THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE EXPLORED IN THIS STUDY--(1) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG RESPONSES OBTAINED WHEN SUBJECTS VIEW AN INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM AND NOTE THEIR INTEREST BY PRESSING OR RELEASING A BUTTON, BY CHECKING COLUMNS ON A SHEET OF PAPER, AND WHEN GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSES (GSR) ARE CHARTED, (2) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP…

A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS STUDY, THE FIFTH IN A SERIES, EXAMINED SOME OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROGRAMING LEARNING SEQUENCES FOR TELEVISION. THE TOPICS REPORTED WERE--(1) BASIC OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF PROGRAMED AUTOINSTRUCTION, (2) OBJECTIVES IN APPLYING PROGRAMING…

During the past ten years, many school districts have established alternative schools or programs for students who are seriously disruptive and academically unsuccessful. This bulletin describes five different types of alternative programs that have been effective in dealing with disruptive youth. They include the Tri-C Community Centered…

Students at the Basic Electricity and Electronics School in San Diego were randomly assigned to learning centers with either an 18:1 or 30:1 student/instructor (S/I) ratio to determine the effects on student achievement and instructor performance in an individualized computer-managed course. Data were collected for four months on: (1) student…

This guide is designed to assist teenagers as well as those who work and live with them in examining issues, attitudes, and feelings about drinking. Numerous Action Plans are provided to help the user focus on various aspects of drinking and its potential effect on individuals, their families, and their relationships with others. The objectives in…

A means was developed to reduce the necessity for discipline among the 25 students who were the most chronic discipline problems at Thomas Jefferson High School, a 1,500-student school in suburban Pittsburgh. The students were identified by assigning point values to various disciplinary measures administered to students. The 25 students met with a…

Differences in management and organizational skills of effective and less effective classroom managers are presented. Findings are drawn from extensive observations of 28 third-grade teachers who were observed from the beginning of the school year. Findings suggest that teachers who are successful managers arrange to prevent problems from…

With funds from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA Title III), the Cooperative Educational Services Center of Winsted, Connecticut is seeking to (1) initiate a pupil services team-work approach, and (2) provide an opportunity for greater teacher-awareness of the significance of the behavior of children. Complete statistical…

This overview describes a system for measuring instructional and management parameters of teaching through a method of classroom observation in which live observers and video tapes record teacher and learner behavior (both verbal and nonverbal) and the social-political-physical characteristics of the setting. Presentation is in 3 sections: (1) the…

This report reviews some of the most relevant findings from the extensive research which has been done on behavior modification. It summarizes the more important, practical, concrete, and classroom-tested procedures which research shows to be effective im improving students' academic and social behaviors. The first section of the report begins by…

Studies of child-rearing practices have consistently shown that the degree of physical punishment used by parents is positively correlated with various forms of psychopathology and negatively related to conscience development. One explanation of these findings has to do with modeling; the child learns by example that aggressiveness toward those of…

This paper offers the classroom teacher a positive answer for the test anxious student. The writer developed a group testing strategy which is concerned with ways students learn as well as subject matter testing. This evaluation strategy used successfully in high school and college classes is based on group work principles as applied in the…

Sixty-four undergraduate teacher education majors enrolled at the University of Illinois were subjects in this study to determine the effect of various types of student stimuli on teacher response quality as measured by a five point scale for the measurement of empathic understanding developed by Carkhuff. More specifically, the study investigated…

This paper discusses the status of recent research about British students. It is suggested that such research provides a resource of social comparison data which is potentially useful to individuals involved in institutional decision-making. A sample of research studies is organized into three categories: (1) descriptions of present student…

Before discussing discipline policies and practices specifically, the authors survey the basis for discipline, the kinds of discipline, the needs and sources of discipline, and the relationships between parents and students and discipline. The authors point out the need for encouraging self-discipline and make the point that discipline and…