Successful forensic tournaments are educational instruments that foster knowledge in areas of public speaking, debate, and interpretation, and can be an integral part of the process in carrying out program and department objectives and goals. Reasons to host a forensic tournament include: a need for competition in that area of the country; a…

Recently considerable attention has been given in the online information retrieval literature to techniques for producing a weighted output of documents in response to a request. One approach tries to maintain the form of and relationships among requests as they appear in current Boolean logic-based systems, while extending it to permit a weighted…

Guidelines are presented to aid workshop leaders when planning and facilitating workshops. Listed are: (1) five types of activities for workshop participants; (2) six kinds of workshop formats; (3) three questions to ask when planning workshops; (4) preplanning steps to follow when organizing a workshop; (5) suggestions for workshop leaders; (6) a…

Suggests that one of the most effective ways principals can improve reading instruction is through classroom observation and provides a checklist which will serve as a guideline for follow-up conferences between the principal and teachers. (RB)

This brief description of the microcomputer service and maintenance system at Miami Dade Community College/North includes a series of hints, tips, and lists of information sources, suppliers, and regulatory codes that could prove helpful to school districts that wish to conduct on-site repair of computers. These include: (1) cleaning materials…

To aid parents in selecting appropriate child care, this guide describes the kinds of public and private day care, prekindergarten, and kindergarten programs that are available in most communities in New York. After listing facts parents should consider concerning their own and their child's needs, the guide offers directions for finding locally…

The acute care pediatric/adolescent unit at Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago, Illinois offers patients computer services consisting of recreation, general education, newspaper, and patient education components. To gather information concerning patients' experience with computers and to assess the effectiveness of computer services, data were…

This guide presents an outline of time management tips for counselors and students. Following the introduction, six principles of managing time are listed: (1) analyze how time is used; (2) set goals; (3) divide large projects into small steps; (4) make a "to-do" list; (5) decide priorities; and (6) schedule quiet time. Subheadings define…

This manual provides electrical and electronic engineers with an introduction to online information retrieval as implemented on the DIALOG information retrieval system. Sections cover: (1) the development of computerized information retrieval; (2) its advantages; (3) the equipment needed, DIALOG hours of availability, methods of access, and cost…

The study was designed to develop a weighted checklist for use in selecting instructional materials for handicapped students. Selection criteria identified by 24 authors were reviewed and consolidated into a 103-item field test survey which was then adapted according to suggestions of a 15-member review panel. A survey was sent to 1,659…

The major purpose of this guide is to provide structure for the establishment of regional graduation ceremonies for adults completing adult basic education (ABE) and adult education programs in the many small communities located in 13 counties of western Kentucky. Reasons given for conducting a regional ceremony include heightening public…

Eleven articles and documents selected from the ERIC indexes, "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education" for 1983 are listed in this bibliography. Emphasis is on criteria for selecting and purchasing educational software for microcomputers. Several articles cover software evaluation issues and…

This study examined current approaches to computer courseware evaluation and evaluated published models on courseware evaluation from the perspectives of end-user/project proposers, the commercial vendor, and the academic or non-aligned consultant. First, a list of primary sources of computer courseware evaluation were located and analyzed. From…

Three types of materials are included in this presentation on educational communications public relations. An outline listing ideas and considerations designed as a discussion guide covers four major topics: (1) public relations; (2) general publicity and press releases; (3) specific publicity; and (4) additional aspects of public relations. The…