The consultant's concern is to increase an organization's capacity to initiate and manage change through an integrated approach to the company's social, economic, technical, and organizational systems, and to improve the performance and value of its human resources, using measurable criteria whenever possible. (Author/JB)

This discussion of the role of structured guidance in facilitating cognitive development presents the author's point of view regarding a current issue in early childhood education. (WY)

In this response to the critiques by Jensen and McVicker Hunt, we focus on the meaning of g, the permanence of effects produced by early education, and the educational significance of IQ gains produced by early education programs. New longitudinal data from our study presented. (Author/RD)

Tests the effect of developmental level objectives on student achievement and efficiency in a zoology course. These objectives were found to have no significant effect on achievement, but they did significantly increase student efficiency in learning the content material of the module. (Author)

By implementing an outreach model based on the growth needs of students and linked to the academic process, counseling centers can increase their effectiveness and credibility with students and faculty. The model described demonstrates methods for delivering services relevant to personal development, career development, and values education.…

This article describes the bilingual/multicultural curriculum models developed by four Head Start projects. (DB)

Suggests developmental reading courses that permit the student to explore the text's meaning through his or her own experiences, rather than impressing on them one "correct" meaning. (HTH)

The second in a three-part series outlining Greenville Technical College's developmental studies program, this segment discusses the growth and functions of the Developmental Studies Division's counseling service, the Student Success Center. (Author/DR)

Presents abstracts of three documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with two-year college remedial and developmental education. (DR)

Describes a developmental framework that incorporates four supervision models. This reflects changes that occur during supervision and offers the supervisor and trainee a means of conceptualizing developmental stages of supervision. Professionalization occurs during supervision as the trainee assumes greater responsibility for the content of…

Remedial education is contrary to traditional educational principles, for it operates only after a child has failed. Instead failure should be prevented by developmental, individualized instruction. Furthermore, remedial education isolates and emphasizes skill deficits and may lead to teaching for the test. (Author/SJL)