The North Carolina Advancement School set about to redefine underachievement and to describe underachievers. These three papers report their progress. The first discusses research which emphasizes describing the phenomenon academically, psychologically, physically and behaviorally. Major emphasis was devoted to measuring psychological factors such…

To determine the effects of various quantities of teacher instruction (with behavior problem children) following correct and incorrect answers, two elementary school children in a special education classroom were studied. Four teaching conditions were studied for percentage of errors: giving much instruction following incorrect answers and little…

The procedures and results contained in the report define a program of research designed to investigate methods of assessing and modifying deviant behavior within the educational setting. The report has been divided into six sections with section one providing an introduction and project overview. The basic and interim proposal project commitments…

Forty adult overweight female volunteers were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: (1) two self-control instruction conditions; (2) an automatic immunization instruction group; and (3) a no treatment control group. In the self-control groups, treatment was presented as an aid to gaining self-control over behavior, while in the automatic…

Compared were attitudes of elementary school teachers and principals on their classification of student behavior and discipline problems and behavior change treatment needed. Subjects consisted of 170 elementary school teachers and 15 principals in a mid-western city school system. Reaction of teachers and principals to discipline and behavior…

The use of operant conditioning techniques in a classroom for educationally handicapped children was studied to determine if it would result in a reduction of maladaptive behavior. The subjects consisted of an experimental and a control group of elementary school children, with an IQ range in the experimental class of 88 to 119. The experimental…

This paper dealt with the importance of using both behavior modification and consultation principles in work done with teachers. A case study was presented in which a teacher effectively implemented a behavior modification program to control the disruptive behavior of one child. However, this did not generalize to the total classroom which was…

Research in an urban public school system (Grand Rapids, Michigan) was conducted to determine teachers' view of Ritalin for school children. Three questions were addressed: what contact with and information about Ritalin do teachers have; what attitude do teachers express toward Ritalin; and what professional behaviors do teachers report in regard…

Two experiments are reported: one with autistic children in a day-care treatment program. the other with "hopeless" rating behavior in a grade six school setting. Although the samples were small (seven in the autistic group, 43 in the sixth grade group), the results indicated conclusively the increased rate of cooperative responses and decrease of…

An overview is presented of systematic behavioral analysis as a method for modifying both social and cognitive behaviors through reinforcement. Various techniques are explained: response differentiation, shaping, chaining, fading, extinction, timeout, and response cost. (SJL)

An experimental group of 11 mentally retarded Arab children (mean age 8.8 years) were involved in a contingency-management program based on successful completion of academic work. (Author)

Discipline in the urban middle school is a rehabilitative process requiring accurate adult perception of the kinds of behavior problems which interfere with student achievement. (Author)

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This article outlines the basic concepts in systemic therapy, including the nature of systemic behavior, the "punctuation" of behavior, the value of seeing behavior as "cooperative" rather than "resistant," and the concept of exception. Specific strategies school administrators and teachers can use when handling…