Describes a system's approach to literacy requiring a continuum of differentiated interventions and core instruction for all students in California. (PKP)

The Systems Theory Framework of Career Development, first developed in 1992, aims to demonstrate interconnections among career theories. A systems theory perspective enables career practitioners to choose what is most relevant to individual client needs and circumstances and provides a mechanism for working with diverse clients. (Contains 33…

This study of six infants (three with blindness, three sighted) identified an underlying sequence in the development of crawling, with the ability to reach for an object and to move to or from the sitting position being the two most critical precursors to the actual execution of crawling. Infants with blindness had a lower frequency of activity…

Discusses knowledge management and identifies four challenges to knowledge integration in virtual team environments: constraints in transactive memory, insufficient mutual understanding, failure in sharing and retaining contextual knowledge, and inflexibility of organizational ties. Proposes a knowledge management systems approach to meet these…

Four theoretical streams--contexualism/ecology, systems theory, realism/constructivism, and chaos theory--contributed to a theory of individuals as complex, unique, nonlinear, adaptive chaotic and open systems. Individuals use purposive action to construct careers but can make maladaptive and inappropriate choices. (Contains 42 references.) (SK)

Summarizes the history of North American correctional education three ways: chronologically, according to schools of thought or paradigm changes, and from a systems development perspective. Contains 28 references and biographical sketches of leaders of schools of thought. (SK)

Defines the basic terms of system, systems, systematic, and systemic and then uses these terms to build an alphabetical glossary categorizing and defining words or phrases applied to systems thinking. (Contains 20 references.) (PKP)

Looks at the Marine Corps approach to training in light of the history of corporations borrowing heavily from military training tradition. (JOW)

Describes the perception-action approach and the dynamic systems approach to motor development. Discusses the importance of understanding the development of the brain and the importance of longitudinal studies of motor development. (RJC)

Presents theory and typology of marital quality. Outlines three-corners model--systems theory of the self-in-marriage. Describes seven types of marital relationships in terms of systems theory, including four variants of high-quality marriage. Highlights model through critical assessment of Lewis and Spanier's (1979) essay on marital quality and…

Describes the difference between systemic and systematic as they relate to school reform and instructional design. Highlights include a history of systems theory; systems engineering; instructional systems design; systemic versus reductionist thinking; social systems; and systemic change in education, including power relationships. (LRW)

Contends that family therapists, with their systems epistemology, can apply their training to working with athletic teams. Revisits innovative approach to working with athletic teams from systems perspective. Presents additional interventions, focus group interview with team (postconsultation), and general principles developed in working with…

Considers addictions and construct of codependence. Offers critical review and synthesis of codependency literature, along with an intergenerational family systems framework for conceptualizing the relationship of the dysfunctional family to the construct of codependence. Presents theoretical basis for systemic clinical work and research in this…

Describes the construction of a model of computer-assisted instruction using a qualitative block diagram based on general systems theory (GST) as a framework. Subject matter representation is discussed, and appendices include system variables and system equations of the GST model, as well as an example of developing flexible courseware. (Contains…

Groundwater remedial actions are highly complex projects. During the past 10 years, many remedial actions have begun, but very few have been successfully completed. This paper describes the complexity of groundwater remediation and offers an alternative management approach involving systems movement successfully utilized at a site in the…