The skills of interns in obtaining body fluids for analysis were observed after six months of a categorical internal medicine program. The results suggest that training in the proper technique in lumbar puncture in medical schools is inadequate. Recommendations for improvement are offered. (LBH)

Compares the attitudes of preservice and inservice social workers to a program of microtraining incorporating skills analysis and closed circuit television. It was found that while both groups were favorably disposed toward this form of training, the preservice students were significantly more positive in their reactions to the training…

Theoretical views regarding the cognitive processes of summarization are reviewed and some of the specific cognitive operations involved in summarization are considered. It is argued that the cognitive demands of summarization are dependent upon the qualities of the text to be summarized. (Author/LMO)

A traditional instructional format that provided instructor-generated terminal knowledge of results was compared with one that also trained students to generate continual knowledge of results using two sections of an operative laboratory. (Author/MLW)

Focuses on the various social work skills, roles, and tasks that are useful for shock-trauma service. Discusses strategies and techniques that social workers who are beginners in trauma work can call on to enter this medically oriented system. (Author/ABB)

Studies abacus calculation to explore the development of skills and the resulting consequences. Consideration of the effects of abacus training, transfer of the skill to other tasks, and the contexts in which abacus skill develops demonstrates the multiple ways in which specific skills can contribute to cognitive development. (ETS)

Adult performance on verbal analogy and classification problems was assessed in terms of outcomes of process execution. Process-outcomes measures accounted for overall performance and were related to ability. Problem forms differed in terms of which measures predicted individual differences. Common process-outcome measures showed highest…

Recent advances in theory and research provide a basis for defining higher-order thinking skills and for designing tests of such skills. (MCG)

Concludes that students whose teachers participated in process-model inservice training performed significantly better on a number of writing evaluation criteria than did those of teachers who had relied on a skills-approach technique.

The author discusses the government's role in counselor licensing and then presents alternative ways to license counselors. One alternative would be to have licensing tests. A second would be to abolish licensing and concentrate on improving training programs. (EJT)

It can be implied from the results that the SSCLF coupled with the cartridge projector is an efficient and effective method of presenting psychomotor skill information in all skill areas. (MS)

Authors describe a new standardized method of diagnosing instructional strengths and weaknesses. (HB)

Describes how to design a job-training program starting with an in depth analysis of the job itself. (RB)

A chart illustrating features of the program at Gonzales (California) High School and a list of basic language skills required for graduation are included. (RD)

This study identifies critical elements of the front dive half-twist that judges are likely to look for when they score springboard diving competitions. Videotapes of divers at a 1979 intercollegiate diving meet were made and analyzed, using grid scoring procedures, to isolate components of the dives that would help predict judges' scores.…