The purpose of this study was to relate three areas of research found in the counseling interviewing training literature-the role of practice, the use of modeling procedures, and the evaluation procedures-by extending this research and providing a design for an improved methodology. The independent variables consisted of two experimental training conditions and two experimental modes of modeling presentations. Subjects were randomly assigned to the following five training conditions: (a) audiovisual model followed by practice; (b) audiovisual model followed by no practice; (c) written model followed by practice; (d) written model followed by no practice; and (e) a comparison training group. Four categories of outcome measures were used in the evaluation procedures. The results reveal that the frequencies for both the total use and total preferred use of interviewing skills were significantly higher for subjects in the practice training condition than in the no-practice training condition, regardless of the model. The effects of the research methodologies currently in use are discussed in light of the results of this study.

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