Sales management students carry certain misconceptions about sales jobs, which often create confusion in their minds about the nature of the sales job- should they be customer-oriented or sales-oriented? To excel in the initial years of their careers as effective salespersons, students might emphasize sales-orientation or target achievement over…

The goal of this study was to create an evaluation tool that would be the new standard for evaluating clinical competencies of interns in the field of orientation and mobility (O&M). Using results from previous research in this area, specific competency skills were identified and the O&M Clinical Competency Evaluation Matrix (CCEM) was…

Presents ideas developed by library school students at Emporia State University for planning and implementing a library orientation to meet the information needs of academic support personnel. Library services, information materials, and library personnel are considered; and two methods for evaluating the success of the orientation program are…

An easy-to-use objective method for evaluating a blind person's knowledge about the spatial layout of a locale was used with 10 adventitiously blind adults. Preliminary evidence indicated that the representations of spatial knowledge generated from the scaling procedures are related to the person's mobility performance in that space. (Author)

Details process for orienting and evaluating child care facility boards of directors. Includes service commitment letter delineating board member roles, sample board training agenda, and forms for assessing the board's overall performance and for self-evaluation of members. Asserts that success of member recruitment, orientation, training, and…

Students reading the experimental handbook took less time, demonstrated more attending behavior, and made more favorable comments. Their scores on an information test indicated it was more effective than the traditional handbook. Poor readers in this group did better than poor readers in the control group. This study emphasizes systematic…

Major objectives of this Adult Education Research Conference workshop were sixfold: to examine in detail the Stake Countenance Model of Evaluation as a potential conceptual framework for adult education evaluation; practice using it to identify and categorize relevant variables and relationships; design evaluation plans for typical adult education…

The author's purpose is to discuss the situation of newcomers entering groups to illustrate the value of integrating research from different disciplines. Assimilation programs for newcomers may reduce attrition in schools, clinics, the military, and industry. (Author/PD)

A behavioral assessment system for scoring the behaviors of parents and coaches at youth sports games is described within this paper. The Youth Sports Behavior Assessment System (YSBAS) contains nine behavioral categories describing behaviors commonly seen during youth sports. The developmental process of YSBAS and the observer-training program…

This project, undertaken as a pilot study, was a joint venture of the seven commissions on higher education of the six regional accrediting associations in the United States. In total, ten programs were reviewed in Madrid and two programs in Strasbourg. (Author)

The article describes how to do an initial evaluation, establish rapport, set realistic goals, and establish an orientation training program with low-functioning deaf blind children. (PHR)

This booklet is designed as a discussion document for teachers concerned with improving the student teaching experience. It is divided into two sections, discussing the role cooperating teachers and student teachers play in the student teaching field experience, and begins with an introduction describing the current status of student…

Article discusses research on orientation and mobility (O&M) for individuals with visual impairments, examining constant, variable, and absolute error (descriptive statistics that quantify fundamentally different characteristics of distributions of spatially directed behavior). It illustrates the statistics with examples, noting their…

Models presented by four Florida school systems that have attempted to link teacher evaluation, teachers' professional development, school improvement offer intriguing possibilities for educational change. Their conversation has raised number of questions about what should be evaluated and in what ways. Need for teachers to be able to take risks…

This "Packet of Information for Families" (PIF) was developed for parents whose children are identified as both gifted/ talented and on the autism spectrum, or twice-exceptional. Parents of twice-exceptional children often search for appropriate and challenging enrichment programs for their child, but the dearth of information available…