Stage violence is a complex art which, when conceived inventively, approached with professional care and respect, and practiced with patience and energy, can be the highlight of a scene or of an entire play. This book is designed for amateurs who have not had the benefit of formal training in stage violence. Chapters discuss falling (the…

Academic psychology and education are too much theoretically and methodologically committed; they need "field commitment"--an orientation which allows the people who are working with problem children or adults to use any technique, any tools at their disposal that will enable them to perform most proficiently in a given situation. Until people…

A conventional and a programed version of a Navy correspondence course were evaluated. In the correspondence setting there were no differences in student proficiency for the two versions of the course, and most students in both groups who completed the study achieved a high proficiency level. (Author)

This manual contains a description of microteaching and the format to be used at the Ottawa Microteaching Clinic. Three background papers, which include data on programs already in existence, are "Microteaching: An Intermediate Step," with a 21-item annotated bibliography, by Patrick Babin; "An Overview of Microteaching"…

This paper outlines some major areas of use of simulation in Army Aviation and comments on current research. Equipment development, crew performance studies, concept development and training are discussed. Only in the training area has the Army made substantial progress. A broad program of simulation research with emphasis on engineering and…

Twenty-three teams of trainers of paraprofessional school personnel from school districts in Wayne County were trained, each team composed of five persons representing four different levels: a central office administrator, a building principal, a teacher working or planning to work with paraprofessionals, and two paraprofessionals. The program…

This document, one of four concerned with the training of paraprofessional school personnel, provides 15 situations of varying complexity which may be role-played. A presentation of the role-play dramatization is made for the general group of trainees, who then react to the situation by providing written responses on specially designed sheets.…

This paper was part of a symposium in which research on Project 100,000 was summarized. The report presents information on three major HumRRO projects concerned with training and performance of men of varying ability levels. The first project compared on-the-job performance of military personnel of varying ability levels. The second project…

Published Naval Training Device Center technical reports and some technical notes (those available through the Defense Documentation Center-DDC) which have resulted from basic research, exploratory development, and advanced development type projects are listed. The reports are indexed by technical note number, by title, and by contractor code. The…

Various forms of transactional analysis that can be used to improve trainer-trainee communication are discussed. (BP)

A training program is described which provides, during fault diagnosis, additional information about the relationship between the remaining faults and the available indicators. An interactive computer program developed for this purpose and the first results of experimental training are described. (Author)

Behavior modeling training programs can cover any relational problem, with each problem and its solution treated as a module. (Author/IRT)

The author discusses management principles in general and in relation to time management. Stating that most managers and trainers do not understand these principles, he describes how to put them to work in planning time management programs. (MF)

Results from 2 experiments indicated that 8-to 10-year-old children can be taught to take over the punishing role of an external agent and that a training technique involving perceived freedom of self-punishment will generate greater compliance with subsequent requests from the external agent. (Author/JMB)