The author discusses the question of whether data processing should be included in the high school business education curriculum and offers suggestions to assist in the decision-making process for this issue. (EA)

Listed are 26 doctoral and masters theses completed during the years 1974-5 involving research in bookkeeping/accounting and basic business subjects. The entries are arranged alphabetically by author and include the title of the study and the name of the associated institution. (MS)

Ten common typewriting errors are listed based on an analysis of student papers. (HD)

After noting the problems of identifying appropriate economic concepts to be included in the postsecondary business curriculum, the author lists twenty concepts relevant to the business school graduate and outlines four approaches for including economics in the curriculum planning process. The approaches are also depicted in chart form. (SH)

A growing body of research has exploded the notion that a single, highly proselyted method of teaching is good for shorthand. Discussed are (1) the major goal of shorthand/transcription, (2) an instructional design for achieving this goal, and (3) the decisions and options that emerge in the dual-system classroom. (HD)

The first in a series of six articles on typewriting as a communication skill, covering the state of language skills and the use of the typewriter to improve reading. (HD)

This article, the second in a four-part series on concerns of shorthand teachers, discusses contrasting beliefs relating to improving shorthand instruction. (HD)

Business educators must make students aware of the pitfalls in the current move toward office specialization in the word processing movement. The adoption of technological methodology can cause a human trade-off in which people become mere agents of machines. Business educators must begin to emphasize the needs of individuals. (SC)

Selected factors of practice promoting typewriting skill are: practice is no guarantee of learning; nonrepetitive practice is better than repetitive; mentally rehearsing a skill task is beneficial; little or no improvement takes place without knowledge of results, and; plateaus in motor skill learning may be indicative of practice limit.…

A study was conducted to determine employed college students' understanding, prior to their study of business communication, of (1) communication phenomena in an organization, (2) common communication principles, and (3) barriers to situational, organizational, and inter/intrapersonal communication. (Author/JS)

This article is an abstract of Dr. Langford's doctoral dissertation completed at Syracuse University. The primary purpose of the study was to ascertain and contrast the measurable effects, if any, of chaining" upon stroking speed and accuracy. (Author/JS)