Article presents a progression training model as a possible approach for minimizing the conflict that often emerges between superiors and subordinates when management by objectives programs are initiated. (GB)

Analyzes the impact of metric conversion in the United States on the training and development function. (Author/RK)

A description of a training workshop on self-instructional materials for medical education held at the University of North Carolina. (HB)

A brief discussion of why it is important for adult education teachers to have in-service training. (HB)

This was a pilot study to test the effectiveness of a training procedure which it was hoped would increase students' awareness of the reader's requirements when writing descriptions of technological equipment. (Authors)

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

Modular training is a concept which can provide teaching effectiveness, the building of skills inventories and greater benefit to the individual. (Author/RK)

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

There is little or no reason to believe that administrators and school boards are involved in a conspiracy to allow paraprofessionals to replace teachers. (Author/JN)

Article discusses non-formal education for young adults of developing countries through World Education, an American non-profit organization. (MM)

Article describes a pilot project to combine programs in adult literacy and family planning in Turkey. (MM)

Article describes a specialized organizational development program designed for total integration in the training effort. (Author/MM)

Article describes the results of a survey on the use of participative learning in management training. (Author/MM)