Test results were consolidated from needs assessments or program evaluations conducted between 1969 and 1978, and extensively analyzed. About 120,000 elementary and secondary students and their parents were tested; the majority of the sample is from the Southeast, and of these the largest number are from Alabama. Five tests were interpreted: (1)…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the fifth in a series of 16, focuses on preparing trainees in a bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher training program to help young children to develop social skills. The text of the module deals with: (1) fundamental principles of social development, (2) factors which influence social…

The monograph presents seven papers which challenge the extent to which experiential backgrounds are used in the context of the school's teaching-learning process. The first paper discusses mind sets, multi-cultural variants and mastery learning, maintaining that many minority students are victims of educational mind sets. Next, past and present…

Intended for course instructors, this guide is the second of three designed for a two-day inservice training seminar for driver licensing administrative hearing officers. There are six sections, which acquaint the instructional staff with seminar duties, prescribe instructional methods, and cue instructors in visual aid use and unit time…

The correlation of verbal, paralinguistic, and kinesic features in the context of student-student and student-teacher interaction is studied in a semester linguistics course at Vanderbilt University. The purpose of the research is to delineate some of the major problems of group interaction in the college classroom and to show how the various…

This handbook is intended as a guide to planning and implementing a home economics curriculum free from sex-role stereotyping that prepares male and female students to cope with their changing roles in society. Section 1, Overcoming Sex Stereotyping, provides a checklist (for assessing classroom activities) and necessary definitions. Teaching for…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 11 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the relation between classroom communication and teacher personality; (2) a survey of speech programs in Texas community colleges; (3) improving student responses by training teachers…

THE BOOK IS CONCERNED WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS PARENTS MAKE WHEN AN EXCEPTIONAL CHILD IS INCLUDED IN THE FAMILY STRUCTURE. THE DYNAMICS OF FAMILY INTERACTION ARE DESCRIBED. THE FAMILY AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM IS DEFINED, AND ROLES OF FAMILY MEMBERS ARE DISCUSSED. PARENTAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS ARE PRESENTED AS CLOSELY RELATED TO ADJUSTMENT OF THE…

CLASSROOM AGGRESSION, DEFINED IN THIS STUDY AS MARKEDLY UNACCEPTABLE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OCCURRING HABITUALLY OR FREQUENTLY IN SCHOOL, IS EXAMINED IN RELATION TO SEX, GRADE, AND URBAN-RURAL STATUS. THE WRITERS STATE THAT NEUROTIC, PSYCHOPATHIC, AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS HAVE THE FOLLOWING FOUR FOCAL CAUSATIVE AREAS--(1) SCHOOL, (2) HOME AND…

THIS GUIDE TO CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP BEGINS WITH A CHAPTER ON LEADERSHIP PSYCHOLOGY AND GOES ON TO PRESENT OUTLINES FOR RUNNING CONFERENCES. THE LEADER PREPARES FOR THE MEETING BY COLLECTING FACTS ON THE SUBJECT, PREPARING AN OUTLINE, KNOWING THE PARTICIPANTS, MAKING PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND WRITING THE TENTATIVE SUMMARY. IN THE CONFERENCE HE…

THE 370 CITATIONS ON LEARNING DISABILITIES ARE INDEXED TABULARLY INTO 19 SUBJECT AREAS (SUCH AS CEREBRAL DOMINANCE, PERCEPTION, BEHAVIOR DISORDERS). EACH CITATION IS FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS BACKGOUND AND THEORY, ASSESSMENT, OR TRAINING. PUBLICATION DATES RANGE FROM 1896 TO 1966 ALTHOUGH ONLY 19 ENTRIES ARE PRE-1950. THIS DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED BY…

THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER AIMS TO SHOW THAT VOCATIONAL TRAINING LEADING TO EMPLOYMENT, INTENSIVE COUNSELING, BASIC EDUCATION CLASSES, AND A PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP OF RELEASEES CAN DECREASE THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM AND EFFECT ENOUGH BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN INMATES TO TURN THEM INTO USEFUL CITIZENS. TRAINING…

INTENDED AS A TEXT SOURCE BOOK, OR PRACTICAL REFERENCE, THE BOOK DISCUSSES SPEECH AND HEARING PROBLEMS, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LINGUISTIC IMPLICATIONS, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR CEREBRAL PALSIED AND BRAIN DAMAGED CHILDREN. NUMBER AND COMPLEXITY OF SPEECH AND HEARING PROBLEMS ARE EMPHASIZED, I.E., NEUROMUSCULAR INVOLVEMENT, ARTICULATION, RHYTHM, VOICE…

THE USE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (OT) WITH EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN IN A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SETTING OR MILIEU IS DESCRIBED ON THE BASIS OF 6 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK. CORRECTIVE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION APPROACHES ARE EXPLAINED. ALSO CONSIDERED IS THE CONTRIBUTION OF OT IN (1) THE DEVELOPMENT, FULFILLMENT, OR MODIFICATION OF MOTOR…

Since 1968, Lindbergh School District fifth graders have participated in a five day resident camp program designed to foster an appreciation for nature, to promote self-reliance while developing emotional maturity, and to provide a communal living experience with peers and teachers. The handbook is a composite of teachers', administrators', and…