This report describes an experiment in which elementary school children with negative self-concepts as measured by the Bolea Pictorial Self-Concept Scale and teacher ratings were exposed to a behavioral procedure designed to raise their self-concepts. Subjects were 30 children, grades K-4, who were randomly divided into experimental and control…

This action research project evaluated a program for increasing prosocial behaviors of preschoolers, kindergartners, and first graders. Participating were three classrooms of students, one class in each grade level, in a middle class community in a large Midwestern city. The problem of failure to display prosocial behavior was documented among…

A team of external consultants utilized short term intervention techniques with a community college division chairperson in order to enhance the chairperson's managerial effectiveness, reflected in terms of improved listening, group facilitation, issue or decision-making focus in group settings, and statements of his personal position on issues. A…

Many children enter school demonstrating excessive aggressive and impulsive behaviors, causing classroom disruption and interpersonal conflict. This intervention was designed to help first graders achieve social competence through conflict resolution training, problem solving, and anger management techniques to reduce aggressive and impulsive…

This action research project examined the effectiveness of a program to improve kindergartners' prosocial behaviors. Students' lack of social skills was documented by means of teacher and parent surveys, teacher anecdotal records, and behavioral observation checklists. The intervention had four components. The teacher directly taught social skills…

The primary purpose of a Sacramento, California, summer school project for 200 migrant children (K-8) was to determine whether significant change in teacher and student behaviors would result from combining right brain and left brain learning activities for 34 school days. Objectives were to increase affective and social skills and academic growth…