THIS MANUAL FOR TEACHERS RESULTED FROM A SPECIAL WORKSHOP HELD IN 1966 TO PLAN A BETTER PROGRAM FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS. ADMISSION POLICY, ADMINISTRATION OF BOTH TYPES OF CLASSES, AND THE DUTIES OF THE TEACHER AND TEACHER'S AIDE ARE DESCRIBED. RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS, THE PRINCIPAL,…

TO DETERMINE THE THEORETICAL IMPORT OF TWO KINDS OF LEADERS, SIMPLE AND COMPLEX, A GAME EXPERIMENT SIMULATING INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS WAS CONDUCTED WITH 20 DYAD NEGOTIATION TEAMS (10 HAVING MEMBERS WITH SIMPLE CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE AND 10 HAVING MEMBERS WITH COMPLEX CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE) SELECTED FROM 350 MALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN AN…

FOCUSING ON THE INTERNAL SOCIAL RELATIONS AMONG MEMBERS OF A SCHOOL STAFF, QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 246 TEACHERS IN 16 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE ANALYZED IN A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO DETERMINE FACTORS MOST INFLUENTIAL IN INITIATING PRACTICES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CLASSROOM LEARNING CLIMATE. ELEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL SOCIAL SYSTEM REVIEWED WERE THE…

THE ROLE OF TESTING AS A SPECIAL MODERN TECHNIQUE OF ASSESSMENT IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS IS EXAMINED. THE EMPHASIS IS UPON THE USE OF TESTS AS PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, THE CLARIFICATION OF CRITERIA USED TO EVALUATE HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THIS SETTING, AND THE BROADER IMPLICATIONS OF CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL DIMENSIONS OF TESTING AND TEST USAGE.…

THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND OPINIONS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON CHILD ABUSE AND RELATED ISSUES WERE INVESTIGATED WITH A STANDARD, MULTI-STAGE AREA PROBABILITY SAMPLE OF NON-INSTITUTIONAL UNITED STATES RESIDENTS 21 OR OLDER (1520 RESPONDENTS), IN A SURVEY DESIGNED BY BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY AND CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER. A…

FAILURE OF A CLASSROOM EXPERIMENT IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION SCHEDULING BASED ON A CONTINGENCY CONTRACT BETWEEN TEACHER AND PUPIL WAS ATTRIBUTED TO LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EXPERIMENTERS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS (TEACHER ATTITUDES DID NOT CHANGE), AND LACK OF OPTIMUM CLASSROOM CONDITIONS. TO CORRECT THESE, A NEW UTILIZATION MANUAL…

COLLEGE FRESHMEN VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS LABORATORY EXPERIMENT USING SELF PACING ON INDIVIDUAL TEACHING MACHINES FOR LIBRARY ORIENTATION. SLIDES PRESENTED TO ONE GROUP (COL) COMBINED COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINT, WHILE THE OTHER GROUP (PRN) SAW SLIDES WITH ONLY PRINT CONTENT. PRE-TESTS INCLUDED STANDARD ABILITY TESTS, AND A LIBRARY USAGE TEST, ALSO…

AN ANALYSIS OF FEAR AND PREJUDICE WAS MADE THROUGH A SERIES OF ATTITUDE QUESTIONNAIRES, PRIVATE INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY TRAINED PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND A SERIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS. RESULTS SHOWED THAT PREJUDICE STARTED IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF A CHILD'S LIFE THROUGH HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PARENTS. THE ADULTS LOW IN PREJUDICE HAD STABLE OUTLOOKS…

THE EFFECTS OF VARIATIONS IN EXTERNALLY DIRECTED TEMPO (OPPOSITE OF SELF-PACING) ON PROGRAMED LEARNING PERFORMANCE WERE INVESTIGATED. THIS REPRESENTED THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF THREE STUDIES CONCERNING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PACING MODE AND BEHAVIOR. (REFER TO ACCESSION NUMBERS ED 003 199, ED 003 201, AND ED 003 202 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON…

AFFECTIVE BEHAVIOR TESTING INSTRUMENTS KNOWN AS Q-SORTS WERE DEMONSTRATED IN A COMPUTER-ORIENTED APPROACH TO THE ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL TRAITS, VALVE SYSTEMS, AND SELF-CONCEPTS OF THE ROLE OF A TEACHER. DURING TWO SEMESTERS, Q-SORTS WERE ADMINISTERED TO 351 STUDENT TEACHERS, BEGINNING ELEMENTARY TEACHERS, AND MASTER TEACHERS IN EIGHT GROUPS.…

There is growing belief in the wellness concept by health educators, governmental agencies, corporations, and the general public. They believe preventive medicine not only improves the health of our population but also could be the only way our health care system can survive and deliver adequate care to the acutely ill. With few minor exceptions…

Self evaluation may be one feasible approach to current staff development needs in the teaching profession. Some form of feedback is needed, such as cassettes, tapes, and the help of a teacher leader. For the purpose of discussion among teachers, one could play back selected interactions using a speaker, should videotaping not be possible. At the…

Learned helplessness occurs when an organism learns that escape from aversive stimulation and/or the occurrence of reinforcement are independent of response (noncontingent). The learned helplessness model was applied to a classroom setting to examine its relationship to student performance. Response/outcome contingency conditions were combined…

The paper reviews the interaction between a young child and the school environment in the development of emotional and behavior problems. Research on empathy development, the impact of the teacher-child relationship, and effects on self concept of social relationships with peers are considered. The origin and achievements of the Child and Family…

Contemporary research on test anxiety shows that there are a number of sources of such anxiety: expectations of parents or teachers; association of grades with personal worth; fear of alienating parents, family, or friends; a feeling of lack of control over one's life. This paper discusses these sources of test anxiety, reviews some of the…