The three-stage assessment process: Issues and implications

The three-stage process of assessment is a structured, complete approach to the appraisal of a whole child. These systematic procedures insure due consideration for all factors affecting educational functioning. Stage 1 is designed to detgermine physical, mental, or emotional disability; Stage 2 to identify significant educational needs; Stage 3 to identify specific learning competencies and necessary instructional and related services. When all three stages are correctly and adequately addressed, the inherent bias in standardized tests will be offset by the identificantion of learning competencies and the subsequent development of appropriate learning strategies.     

Learning to Teach Elementary Mathematics: Ecological Elements of a Field Experience

Three elements of the ecology of a mathematics methodsfield experience were particularly important topromoting a shift in locus of authority thatprecipitated reflective thinking among the preserviceteachers: (a) an inquiry perspective, (b) the cohortgroup, and (c) school-university collaboration. Thearticle describes these three aspects of the ecologyof the field experience and provides the perspectivesof the mentor teacher, preservice teacher, and teachereducator. Also included are new challenges andproblems that arose with each aspect.     

Customizing and Implementing Training Evaluation

One barrier that human resource managers may face in evaluating their training programs is lack of expertise in how to customize and implement an evaluation model. Using a case study approach, we conducted a research study to document the process and results of customizing and implementing a training program evaluation model in an organization. In this article, we describe the steps that the HRD managers in one organization used to customize and implement the Training Effectiveness Evaluation (TEE) model (Swanson & Sleezer, 1987), and the decisions and actions that were required to move from the model to actual practice. We also describe how the decisions and actions in implementing the model influenced the evaluation results. When the project began, the HRD managers lacked expertise in customizing and implementing an evaluation model. By the end of the project, they had overcome this barrier and gained new skills. They had learned to use the tools of the TEE model and had customized the model to meet the needs of their organization.     

Transpromo是机遇，而不是保证

账单广告（Transpromo）印刷不只是一个行业的流行语,它已成为许多企业战略营销计划的一个组成部分。账单广告印刷从两方面影响企业的赢利能力,一是可以节约大量的成本,这些成本是现有的为市场促销活动进行邮递所需要付出的i二是目标明确的促销提高了促销本身的效益。     

农村基础设施投资与农民投资需求的关系——来自5省的实证分析

近年来,随着对农村基础设施建设的加强,大量的资金用于投资道路、灌溉和饮用水等设施.至于这些投资是否是当地居民迫切需要的仍然是一个有待回答的问题.本文利用5省101个村的村级和农户的追踪调查资料,描述了2005年初样本村的普通村民和村干部时基础设施建设的投资需求以及2005-2006年期间这些村的村级公共投资水平和投资结构,并以道路、灌溉设施、饮用水设施为例.详细分析了当地居民对这3类基础设施的投资需求排序与各村对这些项目的实际投资行为之间的关系.结果表明,农村村级饮用水设施和灌溉设施的项目实施与当地村民对这两类基础设施的投资需求呈现出高度的正相关关系;但是,虽然过去两年中样本村实施的道路项目最多,但并不是所有的道路投资都是村民最需要的.     

Linking intellectual capital and knowledge management: an analysis of Kyoto and Detroit

The successes and failures of Detroit and Kyoto, from intellectual capital and organizational knowledge perspectives, are compared in terms of their similarities and differences as they both strive to maintain an accepted level of social development, global adjustment and urban quality of life. This paper examines the state of development of the four domains of knowledge in Detroit and Kyoto from a historical perspective, applies that analysis to the current state of knowledge and identifies linkages between intellectual capital and knowledge development.