A total of 79 hearing-impaired children (3-14 years old) participated in the project involving microcomputer assisted instruction and exploratory learning. Ss learned to write text sentences that were highly accurate interpretations of either animated pictured action sequences or sign language sentence animations. Moreover, Ss made significant…

Describes results of a questionnaire designed to probe how human resources professionals viewed ongoing communication practices as they related to four concept areas: formal and informal systemwide communication, communication to facilitate change, small-group communication, and superior-subordinate communication and the resulting organizational…

This article provides information about teaching keyboarding as a one-week course. Before discussing the results of the one-week course, however, the differences between keyboarding and typewriting are addressed, as well as the appropriate content of a true keyboarding course. (CT)

Drawing on his long experience of Africa, the author discusses what needs to be done and what needs to be avoided to ensure that labor-intensive special public works programs yield tangible and lasting results. (Author)

A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a federally funded series of career education workshops for school-based teams of principals, counselors, and teachers. In this study, the authors hypothesize that both school effectiveness and effective implementation of innovations such as career education within the school have some common…

Examines the organization of quality circles in Italy, the training aspect of these quality circles, and advantages and limitations of quality circles. For successful circles, the author recommends a feasibility study by qualified consultants, an experimental pilot project confined to certain parts of the company, and a fully informed management.…

This study presents the successes and failures in the delivery of services to low income communities. Executive directors of community-based organizations throughout the county were asked to describe their most and least successful community-based service delivery projects. The service ventures then were classified based on the extent to which the…

Explores how educators can successfully provide quality continuing education to corporate America by addressing why industry and postsecondary educational institutions have not chosen to work together more closely in the past, models of successful partnerships, and what factors contribute to a successful partnership between business and…

Freshmen participants in a student development transcript program demonstrated significant progress on developmental tasks and had highly positive perceptions of the university environment. (Author)

A discussion of classwide peer tutoring as an effective instructional procedure is organized into three major sections: (1) general principles of instruction, (2) description of classwide peer tutoring procedures, and (3) review of effectiveness data concerning classroom process and student achievement outcome. (Author/CL)

What has happened to the teaching of the beginning course in economics over the past century is discussed. The relative effectiveness of various teaching methods is examined. (Author/RM)

The author suggests that training program developers be upfront about the training purpose, be sure the training creates a positive experience for trainees, consider not only what happens during the training, but what occurs before and after, and ensure that program content is something the trainees will choose to put into practice. (CT)

The first two articles discuss the Nongovernmental Organization Forum on women's issues, held in Nairobi, Kenya; the third reviews "The Invisible Decade--U.K. Women and the U.N. Decade 1976-1985"; and the fourth identifies the oppressed status of Nepalese women. (CT)

Describes a study conducted to determine if extension agents could expand their audience through a series of statewide on-farm meetings. The study also sought to determine if the on-farm approach would result in adoption of recommended mastitis control practices. Results are presented and discussed. (CT)

This article is a guide for prospective students who may be concerned about the qualifications of aerobic dance class instructors. Eleven criteria for evaluation are listed. (JMK)