A review of traditional (such as psychotherapy) and behavioral approaches (such as self-monitoring and reinforcement) to obesity treatment of mentally retarded students led to the conclusion that the behavioral orientation was more successful. Implications for initiating such programs include thorough training, voluntary participation, and parent…

Reviews a number of factors that should be considered in preparing instruments to evaluate inservice programs. Offers a sample evaluation form. (FL)

Using selected concepts, format, and techniques from the legal arena, the Judicial Evaluation Model was used to assess the efficacy of linkage arrangements between the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act prime sponsors and education service providers in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (PN)

Using the results of the Standards for Industrial Arts Programs Project, the authors reflect on the lack of impetus for change in industrial arts, the disparity between the definition of industrial arts and its practice, the lack of consensus about content, and the relative freedom of teachers to structure industrial arts curricula. (SK)

Results are reported from a study designed to determine whether children's use of literature during free-play time could be increased by implementing changes in the kindergarten classroom's program and physical design. (MP)

Presents an evaluative study of adult criminal diversion programs. The results of the study indicate that the diversion programs result in a decline in both the number and proportion of cases fully prosecuted. (IM)

Evaluated the short-term and longer-term effectiveness of marriage encounter in increasing self-reported indices of couple self-disclosure, trust, and marital satisfaction. Couples (N=33) were assessed before and after the Marriage Encounter Training Program and in a follow-up. Results indicated a significant increase in trust and marital…

Identifies, using the Monitor Model, the problem of teaching English as a second language (TESL) as managerial and presumes that it does not indicate a lack in the underpinnings of the TESL fields. Proposes that the solution is to integrate TESL programs with larger resettlement programs. (Author/MK)

Presents observations and comments based on a large-scale field study of youth unemployment. Discusses the inappropriateness and futility of some government programs and the needs of young people that are frequently forgotten in view of institutional demands. (MK)

Describes a voluntary desegregation program implemented in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Presents results of a study designed to relate program compliance with parent racial/ethnic group perceptions regarding accomplishments of specific program objectives, including racial balance, provision of remedial services, basic skills centers, and provision…

Five short radio messages about complex carbohydrates in the diet were developed and broadcast during a 37-day campaign. Knowledge tests were administered before/during/after the campaign to 1,067 subjects (residents of a university town, rural residents, and university students). The scores of university residents and students increased, with no…

The article demonstrates that use of meta-analysis on studies investigating the effectiveness of psycholingistic training with handicapped children results in nonvalidation of the training--a conclusion which contradicts results reported earlier by K. Kavale. (SW)

Discusses the evolution of the concept of "mainstreaming," objections to the idea, the rights of the handicapped, and the rights of all students to an effective education. Responds to the critics of mainstreaming. (FL)

The editor lists 10 points which form the basis of some recommendations for those conducting studies that measure effectiveness. The criteria are a consensus of ideas presented by the authors in this volume. (Author/DWH)

Outcome research, despite progress in standardization of change measures and specification of therapeutic procedures, continues to fail to demonstrate significant differences in the effectiveness of these procedures for most conditions. Based on clinical impressions and scattered research findings, potentially promising research approaches to…