Researchers examined the concurrent and predictive validity of a brief (12-item) teacher-rated school readiness screener, the Kindergarten Student Entrance Profile (KSEP), using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis to examine associations between (N = 78) children's social-emotional (SE) and cognitive (COG) readiness with…

This three-phase, two-method qualitative study explored and identified policies, programs, and practices that school-site administrators perceived as most effective in reengaging at-risk students emotionally, behaviorally, and cognitively at 10 California Model Continuation High Schools (MCHS). Eccles' expectancy-value theoretical framework was…

THE EFFECT OF FEEDBACK OF ACTUAL AND IDEAL BEHAVIOR RATINGS BY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ON THEIR DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN WAS STUDIED. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT SUCH INFORMATION WOULD INFLUENCE THE BEHAVIOR OF DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN IN WHAT THEIR TEACHERS DESCRIBED AS A DESIRABLE DIRECTION. THE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXPERIMENT WERE COMPLETED BY 208…

THIS STUDY REPORTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF NEW PROCEDURES FOR INSTRUCTION OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES TO AMERICAN YOUTH. A REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY AN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. THE STUDIES (212) WERE ABSTRACTED AND COMPRISED THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. A WORKING SET OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES WERE…

THE EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC OPERANT AND MODELING PRINCIPLES ON INCREASING ATTENTIVE (TASK-ORIENTED) CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR OF HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN WERE STUDIED. THE METHODS OF BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION USED IN THE STUDY WERE DISCRIMINATION-MODELING AND OPERANT CONDITIONING. SUBJECTS WERE 24 STUDENTS FROM GRADES 1 THROUGH 4 WHO WERE JUDGED HYPERACTIVE BY…

DESCRIBED IS THE USE OF MICRO-TEACHING IN THE STANFORD TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM. SECTION 1 BRIEFLY INTRODUCES AND PROVIDES A SCHEDULE FOR THE 1967 MICRO-TEACHING CLINIC. SECTIONS 2 AND 3 PROVIDE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE 1965 AND 1966 SUMMER MICRO-TEACHING CLINICS RESPECTIVELY. INCLUDED ARE DISCUSSIONS OF (1) BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON MICRO-TEACHING,…

SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL, IN 1960-1961, ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HOLD A SELECTED GROUP OF POTENTIAL DROPOUTS IN SCHOOL IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SCHOLASTIC MOTIVATION, REDUCE DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, AND PROVIDE PRELIMINARY WORK EXPERIENCE. TWO EXPERIMENTAL AND TWO CONTROL CLASSES WERE FORMED. THE STUDENTS ATTENDED…