A device called binging'' is used in training ironworker apprentices--to test self control and trustworthiness, to establish temporary status in work settings where competence is unclear, and to communicate group expectations and job-related information difficult to share another way. (Author/JB)

Described are the procedures being employed by the Army in its attempt to employ systems concepts in all of its training programs. (LS)

Cross cultural training encompasses any action an individual takes in a culture other than his own which involves a confrontation between his values and those of others. The author explains some training techniques in the cultural awareness" approach: role playing, programmed instruction, and video tape self-confrontation. (Author/JB)

Behavior modification programs with a profoundly retarded 7-year-old boy developed a self-feeding operant, taught him to respond appropriately to a verbal command, and greatly increased his ability to stand without support. (Author/KW)

The relative effectiveness of sentence and conjunction contexts in reducing negative transfer and facilitating learning is empirically investigated. (Author)

How KETC in St. Louis trains staff by the each one teach one principle.". (Editor)

A survey of 175 educational institutions in England, the objectives of which were "firstly to assess the extent to which present trainee teachers are instructed in programmed learning techniques, and secondly to identify current areas of activity so that further work, particularly in the Home Economics field, could be planned and coordinated."…

Article adapted from address presented at symposium on systems engineering, Rutgers University, October 31, 1969.

Research supported in part by OE Project 5-0415.

Describes autogenic feedback training, which provides the basis whereby an individual is able to improve on well being through use of a technique described as "body fortran," implying that you program self as one programs a computer. Necessary requisites are described including relaxation training and the management of stress. (JAC)

Compared the relative effectiveness of individual home training and traditional group training for foster parents (N=29). All parents received combined behavioral/reflective parent training. While there were few differences in outcome related to attitudes and knowledge, measures of child behavior improvement and parent satisfaction favored home…