The importance of parenting roles and home environments on the young child's learning is given support through an examination of current child development research and contemporary sociological theory. Some methods that can be employed by the child care professional to facilitate parent involvement and awareness include: (1) interaction groups…

This doctoral dissertation examines the question of whether student classroom behavior influences teachers' classroom behavior, and if so, whether the direction of change is predictable, as has been suggested by previous research. The four hypotheses tested were: 1) There will be a significant change in teacher behavior when there is change in…

The effect of a high-opportunity (HO) versus a low-opportunity (LO) play environment on the aggression of preschool children was investigated, hypothesizing that the LO play environment will elicit significantly more aggression than the HO play environment. The two environments were presented randomly to one group of 10 4-year-olds, five of each…

This study was designed to compare the utilization of instructional time of first grade classroom teachers with and without full-time teacher aides, to compare the academic performance of children in these two groups, and to examine the relationship between teacher and aide activity. A sub-purpose was the development of an observation instrument…

The Behavior Rating Scale measures behavioral skills by observing the child during the administration of other tests. The rating dimensions include independence, concentration, tractability, attitude and disposition toward testing, and overflow behavior. All are scored on a scale of 0-4, low to high. (PR)

The experiment reported in this document is based on the work of Garrison and others in developing a testing and interviewing procedure designed to enable increased self-definition on the part of prospective teachers and earlier development of appropriate and effective teaching styles. Three groups of elementary education majors were involved in…

Four experiments (involving a total of 158 children) demonstrated observationally-induced learning effects on multidimensional conservation tasks using brief, single session training. First grade samples of middle class Anglo-American, and economically disadvantaged Mexican-American children displayed gains in vicariously-induced conservation as…

This handbook was prepared by 22 members of the student teaching staff of Michigan State University (MSU) as an attempt to provide concrete suggestions to assist supervising (cooperating) teachers who work with MSU student teachers. There are 10 chapters: (1) "Introduction and Goals," (2) "Roles and Responsibilities in a Cooperative…

This volume of selected readings developed for students and practitioners at various levels of sophistication is intended to be representative of work done to date on interaction analysis. The contents include journal articles, papers read at professional meetings, abstracts of doctoral dissertations, and selections from larger monographs, plus 12…

Nine papers by Albert E. Trieschman, Larry K. Brendtro, and James K. Whittaker consider management of emotionally disturbed children in residential centers. Topics treated include understanding the nature of a therapeutic milieu, establishing relationship beachheads, understanding the stages of a typical temper tantrum, observing and recording…

The essential purpose of this paper is to illustrate the value of the Teacher Classroom Activity Profile (TCAP) in identifying and classifying teaching roles and in providing information which, if subjected to careful analysis, can lead to more effective approaches to the problem of role differentiation in the secondary school classroom. The…

Phase 1 has been completed of a five-phase project to develop a model of teacher role behavior in individualized classrooms, to develop teacher training courses (including workshops) for behaviors specified by the role model, and to train teachers (inservice and/or preservice) to fulfill the role provided by the model. The classroom management…

The research conducted in this study was specifically designed to examine the changes in teacher behavior exhibited during student teaching and those behaviors exhibited during the last three weeks of the subjects' first year of teaching. The specific behaviors examined were assessed by the Classroom Observation Record (which included four…

An observational system having high inter-rater reliability and providing a reliable estimate of patterns of behavior across time periods is developed and tested for use in evaluating children's responses to a number of television styles and modes of presentation. This project was designed to meet three goals: first, to develop a valid and…

Three studies were conducted in an initial attempt to investigate the psychological importance of trivial everyday frustrations encountered by preschool children. Study 1 analyzed the frequency and quality of experiences that could be interpreted as interfering in some way with children's natural pursuit of their desires. In a nursery school…