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Gaubatz, Julie Ann; Ensminger, David C. – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2015
A foundational understanding within education leadership literature is that education leaders are expected to guide reform efforts within school. This expectation mirrors organizational development literature that describes leaders as individuals who constructively institute change within their organizations. Although leadership and change are…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Department Heads, Educational Change, Case Studies
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Wolfensteller, Uta; von Cramon, D. Yves – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2010
The implementation of higher-order conditional motor behavior was investigated in the present fMRI study with the objective of answering three questions: (a) what happens in situations where one stimulus dimension alone does not sufficiently determine the correct response?; (b) does the implementation of second-order stimulus-response (S-R) rules…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences, Behavior
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Lewis, Michael; Sullivan, Margaret Wolan – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1985
Designed to explore (1) developmental changes in exact and partial imitation of manual and facial movements, (2) model differences, and (3) gesture differences, this study observed infants at 2, 12, and 24 weeks of age. A hypothesis is proposed that links early nonselective behaviors and attributed imitation to emergence of imitative behavior…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Body Language
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Blackburn, Thomas R. – Science, 1973
Suggests a logical basis for the use of ecological concepts in modeling a special subculture; that of scholars (and in particular scientists), who produce, barter, and structure information as an ecosystem produces, exchanges, and structures biomass. (JR)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Conceptual Schemes, Ecology
Karasek, Robert Allen, Jr. – 1976
A study was conducted to explore the relationship between the working individual's daily experience on the job (job content) and his leisure activity, political participation, and mental strain after the workday is done. Based on individual level data from a representative national survey (1:1000 random sample) in Sweden in 1968, the study…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Family Characteristics