The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) in Tulsa, Oklahoma held the VICA Skill Olympics at their ninth annual conference. The event comprised 30 leadership development and job skill contests. Competitors from 1,200 trade, industrial, technical, and health occupations took part. (Author/DS)

A study was conducted to see if females have difficulty following written instructions. Male and female students were graded on accuracy of a geometric figure construction and the length of time taken to complete the figure. Females did better than males in all areas except speed of completion of tasks. (CT)

For a good handspring vault the gymnast should reach the horse with good upward velocity and proper body angle. (JD)

Tests are described that will objectively measure playing ability and discriminate between successful and unsuccessful basketball players. (JD)

Process Skills Assessment is an observational assessment designed to evaluate process skills as demonstrated during the performance of a self-selected task. Retest reliability results indicated that assessment can be used to measure changes in clients' process skills after occupational therapy if the same task is used upon readministration.…

The Information Systems (IS) curriculum needs to be updated frequently due to the rapid rate of advances in information systems (IS) and the technologies that drive IS, and also industry's skill requirement of IS graduates. This paper describes a Career Skills Oriented Approach to enhance the graduate IS curriculum based on current information…

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an integrated values, skills and knowledge (VSK) framework for initial teacher preparation programmes. The VSK framework articulated, in broad terms, the desired skills and knowledge components for beginning teachers, with the underlying core values permeating the programmes. The paper has two parts, the…

A counselor's academic guidance is critical because student stress levels are high due to increased levels of expectations that they perform at their best (Campbell & Dahir, 1997; Gysbers & Henderson, 2000). In the last decade, education reform has moved towards more standards-driven curriculum/a, basic skills acquisition, and…

Principals are increasingly expected to be the instructional as well as administrative leaders of their schools. However, little is known about how principals reason through the instructional issues that they face. An analysis of principal reasoning in instructional contexts is critical. The study presented in this article draws on interviews with…

Using data to redesign instruction is a means of increasing student achievement. Educators in Camden County (Georgia) Schools have used data from benchmark testing since 1999. They hired a commercial vendor to design a benchmark test that is administered four times a year and use the data to generate subject-area reports that can be further…

This study filmed a transcription typist and analyzed the finger movements in the resulting motion picture to study how skilled motor movements are programmed and controlled. Findings indicated that a typist's finger movements usually overlapped in time, and the starting times of these movements were highly variable, even when comparing identical…

A reproduction of a paper first issued in 1967. Algorithms are characterized as being a special kind of problem solving procedure which can be verbalized. (Author/STS)

The authors present a four dimensional model providing some initial closure to the vital and unfinished task of designing administrator preparation programs. (Authors)