing method are presented. (MW)

Contemporary training programs should be free of false assumptions and focus on individual growth and those functions that support every training effort: manpower development with planned direction, relevant training tied to a career path determining real needs through pretraining research, and performance measurement. (Author/BP)

The study investigated the efficacy of training three behaviorally disordered elementary grade students to recruit reinforcement and assistance from teachers. The study also investigated the effect of systematically fading external experimenter reinforcement of students for prompting and praising teachers in the regular classroom. The three…

Article concerns a variety of training suggestions intended to stimulate student involvement in the learning process. (RK)

Intended for composition teachers who see "editor/writer" conferences as the ideal teaching strategy, this booklet offers a procedure for training tutors--staff or students--to respond skillfully to a writer's work in a one-to-one context. The first half of the booklet discusses theory and research regarding the tutorial process and some…

This investigation sought to determine the effects of a perceptual modeling concept, presented during the preservice experience, on the verbal behaviors of student teachers in their student teaching experience. Fifty-two preservice teachers were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. The experimental group received instruction…

Notes the problems involved in traditional efforts to induct graduate students into the research process. A collaborative apprenticeship method that can be incorporated into programmatic research with benefits for both students and mentors is presented. (Author)

In order to provide detailed descriptions of instructors' activities in courses taught by individualized instruction and to identify some of the factors responsible for variations in those activities, records were made of instructor behavior in two computer-managed Navy courses. Within each course, jobs differed considerably in kinds and patterns…

This paper presents a training model, Skill Development in Teaching (SKIT), designed for use in improvement programs for inservice teachers and in teacher education programs for preservice trainees. An introductory section notes the early use of Flanders' interaction analysis as a feedback tool for teachers, outlines a 1962 model in which it was…

Second of three articles in a review, titled "Sensitivity Training: Can It Work for the Schools? .

Describes an approach to train teacher education students in interpersonal skills. Undergraduate secondary education students (N=21) received 20 hours of training in interpersonal skills followed by 10 hours of training in their classroom application. Results indicated that this type of training does promote significant development of these…

Argues that tutor training not only must convey to tutors the theoretical and practical knowledge about reading and writing necessary to help students, but must also show them how to develop a valuable partnership with their students. (MM)

Discusses the problems to be solved in designing behavior modification systems for teacher education. (Author/RK)

This paper presents a model of counselor supervision which recognizes four specific stages of counselor development. The materials focus on the need for a developmental model, the interplay between this model and levels of training and professional practice, and the implications for curriculum planning and supervisory interventions. Studies…