This paper reports the latest stage of a research project focused on developing students' understanding of assessment criteria, the assessment process and assessment standards. It explains the theory of a social-constructivist assessment process model and details one particular module where the authors have tried to put it into practice. In…

Research in the field of learning disability presents particular ethical challenges when obtaining consent from participants. This is further exacerbated when the nature of the research requires participation at all ability levels and involves people with communication impairments. The process of obtaining consent in a research study with 48…

Described are two studies to clarify variables responsible for experimenter miscalculations. (Author/CL)

As part of the Learning How to Learn in Classrooms, Schools and Networks Project, a mapping tool and associated interviews were devised to capture practitioners' views of the networks associated with their schools and local authorities (LAs). This article discusses the development and use of the mapping tool, including its trialing, and the first…

In the context of a "reinforced practice" treatment paradigm, the present study experimentally analyzed whether or not feedback superimposed upon contingent praise would have an additive therapeutic effect. (Author)

Electroencephalograms of 20 alcoholics and 20 nonalcoholics were obtained. Data indicated that alcoholics produced less alpha than nonalcoholics. In one training condition subjects were given accurate biofeedback, whereas in the other condition subjects were given random (noncontingent) feedback. Accurate biofeedback did not result in greater…

Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three groups: standard WAIS administration; a praise condition with praise for each correct WAIS response; and a self-monitoring condition with direct feedback on response accuracy. Results indicated that specific feedback is effective in inducing IQ test performance change in normal adults. (NG)

Independent treatments concentrating upon the subjective versus behavioral dimensions of speech anxiety were investigated with a view toward assessing the existence of independent, generalized, or synergistic effects. Theoretical and practical implications of the apparent synergistic effect of the independent treatments are considered. (Author)

Issues and implications related to the use of microcomputers for providing practice activities are addressed, including which skills should be automatized, requirements for ensuring that a skill has attained automaticity, scheduling and amount of practice, and the type and use of data that should be collected on individual student practice…

Reinforcement preferences were hypothesized to be dependent upon both the nature of the judging Ss and elementary, middle, or high school students. Evidence indicates a relationship between age or grade level of pupils and the perceived potency of possible reinforcers by teachers. Presented in part at American Psychological Association, Montreal,…

The present study investigated locus of control, and performance in a biofeedback situation where the goal was to increase EEG alpha rhythm. Subjects with an internal locus of control were better able to use feedback to increase their alpha activity than external subjects. (Author)

Two studies are reported, each of which achieved personality change with both audiovisual self-confrontation and supportive, nondirective interviews. The first study increased Eriksonian identity achievement. The second study changed a variable that moderated effects in the first study: Tomkins' humanistic versus normative orientation. (Author)

This study investigated the effects of videotape feedback on group and self-satisfaction. Subjects' post-meeting satisfaction with group performance was significantly altered after receiving objective feedback through videotape playbacks. Post-meeting self-satisfaction was not significantly changed. Implications of these findings are discussed.…

The program of research on teacher-student relationships described in this issue is an important part of the field of classroom learning environments, although it has its own distinctive and significant features. The questionnaire on teacher interaction (QTI), the main instrument used in this research, follows the strong tradition in learning…