Attempts to determine the prevalence of interacting perceptual-cognitive and behavioral difficulties in a child out-patient population and to determine the effectiveness of a treatment approach designed to modify these problems. Results were favorable. (Author)

An apparent conflict between students' stated choice of occupational goals and the type of schooling chosen should be studied by secondary school educators for the basis for the differences. (AG)

Questions the assumption that administrative behavior can be changed from one pattern to a more effective one by a simple transition from one style to another. Argues that the administrator is subject to a wide range of personal, behavioral, environmental, and task constraints over which he has little or no control. (Author/WM)

This is a brief report discussing ways of dealing with aggression in individuals. The author feels that previous approaches, such as catharsis or punishment, have proved inadequate, and that a more successful approach to reducing aggression involves the induction of incompatible reactions among aggressors. In the author's opinion, when angry…

Describes a five-step method of conflict reduction suitable for use by practicing counselors. Presents the model in how-to-do-it fashion, supplementing it with illustrations. Describes reactions of eight counselors who used the model in 37 conflict cases. Presents responses of the persons involved in the conflicts. (Author)

Success and failure were experimentally induced by means of a puzzle task, and subjects were then required to perform two dependent tasks from which outerdirectedness was inferred. Results supported the hypothesis that children shift from an outerdirected to an interdirected problem-solving style as age increases. (Author)

Supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant 132 at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Chapter 5 in Life Skills in School and Society.

The final report summarizes goals and accomplishments of a project which developed and field tested materials to facilitate interagency cooperation in serving exceptional persons. The project developed a manual (which is appended) designed to acquaint the reader with major research findings on interagency agreement; describe a model for…

This yearbook will provide teachers and researchers interested in peace and conflict studies with practical information. There are three major sections. The first section deals with "Approaches to Teaching and Research." How the electronic revolution has transformed the identification of, location of, and access to information on peace…

This annotated bibliography of resources dealing with conflict resolution and peace studies was compiled for the use of elementary, secondary, and college educators. The listing is alphabetical by author. Included are handbooks for teachers, course outlines, anthologies of journal articles, bibliographies of curriculum materials, background…

Each interpretation of staff development is derived from a particular theory of organizations and a particular understanding of educational and personal psychology. This paper outlines several organizational theories on which staff development might be based. Staff development is considered as being concerned with all those needs of the individual…

THE EXTENT TO WHICH INCENTIVES INFLUENCE CHILDREN'S LEARNING WAS STUDIED BY INVESTIGATORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT. BOTH VERBAL AND MATERIAL REWARDS WERE OFFERED TO SELECTED GROUPS OF CHILDREN WHICH VARIED IN NUMBER FROM 48 TO 80 CHILDREN. A DIFFERENTIAL METHOD PERMITTED THE CHILDREN TO EXPLORE THE RANGE OF REWARDS SO THAT THE COMPARATIVE…

The health care organization, as a specialized organizational setting, has some characteristics that make it of special concern to the conflict theorist. In a health care setting, conflict may arise as a result of (1) the complexity of medicine and the bureaucracy of health care delivery, (2) the problems of acquiring relevant information from…