This program aimed generally to identify the potential educational researcher early in his undergraduate program, guide him toward courses that would prepare him for conducting research, and provide the opportunity for individual and small group participation in meaningful research activities. Another objective was to begin a systematic study of…

For training to be successful, the trainer must understand the people he teaches. This booklet describes the individual characteristics and motivation of the disadvantaged trainee and discusses the special problems he faces. This knowledge of the environment and psychological factors affecting the disadvantaged trainee can help the instructor make…

This booklet contains training recommendations for professional, administrative, and commercial trainees of the carpet industry in Great Britain. Focus is upon persons to be trained; responsibility for training; assessment of training needs; recruitment and selection; descriptions of types of programs; instruction and supervision; control of…

Presents a model for developing a strategy for training evaluation, according to the purpose of the evaluation or who is being evaluated. (MF)

The author presents results from a survey of organizations with 100 or more employees, regarding formal training programs. Information is provided on hours of training for workers in nine types of jobs. Data on instructional methods, types of training, and use of computers in training are also included. (CH)

Ways to improve communication, comprehension, and language skills and to adapt strategies and media to emphasize visual aspects are suggested to accommodate hearing impaired trainees. (SK)

Business, government, and industry joined in launching a program that guarantees employment by matching supply with demand. (Editor)

This study compared 55 counselor education students with 34 junior college students being trained as counseling paraprofessionals, regarding their personality and predicted counseling effectiveness. A higher percentage of the paraprofessionals received lower ratings as determined by a regression equation used to predict counseling effectiveness.…

Describes a telephone teaching program by which trainers find they can effectively handle a class hundreds or thousands of miles away. (Author/RK)

Examines a training program to prepare managers for business, technical, and social changes facing them. (DS)

A simplified classroom exercise, the ring-toss exercise, was successful for the authors in communicating thoughts about setting realistic objectives and improving performance. (DS)

Charges that there are few studies linking training with observed organizational change. (DS)

Proposes that supervision of the counselor trainee be extended into the trainee's first employment setting following completion of his master's degree program. This extension would be of benefit to the counselor training program, the counselor trainee and the local school or agency. (Author)