This study was designed to test the hypothesis that a semantic differential instrument can serve as a functional affective measuring device. (Author)

This study is an examination of the environmental forces and curriculum involvement in open and closed classroom settings. (Author)

Study sought to determine the effect of the form of school organization on pupil attitudes, achievement, conceptual maturity, and classroom behavior. (Authors)

Authors examined four behavior patterns exibited by students in the classroom. (Editor/RK)

The effects of success, failure, and combined success and failure experiences on three types of persistent behavior were investigated. (Editor)

Conclusion is that it is not necessary to record the behavior of every pupil or an entire class in order to adequately measure a specific dimension of the classroom. Rather, observational efficiency can be attained through the utilization of sampling procedures for a given type of classroom situation. (Authors)

Investigates student behavior in a situation where no alternative was available; they had to either accept or alter their surroundings. It was hypothesized that in the institutional settings the students would not substantially change an inhospitable arrangement, despite their membership in a relatively high environmental awareness group.…

Attempts to develop a system for gathering more accurate and comprehensive information about the act of teaching. Such an instrument could then be used through longitudinal studies to research which teacher competencies produce certain pupil learning. Instead of limiting research strategy to pretesting and posttesting, this study examines how…

The predictive validity of the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale was investigated for 299 suburban children who were largely from upper-middle class homes and well above average in intelligence. Teacher ratings on the Devereux were completed for the students while they were in kindergarten and these ratings were used to predict…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Utah State University Protocol Modules that are designed to improve the classroom management skills of elementary teachers brought about significant changes in the teacher use of these skills and also changed the amount of on-task and disruptive behavior of pupils in their classes. (Author)

An academic peer interaction contingency was introduced into an ongoing token economy program in a class of five emotionally disturbed children with minimal interpersonal skills. Seven behavioral categories of academically relevant and irrelevant behaviors were recorded during multiple baseline, contingency, and follow-up observation periods.…

Purpose of this investigation was to assess the effects of behavioral objectives, criterion evaluation, and remediation upon the classroom progress of disruptive adolescents. (Authors)

Adams and Cohen (1974) demonstrated that facial attractiveness was a salient factor in differential student-teacher interactions. This research investigates further the interaction between teachers and children perceived to be attractive or unattractive by those teachers. It was hypothesized that attractive children would exhibit more "positive,"…

The purpose of this research was to determine whether the Utah State University (USU) Protocol Modules dealing with classroom management and pupil self-concept would bring about significant changes in the performance of in-service elementary school teachers and the pupils in their classrooms. (Author)