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Rowe, John R.; And Others – 1975
The "Curriculum for Meeting Modern Problems" was tested by the Project Evaluator in 36 Classrooms in 10 communities within the State of Ohio. Two areas of investigation were established. The first area was conceived as follows: Do students who are subjected to the experimental treatment learn to apply their knowledge about behavior and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Elementary Education

Powell, Jack V. – Education, 1978
Fifty-two University of Georgia juniors in a Competency Based Teacher Education Program employed two families of teaching models while teaching in two elementary field centers for three consecutive quarters. Observation revealed that four models were extensively implemented in grades K-5 while two were selected less than half the time. (Author/JC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Criteria, Elementary Education

Cowen, Emory L.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Studied frequency of occurrence of four different types of physical contact (touching, holding hands, sitting-on-lap, and hugging) in school-based helping interactions between nonprofessional child aides and young referred children. Frequency of contact behaviors did not relate either to adjustment status at referral or to intervention outcomes.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Children, Comparative Analysis

Fehrenbach, Peter A.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1979
Assessed the differential effects of single v multiple adult models on second- and third-grade children's expression of preferences when the modeled preferences are either consistent or divergent. (CM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Hummel, John H.; And Others – 1977
Two methods of scheduling reinforcement, differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO) and differential reinforcement of low rates of responding (DRL), were investigated in two experiments that demonstrated each procedure's effectiveness in reducing misbehavior when used by teachers in school settings. A third experiment was undertaken to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis

McLaughlin, T. F. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1977
Effects on the academic and disruptive behavior of special education pupils after adding a cost contingency to a token reinforcement procedure were examined. Response rates were higher when response cost was added than during either the baseline or token reinforcement contingency. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Contingency Management

Bowles, P. Edward, Jr.; Nelson, Rosemary O. – Journal of School Psychology, 1976
Training of teachers in behavior modification techniques did not lead to differences in observed in-class behaviors compared to a control group. However, bug-in-the-ear training in their own classroom resulted in changes in the classroom behaviors of praise and contingency statements. (Author/SE)
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Classroom Research

Hayes, Edward J.; And Others – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1977
Examines whether counselors were more effective as behavioral change agents when working directly in groups with minority students, or when working indirectly through parents of these minority students. Results tend to support the position that counseling conducted indirectly through parents is more effective. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness

Hansen, William B.; Evans, Richard I. – Adolescence, 1982
Tested the efficacy of several programs using feedback about carbon monoxide as strategies for deterring experimentation with cigarettes in sixth-grade children (N=405). Compared to no-treatment controls, the only program to reduce experimentation with cigarettes was the information-only program. Several programs had increases in rates of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Children, Comparative Analysis
Broughton, Sam F. – 1978
Reinforcement for academic performance has been shown to increase both correct academic responding and rates of on-task behavior. Reinforcement for attending and on-task behavior has failed to increase correct academic responding in many studies, but it has produced vicarious and sociometric changes. The occurrence of vicarious and sociometric…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis

Walker, Barbara C. – Studies in Art Education, 1980
In this study of four hyperactive elementary children, the effects of painting and physical activities on attention-to-task were observed. Both techniques brought improvement, the pleasure of the activities seeming to provide an intrinsic reward which the children internalized, bringing increased attention-to-task to other classroom activities.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Attention Span, Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis

Downing, Jerry; And Others – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1988
Collected data from parents and school counselors of 22 sexually molested children involved in either psychodynamic or reinforcement theory treatment groups. Psychodynamic group reported slow, steady improvement in child behavior. Reinforcement theory results were more positive in terms of immediate behavior change and maintenance of change.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Abuse, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
Barclay, James R. – 1978
This study examines the interaction of individual differences in pupils' temperament and ability with variations in educational strategies used in elementary school classrooms. This interaction was analyzed by re-examining the data from 2 previous studies of the effects of various educational strategies on social and academic behavior problems.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Behavior Change, Behavioral Sciences, Comparative Analysis
Barclay, James R.; And Others – 1975
This paper presents an evaluation of a 3-year Title III project carried out in the Vigo County School Cooperation, Terre Haute, Indiana. The project involved the evaluation of three differing instructional methodologies utilized in three elementary schools which also differed in the socioeconomic background of the students. The Dixie Bee school,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Contingency Management
Masters, James R.; Laverty, Grace E. – 1974
This document summarizes an evaluation of William Glasser's Schools Without Failure (SWF) program carried out during the program's first year of operation in the New Castle, Pa. School District. Ten elementary schools were paired on the basis of size, socioeconomic status, and pupils' past achievement. One school of each pair was randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques
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