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Heitman, Robert J.; Justen, Joseph E., III – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1980
Results generally supported the contention that mentally retarded Ss will perform better under reinforcement conditions; they also suggested a factor other than generalized expectancy that must be considered in explaining the motor performance of mentally retarded individuals. (SBH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Locus of Control, Mild Mental Retardation
Download full textHill, Russell A. – 1973
The author hypothesized that (a) an analysis of the research literature would lead to identifying the behaviors and dispositions associated with successful goal-setting and goal achievement. He further hypothesized that (b) based on these data, an instructional package could be constructed to teach children a skill-strategy based on selected…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Locus of Control, Motivation, Objectives
Bugental, Daphne Blunt; And Others – 1977
Evaluated was the effectiveness of a self control program as opposed to a traditional social reinforcement program on the behavior of two groups of 18 hyperactive boys (7-12 years old). Ss in the self control group were exposed to a tutor who modeled self controlling speech and self reinforcement on a task requiring focused concentration. Ss in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity
Peer reviewedKennelly, Kevin; Kinley, Shirley – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
To determine the relationships among perceived contingency of teacher administered reinforcements, locus of control, and academic achievement, 49 sixth-grade boys were studied. In general, subjects who perceived their teachers as contingently punitive to boys were internal in locus of control and performed well on measures of academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Locus of Control, Males
Peer reviewedKennelly, Kevin J.; Mount, Suzanne A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1985
Studied 86 sixth graders to determine relationships among perceived contingency of teacher-administered reinforcements, locus of control, teacher ratings of children's helplessness-competence, and academic achievement. Children's internality of locus of control and their perceptions that teachers contingently administer rewards were predictive of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Elementary Education, Grade 6
ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL. – 1975
This selective bibliography contains references to 76 ERIC documents and journal articles on the subject of behavior modification in the preschool and elementary school classroom. A total of 36 entries were taken from "Research in Education" (RIE), 1969 through 1974, and 36 entries were taken from "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE),…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Jablonsky, Adelaide, Comp. – 1975
One hundred and eighty-two documents comprise this ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education comprehensive annotated bibliography of doctoral dissertations on social and psychological studies of minority children and youth. Documents were assembled through a computer search using the Datrix System of University Microfilms and through a manual search…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Theories, Bias, Community Attitudes
