Surveyed are 53 techniques for measuring human physical characteristics and emotional responses in the belief that problems should be solved on the basis of what is good for people.'' (BL)

Focuses on learning through fictional encounters for conceptual development and emphasizes professional educating rather than training in discussing nursing education. (RK)

Suggests a program of research in Management Information Systems (MIS) by means of identifying five general considerations for any MIS design -- psychological type, class of problem, method of evidence, organizational context, and mode of presentation. Argues that a full program of MIS research should test the interaction effects of all possible…

Argues that the mere presentation of evaluative data is hardly apt to improve decisionmaking. Suggests that, to meet the needs of different decisionmakers, methods of information presentation be developed to assure that the right person get the proper information, at the proper time, and in the proper format. (Author/JF)

Two strategies listed here, Values Voting Strategy and Rank Order Strategy, provide children with worthwhile experiences in making choices and decisions. From the book, Values Clarification, A Handbook of Practical Strategies for Teachers and Students. (Author/JB)

Lists the ills attributed to today's university experience and the role adult education will play in the remedy of those ills. (RK)

It was concluded that in grade school children the tendency to be reflective in problem solving also entails a disposition to take longer in making decisions. (Author)

To test the proposition that different types of pretraining would result in different strategies" in the solution of concept identification problems, a design was used in which length of postfeedback intervals was made dependent on the correctness of Ss response. (Authors/MB)

This experiment investigated performance on a reasoning task in which the subjects had to say which of four half-hidden cards they needed to see fully in order to determine the truth or falsity of a conditional sentence. (Authors)

Two experiments are reported on the effect of negation on reasoning with conditional rules. (Author)

Two hundred questionnaires which asked respondents to indicate the relative effectiveness of nine different training methods for achieving each of six training objectives were mailed to the training directors of firms with the largest number of employees. (Authors/MB)

Describes a study comparing a combined system of lectures and problem sessions with a recitation class in engineering mechanics. No major differences were found in performance of students in either method. A significant difference in achievement was found with class size. The smaller the group the better the student performance." (Author/TS)