Through the YMCAs in the United States, more than 7,000 teen agers have participated in sensitivity training experiences. Interactional programs using sensitivity training with teen agers have been introduced, and the results are sufficiently positive in the YMCA to warrant wider exploration with this type of program for young people. (Author)

The results of this study show that laboratory training facilitates constructive process change in the anxiety expression of individuals who are receiving individual personal counseling for anxiety reduction. (Author)

Study results indicate that a laboratory training design helped induce and sustain major changes in a large number of the interpersonal and intergroup styles of a small organization unit. (Author)

A student evaluation system is described that maximizes characteristics of formative evaluation, uses multiple forms of assessment to evaluate competency, and provides timely and detailed feedback and opportunities for remediation. Student and faculty opinions of the program have been positive. (Author/MSE)

This paper describes the training of first-year students in technical skills by students in the second year of a laboratory course. The authors conclude that peer teaching is a very useful teaching method for reinforcing technical skills and providing better instructor-student ratios in the laboratory. (Author)

The incidence of changes reported after Dutch laboratories is comparable with that found in studies conducted in the United Kingdom and the United States, although Dutch participants improved more in active" communication to others while British and American participants improved more on the receptive" side. (Author)

The major purpose of this investigation was to develop a program for teaching a specific counselor verbal skill and to examine the effect of simulation methods within the program. (Author)

The increased popularity of laboratory training and the relevance of laboratory method to the solution of human relationship problems has increased the need for people who can use the method and for setting high standards and efficient techniques. This document is devoted to the statement of the National Training Laboratory (NTL) Institute…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether instructional behavior learned during a series of simulated teaching experiences using peers as students would transfer to a setting in which "real" pupils were students. Subjects were 44 undergraduate students in the secondary education program at the University of Texas at Austin. Each…

The effects of two kinds of lab experience in pre-student teaching education was the focus of a study on the development of oral language in elementary schools. The subjects were lower level college students in the course "Speech in the Elementary Schools." Two sections of the course were used, one in the fall quarter and one in the winter…

The purposes of this research were to review state standards relating to professional laboratory and field experiences, and to suggest changes which seem warranted in view of the best research and practice available. Both current standards and recommendations are discussed. (MT)