Describes a feasibility study designed to investigate interactive video and the balance of student versus program control with respect to the sequence of content presentation, the choice of how many practice exercises to do, and the strategy for alternating between the modes of receptive and active learning. (MBR)

Presents results of two surveys that show the development of attitudes of Swedish students on socially important issues (readiness to help others, tolerance toward deviant persons) over the later school years. Describes changes in those attitudes among 15 year olds during the 1970s. Discusses influence of teachers on those attitudes. (SB)

Research on classroom rewards is reviewed with emphasis on the effect of seeing another student rewarded for performing the same task that the observing classmate has performed. Four further experiments are briefly described, and research variables are reviewed. Suggestions are made for increasing the effects on peers of implicit rewards. (GDC)

Eighteen interviews conducted in 1981 in three rural Wisconsin communities revealed that parents could not separate the roles of family life, rural communities, and schools. Four topics were covered: role of the family, control over children, consistence between home and school, and how childrens' future will be different from parents.' (BRR)

Elementary, secondary, and adult students taking private piano lessons were on task for at least 85 percent of the lesson time. Teachers gave frequent reinforcement for academic behavior. While approval/disapproval ratios were not as high as the recommended 80 percent approvals, no evidence of effects on student attentiveness was apparent. (RM)

Fourth-year medical students at the four training sites of the University of Illinois College of Medicine were surveyed as to the frequency and difficulty of interpersonal conflict situations that had been identified by their peers, supervisors, and coworkers. The situations were classifaed as those requiring assertiveness or aggressiveness…

A study to determine the incidence of unethical classroom and clinical behaviors among nursing students, to find out their opinions, and to investigate the relationships among demographic data, unethical behaviors and opinions about the behaviors is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Provides a number of ways teachers can use newspapers to teach comprehension and critical thinking and to help students develop sensitivity in awareness of the self, the community, the nation, and the world. (FL)

Results suggest that (1) sexism in the classroom may be a "male disease," affecting perceptions and classroom climate and (2) student coping behaviors such as daydreaming and hiding feelings are used only in the classes of male professors. (PD)

Using the diary as the data-gathering instrument and a sample of 25 students, answers were sought to questions on ways students use teaching materials provided to them, especially in relation to use of time, range of materials consulted, self-assessment activities undertaken, and sequence in which materials were studied (8 references). (Author/MBR)

A cost effective intervention method was designed to demonstrate the practical implementation of classroom social skills training. Subjects were identified as withdrawn by the teacher. Social skills intervention was begun after a pretest observation. Behavioral change indicative of improved targeted social skills was noted at posttest…

Strategies that decreased school disruption and increased safety in a large urban high school are listed. Identified as major factors in maintaining a positive school climate are good student-teacher relations and a responsive curriculum reflecting student needs and interests and the changing emphases of society. (MJL)

If music subjects are to maintain respect amidst a national atmosphere of accountability and a concern for basics, students' music performance must be evaluated. A pupil evaluation form is presented. Evaluated are music skills, concepts, student participation, student conduct, and unique contributions. (RM)

Pupils from both scular and religious public schools were compared with regard to cognitive morality and actual moral behavior. Results show low correlation among various measures of moral cognition and moral behavior. Religious subjects exhibited higher levels of moral reasoning, but resisted temptation less on a test of actual cheating behavior.…

Offers 12 steps for increasing students' self-directedness and "time on task" in the classroom and displays the positive results of a recent study in an unspecified California high school that examined the effects of individualized inclass "calendars" designed to meet the needs of various types of students. (JBM)