This study examines physical education (PE) curriculum development in an elementary school. Our goal was to understand the daily construction of a curriculum. We sought to analyse the theoretical and methodological framework and documents that a PE teacher uses each day while putting a curriculum into practice (lived curriculum). The data…

Teacher verbalizations about children's classroom problems were studied as a function of medical-model or behavioral model cues. Medical-model or behavioral-model cues elicited descriptions of problem behavior congruent with their respective assumptions about human behavior. (Author)

The decision-making process of 16 superintendents in choosing among alternative instructional programs for elementary level grades was studied. The additive and lexicographic combination models of decision making were investigated for consistency with the process used by the Ss in ranking 27 alternative instructional programs. (Author)

Two major objectives underlie the initiation of this project effort: (1) the creation of a meaningful, cooperative effort between the Kent County, Delaware Vocational Technical School District and the Milford School District for the purpose of expanding vocational education and (2) the establishment of a system to serve as a model for future…

Many career education programs have been criticized because they concentrate on dispensing information instead of developing competencies. Part of this weakness can be traced to the absence of a rationale derived from the body of literature and research and supported by a knowledge of child growth and development. This project was designed to show…

This report documents a research project focusing on the role of telecommunications technology in the regional delivery of educational services, including assessment of needs, factors in choosing the technology for implementation, alternative delivery systems, cost analysis, and a study of possible demonstration projects in South Carolina,…

The practicum design reported in this document was based on one basic assumption, that the adult perceptions of children influence adult behavior toward children which in turn influences the child's behavior. Therefore, behavior changes by children could best be effected by changing the adult perception of, and behavior toward, the child.…

The application of multiple linear regression to the problem of identifying appropriate criterion variables and predicting enrollment in college courses during a period of major rapid decline was studied. Data were gathered on course enrollments for 1972-78 at Kent State University, and five independent variables were selected to determine the…

This study sought to examine elementary school counselor functions as an index to model implementation in Minnesota demonstration projects through analyses of function purposes, types of functions, and counselor effort variables and the relationship between counselor functions and important pupil-staff-parent guidance outcome variables.…

This paper reviews the background of and compares three particular approaches to reflective professional development, specifically as used by Far West Laboratory: case methods, the Peer Assisted Leadership process, in which peer partners observe each other, conduct reflective interviews, construct leadership models, and explore alternate ways to…

A research project of environmental learning in children is discussed. Most of the studies conducted during the research involved observation of children aged 3-12, in mapping and free environmental behavior, and in curricular experiments using perceptual surrogates for map-learning and macro-environmental conceptualization in the lower elementary…