Three secondary school teachers (A, B, and C) participated in a study to determine if teachers use a repeating pattern of verbal instructional techniques and if there are common instructional patterns among teachers. Sixteen observation records of interaction sequences for each teacher showed that teacher A exhibited the most complex system of…

This experiment was designed to discriminate among two diametrically opposed states, arousal and relaxation, which have been attributed to alcohol ingestion. Male social drinker subjects were assigned to form two independent groups of ten subjects each. Baseline measure of heart rate, skin conductance level (SCL), pulse wave amplitude and ear lobe…

One central aspect of children's behavior in play and in situations of response uncertainty may involve the degree to which the child considers available information and forms a plan to guide behavior. Twenty-five boys and 25 girls, aged 27 months, were observed in a 30-minute free play session in which mobility and time spent in sustained…

With information derived from IPI Placement Tests, Unit Pretests, Curriculum Embedded Tests (CET's) and Unit Posttests; student performance on prescribed IPI tests and skill sheets, and observation of students' behavior, the teacher should, after planning sessions, be able to initiate the building of a basis for instructional decision making in…

To determine the antecedents of sucking in infants, the behavior of 24 infants from 48- to 60-hours-old was observed in relation to a sucking device. The device measured pressure and rate of sucking and delivered a controlled flow of nutrient. The interfeeding interval was varied among the experimental and control groups. Little sucking behavior…

This report presents estimates of the distributions of selected behavioral patterns of children 6-11 years of age in the noninstitutional population of the United States by age and sex. Findings are based on parents' ratings on a self-administered and a trained interviewer-administered medical history of children, which were examined in the Health…

This study was designed to explore the behavioral correlates of locus of control in kibbutz children in Israel. A locus of control questionnaire was given to 183 children aged 9-14 from six kibbutzim. The subjects were assessed by their teachers on various aspects of comptenece, and participated in a structured decision making task. It was found…

Instructional development should be based on theory rather than raw empiricism. The dimensions and possible form of an instructional theory are outlined in three premises. It was presumed that a limited set of behavior categories exist and that all behaviors can be calssed into one or more of these categories. It was also presumed that for each…

Does knowledge of motivational type increase the efficiency of predicting job satisfaction patterns? Do changes in motivational type occur as a function of job experience? Answers to the above questions were sought in a study of 175 professional engineers employed in six organizations. Data were collected by the author with a satisfaction…

This pamphlet is aimed at helping an individual to construct behavioral objectives. The first two criteria of a good behavioral objective are that the objectives be described in terms of the learner and an observable behavior or product. This publication is specifically designed to provide operational meaning to the observable behavior and to help…

Based upon eight months of observation in the same setting, 19 three- and four-year olds who had been in day care from infancy were compared on nine behavior traits with matched subjects who had no day care experience prior to the study. The early-day-care group was found to be significantly more aggressive, motorically active, and less…

Pigeons were trained to respond to stimuli from a continuous stimulus dimension (tonal frequency) with response values from continuous response dimension. Both the number of points of correspondence and problem difficulty were varied. Following training, subjects were tested with stimulus values intermediate to those trained. During these test…

The discussion, addressed to teachers, enumerates and describes behavioral characteristics which are commonly attributed to the learning disabled child. Characteristics covered include hyperactivity, dis-inhibition, inability to handle frustration (catastrophic reaction), perseveration, distractibility or reaction to detail, intensity of response,…

An alternative method for predicting recreation use patterns is explored. A factor analytical technique is used to determine if patterns and recreation clusters exist that can be used in estimating response to new kinds of recreation developments. Analysis of 45 outdoor recreation activities is presented with 5 recreation clusters developed.…

Development consists of a series of stage-like restructurings of behavior, and continuities in exceptional behavior generally do not bridge these stages. However, when parents perceive their child as abnormal, their expectations may serve to maintain the child's abnormal behaviors across developmental stages. (JMB)