The direction of this workshop is toward two major goals: (1) participant understanding of the kinds of information an evaluation can provide for educational decision making; and (2) participant understanding of the general procedures and problems involved in selecting, collecting, analyzing, and reporting that information. It is the intent of the…

This article outlines the characteristics of a European Research Group on Management (ERGOM) workshop and discusses some of the factors which make the ERGOM training method different from others. (Author/BP)

Too much reliance has been placed on training by those not qualified or trained to train and too many operatives are still trained by other operatives. Management has the responsibility of taking advantage of the many courses and training programs available for the development of qualified instructors. (SA)

A statement of an evaluation criteria for outside training programs for television production. (HB)

The use of computer-assisted instruction in conjunction with the on-line information retrieval system is the most promising form of instruction in that the medium itself, as well as the message, may be used to acquaint the novice searcher with an interactive user/system interface. (Author)

Realizing that facilitative qualities on the part of the counselor are definitely related to successful therapeutic outcome, this article concentrates on structural procedures for systematic training in these facilitative qualities. (Author/HMV)

Study supported in part by U.S. Office of Education, OEG-2-7-070002-3005.

A training program, using dual trainers, was used to reduce inappropriate verbalizations and increase appropriate verbal responses of three profoundly handicapped individuals. During training, one trainer asked questions and the other trainer gave verbal prompts. The method was evaluated with three experiments: Experiment I used dual trainers with…

The manual provides a curriculum for training volunteers in state protection and advocacy agencies, with particular emphasis on training volunteer advocates who have direct relationships with developmentally disabled people. The curriculum consists of five training sessions, each lasting about 2 1/2 hours. Following an introductory section with…

A study involving three profoundly retarded adults was designed to investigate the efficacy of a stair step diagonal training progression in promoting correct responses to untrained action-object verbal instructions. Procedures included pretraining assessment of action verbs and nouns, matrix training in which each S was physically put through the…

Microteaching is a successful analytical tool because of its precision and simplicity, its low pressure approach, and the fact that it encourages experimentation. In addition, the technique is easily mediated, replicated, and controlled. (Author/JD)

The Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS) at the University of California at San Diego sponsors a workshop that teaches tutors to use five types of probing skills. The use of the skills is fundamental to the student learner's acquisition of complex relationships and problem solving skills. The five types of probes are:…

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES AND CONTENT ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO SUPPLEMENT CURRENT AREA TRAINING PROGRAMS. SIMULATION WAS CHOSEN AS THE TECHNIQUE, AND EXERCISES WERE DEVELOPED WHOSE CONTENT EMPHASIZED THE AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE FOREIGN, HOST CULTURE. THESE EVOLVED AS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS AND VALUES AND A CONTRASTING SET,…