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National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The instructional materials and program described here are designed to increase the analytical ability of users in relation to role theory concepts. The program deals with sociological concepts of role conflict; conformity; concensus; and position, role, status, and identity. The concepts are to be presented in four separate filmstrips.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conformity, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Hahn, Dale B.; And Others – 1980
The drug use patterns of Indiana youth from the seventh to the twelfth grades in 1977 and 1980 were assessed. Findings reveal that: (1) There is an increase in the availability of marijuana at all grade levels; (2) The percentage of students who have tried most of the illegal drugs has increased, with the larger increase among the older students;…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Health Education
Betts, Francis M., III – 1977
The effects of participation in field study programs on levels of anxiety and assertiveness among college students was investigated. Students enrolled in the Great Lakes Colleges Association - Philadelphia Urban Semester, 1976-1977, were systematically assessed for levels of anxiety and related personality dimensions using the Adjective Check List…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Bono, Stephen F.; Keenan, John B. – 1979
A fading procedure to maintain student pacing in personalized instruction courses in two settings--a small educational psychology course at a public university and a large psychology course at a private university--was investigated. Students in both courses were divided into two groups. The first group had gradually lengthened unit completion…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Gleason, Thomas P. – Alberta Modern Language Journal, 1975
This is a three-year study of social adjustment patterns in the francophone and anglophone student populations of New Brunswick, Canada. After a brief economic sketch of New Brunswick's francophone North and anglophone South, there is a description of research objectives and methodology. In the investigation, three new elements were found to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Cross Cultural Studies
Galloway, Charles M. – 1970
Improving the act of teaching in a classroom implies the need to study nonverbal cues and events, for many classroom phenomena serve as communicators of information and tend to either facilitate or inhibit learning. Nonverbal language, a reflection of both cultural and individual differences, includes not only the teacher's facial expressions,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Communication Skills
Medley, Donald M.; Hill, Russell A. – 1968
This document reports the results of a comparative analysis of the Flanders Interaction Analysis Technique (FIAT) and the Observation Schedule and Record, Form 4, Verbal (OScAR 4V) in terms of the kinds of information about teacher behavior which each observation technique provides. A systematic program of recorded observation (involving 70…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis
Ross, Sylvia; Zimiles, Herbert – 1974
Observational findings regarding differentiated child behavior in Follow Through classrooms for the year 1971 are presented. The interactional behavior of three groups of elementary school children from different classroom settings (Bank Street School for Children, an open classroom approach; Bank Street Follow Through, an open classroom approach;…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Students
Goldupp, Ocea – 1972
The Classroom Attitude Observation Schedule was developed and field tested for study of independent child behavior in the open classroom. Eight Head Start classrooms were used for field testing, six of which used the Tucson Early Education Model curriculum and two of which, for comparison, used local curricula. Procedures involved observing and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Disadvantaged Youth
ROTTER, GEORGE S. – 1966
THE PARTICULAR FOCUS OF THIS STUDY WAS UPON THE EXTENT TO WHICH VALUES AND ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS INFLUENCE THEIR EVALUATION AND RATINGS OF STUDENTS OF VARYING CLASSES AND ETHNIC ORIGINS. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT TEACHERS WITH MIDDLE-CLASS BACKGROUNDS AND BIASES TEND TO EVALUATE MORE NEGATIVELY THOSE PUPILS IDENTIFIED AS BEING OF A LOW…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Racial Differences, Racial Factors, Sex (Characteristics)
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Allen, Vernon L.; Greenberger, David B. – Crime and Delinquency, 1978
An aesthetic theory of vandalism is proposed, which posits that variables accounting for the enjoyment associated with socially acceptable aesthetic experiences are similarly responsible for the pleasure associated with acts of destruction. Several studies provide support for hypotheses derived from the aesthetic theory of vandalism. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Delinquency Causes
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Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly; Larson, Reed – Crime and Delinquency, 1978
Proposes that the state of enjoyment occurs when a person is challenged at a level matched to his level of skills. Disruption of classes, vandalism, and violence in schools are, in part, attempts by adolescents to obtain enjoyment in otherwise lifeless schools. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Crime, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation
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Blechman, Elaine A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
An anonymous survey of adolescents (N=3,690) was used to assess how much of the unique variance in adolescents' self-reported drug use was accounted for by number of parents in comparison to the adolescents' sex, age, social class, and peer drug use. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Drug Abuse, High School Students
Wittich, John J. – College Board Review, 1977
A college president comments on several student behavior problems--including excessive drinking, peer pressure, drugs, and morality--and points to some methods for assuring a good "fit" between institutional standards and the behavior patterns of students enrolled. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Behavior Patterns, College Environment, College Students
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Roth, Henry J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Judges classified 100 third and fourth graders into behavioral categories according to their earliest school recollections (ESRs). The same students were reclassified one year later. Results showed a statistically significant agreement between a student's initial and most recent classification, suggesting the value of ESR as a reliable diagnostic…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Educational Experience, Elementary Education
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