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Download full textPresbie, Robert J.; Brown, Paul L. – 1976
This report reviews some of the most relevant findings from the extensive research which has been done on behavior modification. It summarizes the more important, practical, concrete, and classroom-tested procedures which research shows to be effective im improving students' academic and social behaviors. The first section of the report begins by…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedRepp, Alan C.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1976
Three experiments were conducted in a variety of settings to test the effectiveness of differential reinforcement of other behavior in reducing high rates of inappropriate behavior in 6 mildly and severely retarded children (8-14 years old). (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedDietrich, Coralie – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1976
In a test of H. Quay's model of differential response tendencies in three basic dimensions of discordant behavior, 36 delinquent boys (10 to 16 years old) divided into three behavior groups-Conduct Disorder, Personality Disorder, Inadequate-Immature-were compared on a verbal paired-associate task under four conditions of task structure: neutral…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedBellamy, G. Thomas – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Current literature suggests that a teacher's expectancies for a pupil may in part determine the pupil's subsequent behavior. This review asks how such expectancies affect the teacher's own behavior, with the goal of determining what teacher behaviors mediate the observed effect on the pupil. A model of this process is proposed. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Cooper, Harris M.; And Others – 1979
Extensive research has been conducted examining the effects of teacher expectations on student performance, revealing reasonably consistent patterns of differential behavior by teachers toward high and low expectation students. Few theories which integrate isolated research findings into a causal sequence have emerged, however. One such model…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation
Peer reviewedPerkinson, Henry J. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1979
Discusses the theories of leading educational theorists of the twentieth century, including John Dewey, Jean Piaget, B. F. Skinner, Maria Montessori, Carl Rogers, and A. S. Neill, to show that they have shared a common theory--that of "learning from our mistakes." (GT)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Educational Environment, Educational Theories
Switzky, Harvey N. – 1995
This review covers the psychological literature of the last 30 years regarding the personality and motivational characteristics of individuals with mental retardation. The first section is a brief historical review and critical examination of the various conceptual models and theories regarding personality and motivational processes in persons…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques
