A cogent model of self concept may provide educators with the tools to predict and induce change in the classroom behavior of students. The nature of measurement operations, management operations and particularly, the relationship between self concept and behavior are delineated. Discussion focuses on how such behaviors are acquired, manifested…

Reviews literature dealing with school and self-concept functioning of American Indian students. Attempts to identify independent variables that have been used, and their effect on self-concept. Suggests new directions for the school counselor in helping to create and implement educational programs designed to facilitate positive self-concept.…

Some of the parallels in development between young children and young adolescents are explored, and ways in which approaches used in early childhood education can be applied to programs for young adolescents are suggested. In a comparison of the characteristics of the child and the adolescent, similarities are found in physical, intellectual,…