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McGuigan, F. Joseph – 1969
This final report gives the findings of a government research project, the broad objective of which was to determine the existence of heightened covert oral behavior in the performance of tasks in which the response class had not yet been empirically studied and to ascertain the function of the covert oral response. Areas covered by this report…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Covert Response, Feedback, Language Usage
Catford, J.C. – 1969
The author feels that there is no reason to suppose that adults are less capable than children in learning a second language, given adequate opportunity and motivation. In terms of amount learned in comparable time, the adult is about five times as efficient as the child. This is what would be expected of any other kind of intellectual or rational…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Behavior Patterns, Cultural Awareness
McGuire, Carson; And Others – 1968
With a dyadic interaction theory of human development and behavior as the framework, factor and multiple regression analyses were used to determine predictors and criteria of talent (socially or culturally valued behavior). Analyses covered grade point average and scores on standard academic achievement and scholastic aptitude tests; also covered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Ability
Ripple, Richard E.
A summary position statement of the Eastern Regional Institute for Education presents its mission of changing elementary education toward the direction of process education. The first of three basic parts reviews the three completed chapters of a monograph, "What is Process Education? An Emerging Rational Position," in terms of a definition of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1966
This resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, introduces eighth graders to the legislative process. The unit uses case studies such as the Civil Rights Acts of 1960 and 1964 and attempts to change the Rules Committee in 1961. It also uses much data on background of congressmen and on distribution of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Elections, Federal Government
Hoffman, Lois Wladis – 1973
This paper presents a review of the research concerning the effects of maternal employment on the child. Findings are organized around five theories: (1) the working mother provides a different role model than the non-working mother; (2) employment affects the mother's emotional state (sometimes providing satisfactions, sometimes harassment, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing
Lippitt, Ronald; And Others – 1969
Developed by an interdisciplinary team of social scientists and educators, this program utilizes a modified laboratory approach to investigate causes and effects of human behavior. Though intended for intermediate grades, the units may be used successfully at third and seventh grade levels. The Teacher's Guide, represented here, and a companion…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Human Relations
Peck, Robert F. – 1971
Patterns of sex and socioeconomic differences in aptitude and achievement were compared among eight countries. A universal pattern appeared in which higher status children scored better than lower status children in aptitude, achievement, and school grades. Peer reputation largely ran the same way, with mild exceptions. The social differences in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing
Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools, CA. – 1972
The fifth document in an eight-part series on a task-based management system for special education programs provides detailed procedures for use of the Behavioral Characteristics Progression (BCP), a listing of 1,800 behavioral characteristics of mentally and behaviorally handicapped pupils. Specified are techniques of observation and ways of…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Objectives
York Univ. (England), Nuffield Teacher Enquiry. – 1972
The papers presented to a working group at the Conference on Social Deprivation and Change in Education, York, England, are comprised of the following: (1) Problems in the inner city (J.D. McConaghy), characterizing the decline of inner areas of cities in Britain as due to failure of management and of government; (2) The school and capitalist…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Behavior Patterns, Community Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1972
Contents of these hearings are as follows: Opening statement by Senator Philip Hart, presiding; testimony of Senator Clifford P. Case of New Jersey; testimony of Ronald F. Pollack, director, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), New York, N.Y., and of Suzanne Vaupel and Mark Irving, project coordinators, FRAC; and, the testimony of Richard Lyng,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Breakfast Programs, Classroom Environment
McGuigan, F. Joseph – 1972
The purpose of this research project is to specify critical events within a person during linguistic processing. The experiments reported here cover such topics as the effects of increased reading rate on covert processes, covert behavior as a direct electro-myographic measure of mediating responses, enhancement of speech perception by…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Electronic Equipment
Mai-Dalton, Renate – 1975
Using Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness, which postulates that the behavior of a leader depends on the interaction between leadership style and the degree to which the environment gives the leader control and influence, a study investigated the effects of training and changes in position power on the behavior of three types…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns
Minuchin, Patricia – 1977
This study explored the functioning of exploratory and cautious children in open classrooms. Four areas of functioning were focused on: curiosity and exploration, learning and mastery, autonomous behavior, and interpersonal contacts. Thirty exploratory and 30 cautious children were selected through teacher ratings and exploratory tasks and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Gurley-Dilger, 'Laine – Science Teacher, 1986
Describes an activity in which students observe pairs of students engaged in conversation. Observations of "body language" are made, shifts in stance, and duration of stance. Discusses the application of this type of study to other species. (TW)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Body Language, Ethology, Eye Contact
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