A discussion of the research findings on the differences between student self-selection of performance standards and externally imposed performance standards. (HB)

Article presents and describes the Teacher Affective Sensitivity Scale (TASS) and how it can be used with videotapes for teacher education. (HB)

Article suggests an alternate approach to using the textbook as a guide to curriculum, called instructional systems development approach. (HB)

A discussion of how subordinates could evaluate supervisors' work performance, and therefore provide a basis for self-improvement staff development programs. (Author/HB)

Author questions the widespread use of standardized tests as measures of academic potential, aptitude and ability. The Graduate Record Exam and the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business are two examples used. (HB)

A brief description of cultural pluralism and its implications for schooling, plus some concepts of needs assessment, including a statement of what it should not be, is given. Specific illustrations of how to conduct needs assessments to encourage multi-cultural orientation also is included. (HB)

Article describes a new type of data display which responds to changes over time and through space. Graphic maps of behavior called SKEMS are capable of portraying the dynamics of behavior--the structure and pattern of relationships over time. (Author/HB)

Author suggests a scheme of school budgeting that reverses the order of assessment--by first establishing the overall limit for school expenditures and secondly assigning funds to various school programs on a priority resource allocation basis. (Author/HB)

A report on the results of an informal assessment of students' perceptions of how they actually used behavioral objectives in a graduate level course. (Author)

A look at how learning will change in the future for industrial training courses. (HB)

A reply to a previous article on management of instruction. (HB)