Reported is a study to determine the proper sequencing of the Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science (COPES) on the basis of structure-of-intellect (SI) abilities, provide science teachers with some insight into the kinds of instructional strategies that could be used and help the teacher decide on the timing of particular…

To obtain information regarding selected characteristics of suspended students in the Metropolitan Nashville Schools during 1971-72, a 17-item questionnaire was sent to principals of the various schools, of which 2,246 answers were used in the data analysis. The results of the analysis are tabulated and discussed in relation to each item. In…

Project Success Environment is an experimental program sponsored by the Atlanta Public Schools and funded by the State Department of Education under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The focus of this program, subtitled "An approach to Community Educational Improvement," is the development of a success…

The extent to which a teacher served as a model for the verbal style of his students was examined with the use of a modified form of the Observation Schedule and Record 4V (OScAR). Four students from each of 24 first grade classes were separated into groups on the basis of frequency of teacher and peer reinforcement. Verbal characteristics of…

As part of a continuing effort to find educationally relevant variables for handicapped children the present investigation focused on the relationship of observable behaviors to first grade achievement. Subjects were 134 first graders who were observed in reading and arithmetic periods (survival skills) for 10 to 14 days. The data collected were…

Eighty-eight first graders (53 boys and 35 girls) were observed to determine whether attentiveness (visual orienting behavior, or direction of gaze) was related to reading achievement prior to the effects of long-term success-failure school experiences and whether the expected superior reading achievement of girls was related to observed…

This paper describes the setting and history of campus unrest in one California school district which led to the evolution of a new program of interventions. In the period since its introduction, unrest has been settled with a minimum of school disruption and a growing spirit of cooperation and understanding among students, parents, and school…

Today's students are very much interested in films, but discussing films as if they are literature, or as if there are "right" answers about them (the teacher's), will kill off that interest quickly. A better technique is to discuss the feelings which the film's images generate among class members, and to go on from there into larger questions…

Summary descriptions of the samples of teachers who participated in different project activities are given. In addition, descriptions of reporters of incidents in each student behavior category are outlined. (See TM 001 375 for project description.) (MS)

The general needs assessment instrument can provide the means for a school district to assess its needs relative to the 10 Goals of Quality Education. It is comprised of 63 area behavior statements which encompass the 10 goals and a 5-point rating scale (most important-least important) for each. The individual needs assessment is designed for the…

The general needs assessment instrument can provide the means for a school district to assess its needs relative to the Ten Goals of Quality Education. It is comprised of 63 area behavior statements, which encompass the 10 goals, and a 5-point rating scale (most important-least important) for each. The individual needs assessment instrument is…

The general needs assessment instrument can provide the means for a school district to assess its needs relative to the Ten Goals of Quality Education. It is comprised of 63 area behavior statements which encompass the 10 goals, and a 5-point rating scale (most important) for each. The individual needs assessment instrument is designed for the…

Categories of effective and ineffective behavior in regard to Goal Ten of the Quality Education Program (regarding student preparation for a changing world) are listed. Both the rationales for areas of effective student behavior and the categories of teacher strategies are also included. (See TM 375 for project description.) (MS)

RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED TO CONTRAST THE EFFECTS OF TWO TYPES OF TEACHERS, LIKED AND DISLIKED, ON THE LEARNING BEHAVIOR OF THEIR STUDENTS. TEACHERS PRESENTED MESSAGES BY FILM, BY TAPE, AND IN PERSON IN EXPERIMENTAL CLASSROOMS TO STUDENTS FITTED WITH FINGER ELECTRODES. CHANGES IN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE WERE RECORDED OF GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSES.…

This paper focuses on various settings in an intermediate school--the library, the gym, art class, and the homeroom--described from the point of view of a participant observer. It reports the results of a year-long study conducted at Longbranch, an experimental school associated with the Learning Research and Development Center at the University…