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Bruce, Susan; Campbell, Cailen; Sullivan, Meghan – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2009
Means-end behavior occurs when the child can carry out a sequence of steps, including the removal of a physical obstacle, to achieve a goal. The development of means-end knowledge occurs in three stages: transitional, intentional, and comprehensive. Comprehensive means-end is achieved when the child can generate solutions without demonstration of…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Correlation, Children, Child Development
Fraenkel, Jack R. – 1980
The paper investigated the relationship between how people reason about moral matters and how they act. Moral reasoning is defined as degree of maturity of judgment relating to moral matters. Moral behavior is interpreted to include behaving in ways which are helpful to others in need or distress and refraining from behavior which is physically or…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Anderson, James A.; Ploghoft, Milton E. – 1977
The literature relating television viewing to the cognitive, social, moral, and behavioral development of children can be divided into three general areas: investigations of the relationship between televised violence and aggressive behavior, studies of television as an agent of consumer socialization, and examinations of the role of television as…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Childrens Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Modules
Drummond, Robert J.; Vitro, Frank T. – 1974
The manual provides vocational and technical teachers with a review of the principles of learning which have application to their subject fields. Organized into three sections, the booklet offers: (1) a selected review of the literature related to how learning theory is applied to instruction; (2) principles of learning that have been identified…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Educational Media, Educational Methods, Educational Principles
Daiute, Colette – Educational Communication and Technology, 1985
Reviews communication capacities of computers that can be used to enhance the writing process; reports on recent studies of the social effects of using computers in writing classes, including a case study of student collaborative writing; and discusses research and teaching implications of research findings. (MBR)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Cooperation
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Williams, Ederyn – Journal of Communication, 1978
Summarizes recent research examining the effectiveness and acceptability of teleconferencing as compared with face-to-face communication. Experiments have measured behavior as well as attitudes. (JMF)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Educational Media
Bloom, Joan R.; Schuncke, George M. – 1977
The study evaluates the effectiveness of a set of social studies activities in promoting cooperative interaction among junior high school students. A field experiment was designed to test three hypotheses: (1) groups which have previously worked together structure tasks more cooperatively than a newly formed group: (2) groups which have…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Class Activities, Curriculum Evaluation