This paper contains a description of the status of a project on student information processing responses that mediate teaching effects in classroom settings. The central activity of the project is the construction of a conceptual model that relates classroom task structures to student information processing and to subject-matter achievement. The…

Rotter's social learning theory was used as a basis for studying the effects of locus of control on the frequency of the responses of undesirable behaviors. Subjects, 12 fifth graders who had operant levels higher than desirable were monitored by either themselves, a peer, or by no agent for a period of eight weeks. Classes of behaviors…

A critical look at two typical research designs is presented, the first study being an investigation of field dependence and reaction time in senior tennis players, and the second being an investigation of the concepts of locus of control and achievement motivation in highly successful male competitive tennis players age 65 and older. A critique…

The ethnographic study investigated the implementation practices of a bilingual education program. A school site containing factors which were determined to be prevalent across Title VII programs was selected from over 300 Title VII sites. In addition, the school also contained a local student population, i.e., no one was bused from elsewhere; two…

The classroom test performance of three groups, self-monitoring (SM), a combination of self-monitoring, self-reinforcement and self-punishment (SM+C), and controls, were compared in independent replications in a chemistry (n=149) and a calculus (n=80) class. In chemistry, but not calculus, the experimental subjects outperformed controls. It was…

Noting that an increasing number of rape victims who seek alternatives to police procedures do so because of the insensitive behavior of the investigating police officer, this paper provides a model of interpersonal communication skills that will enable police officers to better relate to and support the victims of rape. The areas covered in the…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD VISUAL ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS IN SCHOOLS IS DISCUSSED IN THIS GUIDE. EIGHTY PERCENT OF ALL SCHOOL LEARNING IS GAINED THROUGH THE EYES AS ESTIMATED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION. GOOD SCHOOL LIGHTING IS COMFORTABLE, GLAREFREE AND ADEQUATE FOR THE VISUAL TASK. EYE STRAIN AND UNNECESSARY…

PERFORMANCE IN NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER (NFO) TRAINING WAS EXAMINED IN RELATION TO MAJOR AREAS OF STUDY IN COLLEGE. EACH OF 1,231 STUDENT NFO'S WAS ASSIGNED TO ONE OF 16 COLLEGE MAJOR CATEGORIES. MEANS AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS OF EACH CATEGORY WERE COMPUTED ON EACH OF 24 TESTS AND TRAINING PERFORMANCE VARIABLES, AND THE TRAINING COMPLETION RATE WAS…

A 3-MONTH STATUS REPORT WAS MADE ON THE ACTIVITIES PURSUED IN PHASE 1 OF A LARGER 10-YEAR PROJECT DEALING WITH THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN TRANSFER OF TRAINING. REPORTS OF ONGOING PROJECTS AND THEIR CURRENT STATUS WERE PRESENTED. THEY INCLUDED (1) A STUDY OF THE TRANSFER EFFECTS OF WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO TASK PERFORMANCE…

THE MERITS OF VISUAL AND AUDITORY STIMULI AT EACH STAGE OF THE LEARNING PROCESS WERE PRESENTED IN THIS WORKING PAPER. SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO THE DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSES REQUIRED AT EACH STAGE AND THEIR CONTROL BY THE NATURE OF THE LEARNING TASK. THE PROBLEM WAS APPROACHED BY A CONSIDERATION OF THE BASIC PROPERTIES OF WORDS AND PICTURES…

This followup study investigates whether (1) satisfaction of an individual with an occupation is a function of the correspondence between work needs of the individual and reinforcer pattern of the work environment; (2) satisfactoriness of an individual in an occupation is a function of the correspondence between work abilities of the individual…

The Occupational Education Administration Project at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale was developed to prepare vocational education administrators. Evaluation of the project was intended to determine the extent to which participation was related to student learning and on-the-job competence after graduation. The project was competency…

To clarify the role expectations held for the cooperative special education director in North Dakota, questionnaires were sent to 30 public school superintendents, 22 special education directors, and 30 special education teachers. Results of the questionnaire showed that the rankings of the seven task performance areas identified in the survey…

This study examines patterns of mother/child verbal interactions during task performance for differences related to the sex and locus of control (LOC) of the child. Subjects were 40 pairs of white, middle-class mothers and their children. The children--20 boys and 20 girls--were divided equally among first- and later-born 4- and 5-year olds. The…

The concept of metacognition (as outlined by investigators such as Flavell and Brown) is explicated and extended by drawing on the theoretical ideas developed in Soviet psychology. In this paper 'metacognition' refers to the subject's ability to monitor, integrate and coordinate various aspects of a task. It is proposed that the notion of…