The Experiential Taxonomy is one that teachers who have taken an introductory inservice mini-course can use in the classroom as an effective tool for planning and evaluation of student experiences. It can be used equally effectively in the classroom for planning, amending, implementing, and evaluating each student activity or learning sequence.…

Defines (a) the role that a management information system (MIS) should play in directing processes of planned change and (b) the types of information which the MIS must gather through various feedback loops if systematic as opposed to crisis oriented change is to take place. (Author)

The guidelines suggested in this article have evolved from the development of nationally distributed instructional systems over the past seven years at SWRL, a National Institute of Education-sponsored educational research and development laboratory. (Author)

Explores the relationship between leadership and the stimulation of successful change. (ER)

This is a special issue examining the potential of cybernetics in educational technology. Articles discuss: cybernetic methods, algorithms, feedback learning theory, a structural approach to behavioral objectives and criterion-referenced testing, task specifications and diagnosis, teacher-child interaction, educational development, teaching…

This is a special issue examining needs assessment as an important part of educational technology. Articles discuss: kits, models, and tools; politics; practitioner problems; government use; criterion referenced tests; public schools; U.S. Army training programs; secondary special education; higher education; instructional design; and a taxonomy…

An analysis of the resistance to change in instructional practice that can be expected at any major and democratically run university. (Author)

The use of simulation games has not been demonstrated to be a highly effective instructional method. (Author)

An essay on the weaknesses of present educational procedures, a proposal for developing computer assisted instruction, and some suggestions to get educational reforms underway. (DAG)

This article analyzes 15 of the most widely used objective-based reading programs. (DAG)

The model incorporates constraints (e.g., fiscal, legal), personnel (e.g., teachers, students), and innovational domains (e.g., reward system, role expectations). (DAG)

What happens when a group of talented, energetic individuals, with diverse backgrounds, values and viewpoints, attempt to collaborate on the development of instructional products? (Author)

A model is presented which includes these components: analysis (behaviors, objectives, sequence), synthesis (competencies, materials, setting), and outcomes (evaluation, modification). (DAG)

A pilot program stressing university student involvement in the classroom. (DAG)

The story of one school district that developed a strategy of comprehensive planning to maximize resources and to increase the involvement of teachers, administrators and parents in the process of goal-setting and assessment. (Author/DAG)