The article examines the need for instruction in social skills and discusses the role of task analysis in such instruction. The task-analytic approach to curriculum development is explained and applied to sample social skill tasks. Particular attention is given to the need for specification of the strategic components of social tasks. (Author/CL)

While competition is good for students, some learning time should recognize and reflect innate capacities for cooperation. Techniques that teachers can use to teach cooperation are discussed. (RM)

Recent social changes and changes in the ways the profession views itself suggest that there are undeveloped options for teaching clothing. Clothing can be a medium for teaching about a wide variety of issues such as individual personality, interpersonal relationships, and family and social behavior. (JOW)

This paper presents a humanistic interpretation of behaviorally oriented programs that attempt to help school personnel increase the effectiveness of the approach. Far from being dehumanizing and mechanical, behaviorally oriented approaches can provide the groundwork for developing in each pupil a sense of individual worth and personal…

What do great teachers do differently? This book argues that they make the most of their natural talents and do not strive to be well-rounded. In this book, readers will hear from great teachers, many of whom reveal their unorthodox--and sure-to-be-controversial--approaches. The reader will gain key insights gleaned from 40 years of research into…

This digest suggests that bibliotherapy is a potentially powerful method for school teachers and counselors to use on many levels and in every school grade. It begins with a brief review of the history of bibliotherapy; continues with a discussion of some approaches to bibliotherapy (interactive, clinical, and developmental); then addresses the…

Discusses meaningful rewards for positive behavior and meaningful punishments for negative behavior. (GB)

Discusses the educational importance of the kinds of questions asked by teachers and reports a study indicating that teacher training procedures can improve the quality of teachers' questions so that they require cognitive functioning beyond factual recall. (DP)

Children's natural propensity to learn offers behavioral'' implications for teaching reading. (RB)

Role playing as a tool for counselors is discussed in terms of rationale and technical use. (BY)

Value clarification refers to the instructional process which encourages students to clearly identify, critically analyze, and rationally evaluate their own and other peoples' opinions, attitudes, viewpoints, and values. Background reading is suggested and six teaching topics are outlined, showing the teaching strategy and classroom procedures…

The article is an anecdote showing how motivation can do marvelous things. (MF)

Author outlines several ways to rouse the chronic classroom sleeper, including one derived from Rip Van Winkle. (PD)

There are three basic reasons why a teacher's directions aren't followed. A followed direction is usually the result of two steps: thorough, systematic planning and careful implementation. (Author)