Studies abacus calculation to explore the development of skills and the resulting consequences. Consideration of the effects of abacus training, transfer of the skill to other tasks, and the contexts in which abacus skill develops demonstrates the multiple ways in which specific skills can contribute to cognitive development. (ETS)

Adult performance on verbal analogy and classification problems was assessed in terms of outcomes of process execution. Process-outcomes measures accounted for overall performance and were related to ability. Problem forms differed in terms of which measures predicted individual differences. Common process-outcome measures showed highest…

Recent advances in theory and research provide a basis for defining higher-order thinking skills and for designing tests of such skills. (MCG)

Concludes that students whose teachers participated in process-model inservice training performed significantly better on a number of writing evaluation criteria than did those of teachers who had relied on a skills-approach technique.

The author discusses the government's role in counselor licensing and then presents alternative ways to license counselors. One alternative would be to have licensing tests. A second would be to abolish licensing and concentrate on improving training programs. (EJT)

It can be implied from the results that the SSCLF coupled with the cartridge projector is an efficient and effective method of presenting psychomotor skill information in all skill areas. (MS)

Authors describe a new standardized method of diagnosing instructional strengths and weaknesses. (HB)

Describes how to design a job-training program starting with an in depth analysis of the job itself. (RB)

A chart illustrating features of the program at Gonzales (California) High School and a list of basic language skills required for graduation are included. (RD)

This study identifies critical elements of the front dive half-twist that judges are likely to look for when they score springboard diving competitions. Videotapes of divers at a 1979 intercollegiate diving meet were made and analyzed, using grid scoring procedures, to isolate components of the dives that would help predict judges' scores.…

A summary of SOCIOfutures, TECHNOfutures, and BIOfutures provides survival criteria for the school principal, e.g., intelligence, group skills, scholarship, mature judgement, good health, and personal security. Also listed are eight professional survival skills: human relations, communications, community relations, administrative technical,…

It is important that teachers test not only knowledge, but also comprehension, application, synthesis, and evaluation. Several suggestions for test items in physical education are presented. (CJ)

A large sample of 11-year-olds were observed on a perceptual maze task. Three ability level groups were formed and compared as to overall response paths and specific binary decision configurations. Explanations for observed qualitative differences and discussion of the viability of the experimental approach adopted are presented. (Author/RD)

Compared performance of high- and low-education adults on traditional and meaningful space and reasoning measures. Separate analyses of variance for reasoning and space revealed main effects for education and age on both abilities. Results indicated highly educated older people performed more like their younger peers. (Author/JAC)

Examined the validity of an instrument designed to assess trainees' Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) skills. Results show graduate clinical psychology students with advanced MMPI expertise more accurately described a patient based on his MMPI than did undergraduates. A second experiment documented this sensitivity to changes in…