PUPIL DATA, INCLUDING ACADEMIC, EMOTIONAL, AND ATTITUDINAL CHARACTERISTICS, WERE CORRELATED WITH TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS. THERE WAS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT RELATIONSHIPS DID NOT TAKE THE SAME FORM ACROSS THE FIVE GRADE LEVELS OF THE STUDY (GRADES ONE THROUGH FIVE). THE GENERAL IMPRESSION RESULTING WAS THAT THE TYPICAL FIRST GRADER, BEING SOMEWHAT…

CLASSES WERE DIVIDED EXPERIMENTALLY INTO FIVE OR SIX SMALL GROUPS. EACH GROUP WORKED TOGETHER FOR A PERIOD OF 1 MONTH. EACH OF THE EIGHT PARTICIPATING TEACHERS SELECTED ONE TO SIX PUPILS IN HIS CLASS WHO WERE EITHER DISRUPTIVE OR WITHDRAWN. THESE CHILDREN WERE CALLED THE TARGET PUPILS. THREE TIMES EVERY MONTH THE TEACHER RECORDED THE INTERACTION…

TO DETERMINE IF EXPERIENCED TEACHERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED WITH SIMILAR SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS BUT OF VARIOUS ETHNIC ORIGINS WOULD DIFFER IN (1) ATTITUDES AND SENSITIVITIES TOWARD CHILD BEHAVIOR AND (2) LEVELS OF OPTIMISM ABOUT WORKING WITH AND HEADSTART TEACHERS WERE STUDIED. THE MINNESOTA TEACHER HEADSTART TEACHERS WERE STUDIED. THE MINNESOTA…

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES WERE THREEFOLD--(1) THE PREPARATION OF PLANS TO REACH THE UNDERGRADUATE WOMAN AND MOTIVATE HER TO PLAN REALISTICALLY FOR COMBINING FAMILY AND WORK IN THE SUCCESSIVE PHASES OF HER LIFE, (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHANISM FOR CATALOGING EXISTING PART-TIME COURSES ON CAMPUS AND EXISTING MATERIALS FOR HOME USE SO THAT THIS…

Previous research has shown that teachers' sense of efficacy is an important presage variable associated with student achievement. Stereotypes evolving from this research include both positive and negative correlations between teacher perception of effectiveness and teaching experience. This research examines the relationship between years of…

These suggested guidelines and model codes for student conduct and discipline represent an update of 1972 minimum standards in keeping with current statutes and court decisions. The Oregon State Board of Education published this document to provide guidance to local school districts in formulating discipline policies. The state standards listed…

Speech instructors who teach English as a second language to international students are trying to help those students acquire a basic minimal command of English for success or survival in their education and do not require them to attain the fluency expected of native-born speakers of English. At one junior college where foreign student enrollment…

This report attempts to show that the role of administering and interpreting psycho-educational instruments should not be the major function of the modern school psychologist. This is not to say that the need does not exist, at times, for psycho-educational evaluation; however excessive emphasis on this particular role results in limited…

The effects of modeling and instructions on self-disclosure were investigated. High school students (N=54) were presented with a non-disclosing model contrasted with a highly-disclosing model and with a no-model condition, and verbal instructions that either did not elaborate on self-disclosure, described it as a virtue ("positive") or indicated…

The crucial importance of beginning-of-the-year activities in establishing good behavior patterns in the elementary classroom is asserted. Observations were made of two groups of teachers who were very different in management effectiveness throughout a school year. A number differences between the two groups' first- day and beginning-of-the-year…

The value of proctor written feedback on college students' graded quizzes in a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) was investigated. In Experiment I, the amount of time 67 students reviewed their graded quizzes was determined. Results indicated that 63% of the students did not review their graded quizzes, suggesting students do not use the…

The complexities involved in combining generalized and specialized studies are discussed in a descriptive analysis of the Harvey Mudd College (HMC), which has a campus environment typical of US institutions offering undergraduate engineering programs. Of 7 environmental characteristics at HMC student personalities and the socio-psychological…

A commonly held assumption is that students should enter college with values and attitudes shared by their parents and, following 4 years of preparation, leave as adults with identical values and attitudes. It is becoming evident that today's students have chosen to depart from these expectations, since growing numbers of them are entering college…

In this paper a description of educational processes serves as a model for a discussion of needed changes in the strategies and contents of educational research. The educational system in which a student functions is composed of his primary environment, the instructional environment, and the eventual transfer environments. When there is congruence…

Methods are described for the classroom management of disruptive children, defined as those who cannot be classified as emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded but who, either periodically or chronically, cause problems in classroom management or discipline. No attempt is made to provide exhaustive theoretical background, but, rather,…