The purpose of this study was to see if a social learning method for training verbal social skills might influence the social effectiveness of third grade children with low peer acceptance. Children were trained in three verbal skills: asking questions of peers; leading peers (e.g., offering useful suggestions or directions); and, offering…

IN A 3-YEAR STUDY OF PUPIL MALPERFORMANCE IN FIVE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN, THE FOLLOWING FACTORS WERE EXAMINED--(1) STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIORS, (SOCIAL CLASS, MOTIVATIONS, ETC.) AND (2) SCHOOL CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES. PERFORMANCE AND MALPERFORMANCE PATTERNS WERE FELT TO BE A RESULT OF THE INTERACTION OF BOTH…

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER HIERARCHICALLY DIFFERENTIATED GROUPS WERE AS PRODUCTIVE ON PROBLEM-SOLVING TASKS AS HIERARCHICALLY UNDIFFERENTIATED GROUPS. THE EXPERIMENT ALSO INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS OF FORMALLY BASED STATUS DIFFERENCES ON GROUP EFFICIENCY AND RISK-TAKING. TWENTY GROUPS CONTAINING FOUR SUBJECTS…

SIXTY-NINE MEXICAN AND NEGRO PRESCHOOL CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM 5 TO 7 YEARS TOOK PART IN A STUDY TO FIND OUT IF MATERIAL REWARDS GIVEN TO HEAD START CHILDREN WOULD AFFECT THE ATTITUDES OF MOTHERS AND TEACHERS TOWARDS THE CHILDREN. BOTH MOTHERS AND TEACHERS RATED THE CHILDREN ON THE HEAD START SOCIAL BEHAVIOR INVENTORY, AND MOTHERS ALSO…

RESEARCH IN WHICH BEHAVIOR THEORY WAS APPLIED TO TEACHING READING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC TO RETARDED CHILDREN IS REPORTED. TWENTY- SEVEN EDUCABLY RETARDED CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN THE CORE GROUP. THE MEAN MENTAL AGE WAS 11 YEARS AND THE MEAN IQ WAS 63. IN AN EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT OF APPROVAL, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND TOKEN REINFORCEMENT, A…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SMALL STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION GROUPS AS A METHOD OF INSTRUCTION. PERFORMED WERE TWO TYPES OF STUDIES INVOLVING OVER 1,400 STUDENTS IN 42 COURSES--(1) COMPARATIVE STUDIES WHICH EMPLOYED CONTROL GROUPS AGAINST MORE TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES, AND (2) INNOVATIVE STUDIES WHICH…

AN EMERGING METHODOLOGY OF PROGRAMING AVOIDS SOME OF THE UNFORTUNATE EFFECTS ON PROGRAMER BEHAVIOR PRODUCED BY INTERPRETATIONS OF TWO EARLIER METHODOLOGIES. WHILE SKINNERIAN PROGRAMING OFTEN HAS LED TO TRIVIAL PROGRAMS THROUGH PROBLEMS OF APPLICATION OF THE CRITERIA OF SPECIFIED BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES AND LOW ERROR RATES, CROWDERIAN PROGRAMING HAS…

An exploratory study investigated the effects of two organizational patterns of microsimulation experiences (concurrently with or sequentially to student teaching) on the verbal teaching behavior of student teachers trained in the Reciprocal Category System of Interaction Analysis (RCS) as compared to their counterparts who received no RCS…

THE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (EIP) IS A 5-YEAR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM INFANCY TO 14 YEARS. THE INITIAL PHASE OF EIP CONSISTS OF INFANT TESTING WHICH BEGINS AT BIRTH. DATA ON INTELLIGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM THIS PHASE OF THE PROGRAM SHOW THAT AMONG THESE CHILDREN THE…

THIS STARTER BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 154 BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND MONOGRAPHS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1932 AND 1968 IN THE SUBJECT AREA BROADLY DESIGNATED AS "PLANNED CHANGE." EMPHASIS IS ON THE SCHOOL AS A SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT IN AFFECTING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. SCHEMATIC FIGURES ARE INCLUDED TO CLARIFY ORGANIZATION OF…

A THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF A THREE-PHASE PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1967. THIS "CHILD STUDY" SERVICE WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE HEAD START CENTERS OF THE DELTA REGION OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE CHILDREN ATTENDING THE HEAD START PROGRAM WERE ABOUT EQUALLY REPRESENTED BY CAUCASIANS AND NEGROES. AN AVERAGE…

The purpose of this conference was to consider the crucial question concerning a high level of technology in an industrial society which constantly creates new needs and makes new demands upon itself: can human values still be maintained? Is the technology itself the primary determinant or are human beings still able to formulate their own values?…

To develop a basis for understanding the relationships between change orientation of state supervisors of vocational education and selected individual, intraorganizational, and extraorganizational factors, 12 major hypotheses and 63 pairs of null and alternative hypotheses were formulated upon the basis of a theoretical framework. Responses to a…

This document is Part II of a two-part project whose object was to identify children's sequential development from birth through age seven and to identify the materials which would be used to strengthen or initiate a behavioral facet. The materials surveyed for potential use with preschool children are described as ranging from standard toys…

Imprecise concepts and vagueness in the field of moral development of children should be counterbalanced by future research by educationalists and psychologists. From a review of the scanty research available in moral development it can be concluded that (1) moral development is more complex than heretofore conceived; (2) individual differences in…