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Kersey, Katharine C. – 1994
Effective discipline methods help children become considerate and responsible human beings. This book describes a way to discipline children without using force, fear, or punishment. Following an introduction, the book's seven chapters are: (1) "Learning How To Be Parents," which discusses the difficulties of parenting and the lack of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Rearing
Download full textLombardo, Bennett J.; And Others – 1983
Observations were made of coaches' interactive behavior during competitive games, and the quantity and quality of interaction between 38 coaches and their athletes were recorded. Interactions were categorized as: (1) positive--verbal praise, nonverbal affirmative gestures; (2) neutral--lecturing, giving commands, pointing, demonstrating; and (3)…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Behavior Patterns
Martin, Ann – 1983
Pertinent information concerning the need for death education in the schools from the early elementary level and beyond is provided in this annotated bibliography. The first section deals with viewpoints of death and dying from different groups: children, adolescents, young adults, and the terminally ill. In the second section, approaches to the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Death
O'Pry, Leslie Karole; Paese, Paul C. – 1987
This study examined the effectiveness of audiocuing as a method for training a student teacher in the skill of providing positive reinforcement to students. (Audiocuing is the pre-recorded auditory cue provided by a microcassette recording which only the subject can hear.) In the event that it is necessary for the student teacher to make…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
Dennis, Kate – 1980
This curriculum package is based upon the use of contracts which allow the student to make some choices and receive immediate, positive reinforcement. Mathematics and language arts are individualized using teacher-made and commercial materials. Activities described present social science, science, health, music, language arts, and safety to…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Kearns, John – 1988
A controlled study investigated the impact of systematic praise techniques on 145 sixth-grade students' self-esteem. Eighty-five students comprised the experimental group, and 60 students made up the control group. The study was initiated in order to explore the link between self-esteem and academic achievement. The attempt to increase student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students, Feedback
Raftery, John P. – 1987
This report offers some concepts and procedures intended to help teachers in motivating students to physically, cognitively, and behaviorally attend to academic tasks in the classroom setting. A discussion is presented on the importance of assessing and identifying the academic behaviors and subject skills that each student can successfully…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Span, Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education
Maurer, Adah; Wallerstein, James S. – 1984
Arguments against the use of corporal punishment in schools are presented in the three publications collected here. "The Influence of Corporal Punishment on Learning: A Statistical Study," by Adah Maurer and James S. Wallerstein, examines the relationship between rates of corporal punishment use and noncompletion of high school in the 50 states.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Biblical Literature, Classroom Techniques
Brady, Peter J. – 1985
Forty undergraduate subjects estimated for most students, and for themselves, the likeability and teaching effectiveness of college professors who were either positive or negative toward students, and either demanding or easy in their courses. "Most students" liked positive professors better than negative, preferred easy professors to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement
Robinson, Lynnette S., Comp. – 1977
The purpose of this book is to provide activities, forms, and information to aid elementary and middle school counselors in improving services and programs for students. The materials included may also serve as an invaluable tool in assisting newly employed counselors in setting up their programs. This publication is organized in the format of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Counselor Role, Elementary Education, Guidance Programs
An Exploratory Study of the Modification of Color and Racial Concept Attitudes in Preschool Children
Williams, John E.; Edwards, C. Drew – Child Develop, 1969
Research supported in part by grant no. HD-02821-01 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Color, Concept Formation, Middle Class Culture
Hunsaker, Alan C. – 1981
The effect of general and subject-specific prompts in eliciting a zero- or low-probability behavior in three Hispanic gang members, selected because of their artistic or writing abilities, was examined by monitoring their behavior in submitting any original work, written or pictorial, that could be published in a community newsletter. Dependent…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Creative Activities, Cues
Floyd, Jerald D. – 1982
Two resource centers were funded by the Illinois Alcoholism Prevention Initiative to facilitate primary prevention and health promotion efforts at the local level. Located in DeKalb and Springfield, the centers assisted the Illinois State Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Division of Alcoholism in building a body of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Behavior Change, Community Health Services
Foster, Carl; And Others – 1981
Based on recommendations of a District Attendance Task Force, in 1980 the Ganado School District (a Navajo Reservation District) formulated an Attendance Improvement Plan which decreased the primary school's absentee rate 37% over previous years and which dramatically increased Friday attendance. The primary school targeted "high risk"…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Attendance
Petkau, H. P.; Wheeler, A. E. – 1981
A correlation is sought between a teacher's stages of professional growth and levels of invitational teaching. It is posited that stages of teacher professional growth are sequential, with each stage involving specific types of classroom behavior. Stage one is characterized by self concern, or a teacher-centered period. In the second stage,…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Competence, Positive Reinforcement
