Levels of student satisfaction with the Great Lakes Colleges Association - Philadelphia Urban Semester, a 16-week multidisciplinary urban field study program, were investigated. Several aspects of the program, including the four day per week field placement, weekly "city" seminar, elective seminar, and minimally structured living…

IN A 3-YEAR STUDY OF PUPIL MALPERFORMANCE IN FIVE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN, THE FOLLOWING FACTORS WERE EXAMINED--(1) STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIORS, (SOCIAL CLASS, MOTIVATIONS, ETC.) AND (2) SCHOOL CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES. PERFORMANCE AND MALPERFORMANCE PATTERNS WERE FELT TO BE A RESULT OF THE INTERACTION OF BOTH…

THIS INVESTIGATION, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN ENGLAND, COMPARES THE ATTITUDES TOWARD SCHOOL OF A RANDOM SAMPLING OF 6,100 5- TO 15-YEAR-OLD PUPILS WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE AND BEHAVIOR AT SCHOOL. PARENTS OF EACH PUPIL WERE SENT A QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH REQUIRED AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SCHOOL. IN ADDITION, INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED ON…

The Peterson-Yaakobi Q-Sorts (PYQS) were developed to provide a simple, effective, easily scored self-concept test which is role specific, is an alternative to paper-pencil inventories or questionnaires, and does not require external inference or norms. This manual describes two double Q-sorts. This first PYQS is for classroom and student teachers…

Peer tutoring programs represent an innovative approach for optimally utilizing resources existing within classrooms. While most tutoring programs are aimed at helping tutees or tutors with academic difficulties, this study involved all children in two classrooms in a peer tutoring project. A multiple baseline design indicated that prompting was…

Student personnel professionals have long recognized and worked with the unique nature of student alcohol abuse problems on the college campus. Some abuses often observed are excessive consumption, use of alcohol as a means of socialization, strong peer pressure on others to drink, loud boisterous behavior, occasional disruptions and damage, and,…

Variables associated with interpersonal distance were studied in this research project. Since close physical proximity may produce defensive behaviors that are disruptive to learning, instructors must be aware of the combinations of variables that produce the need for increased interpersonal distance in instructor-student interactions. A…

This report describes a practicum project that attempted to reduce apathy among students and parents of students at an inner-city junior high school. All seventh-grade students at the study school and some of their parents were selected as the target group. A support team composed of noninstructional school personnel and community representatives…

To prepare for the possibility of further campus unrest and disorders, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) held a series of regional seminars in the summer of 1970. About 70 presidents and other administrators attended each of the seminars. Their major concern was not the repression of student dissent but finding…

Short-term suspensions are a severe disciplinary tool that can be dispensed by school officials for one to five days at their own discretion. In addition to the negative impact of suspension on students, districts lose some state financial aid when students are not in school because they have been suspended. A continuing assessment of suspensions…

This report presents the results of the second year of a training program designed to help preschool kindergarten children who are deficient in interpersonal cognitive problem-solving (ICPS) skills. The ICPS skills have been demonstrated to indicate good or poor behavioral adjustment, defined in terms of the reflectivity/impulsivity dimension of…

The impact of financial aid in helping a student stay in college is examined from data collected in 1972 from students who entered college in 1968. The findings include: (1) Students, especially men, who rely on loans for support during college increase their chances of dropping out. (2) Students who rely on scholarships or grants increase their…

Presented by the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction are techniques to be used by local administrative units for identification of gifted and talented students. Suggestions are given for use of a teacher-observation and recommendation sheet and for construction of teacher made observational checklists. A scale for rating…

This booklet was prepared to provide information and guidance for principals and other administrators on their duties and powers as defined by recent court decisions, and to suggest acceptable approaches to reasonable exercise of authority by school officials. The first section provides a general description of the concept "due process" and its…

Criterion-referenced testing is defined and some of its background is discussed. A distinction is made between criterion-referenced scores, norm-referenced scores, cut-off scores, criterion scores, criterion variables, and content-standard scores. The relationship between norm-referenced information and criterion-referenced information is…