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)

The key conclusion is that institute supervisors and institute members have significantly higher positive agreement on who is a good counselor than that found among supervisors and students in a regular education program. (Author)

Reports on a project combining agency and university program resources to teach teenage mothers child care and self-sufficiency, promote the healthy development of their children, and give field training to social work students. (Author/RH)

A four-style behavior questionnaire is used as an assessment instrument to help in predicting trainees' behavior. It is argued that the four-style behavior theory has been a helpful training tool and it can be used with measurable success in a number of subject areas: interpersonal communication, performance appraisal, and conflict resolution.…

A study of the effects of ethnic background, education, age, employment history, current position, and length of time with Head Start on the training needs of Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees indicated that ethnic background alone was associated with differences in perceived training needs. The results have implications for future…