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Marsh, Herbert W.; Richards, Garry – 1986
The Outward Bound Bridging Course is a 6-week residential program designed to improve academic achievement and self-concepts in low-achieving high school males. During 1980-1984, five courses were conducted for 66 Australian high school males. Most of them were ninth grade students, chosen on the basis of poor academic performance, an apparent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Rudolph, Terry L.; Endelman, Ann M. – 1985
The Functional Ability Rating Scale (FARS) is an instrument developed by local direct service workers in the field of human services to provide an objective measure of an individual's degree of limitation in seven areas of major life activity (MLA). The subject's level of functioning is assessed in Self-Care, Language and Communication, Learning…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Rating Scales, Daily Living Skills
Schwind, Hermann F. – 1977
The first of several on-going tests was conducted of the Behavior Descriptor Index (BDI) which is a new behaviorally oriented job performance appraisal and training evaluation instrument developed for five large Canadian chartered banks. The new instrument was shown to be valid across organizations. Twenty-five assistant bank managers in these…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Behavior Rating Scales, Employees
Tracy, D. B.; Tollefson, Nona – 1979
Teaching behaviors of university faculty nominated for and receiving teaching awards were studied through teacher self-report, student ratings, and videotapes of classes. Thirty outstanding teachers of a midwestern university were randomly selected from a larger group who had been selected for major teaching awards. A behavioral rating scale was…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Evaluation
CRANDALL, VIRGINIA C.; KATKOVSKY, WALTER – 1967
REPORTED ARE TWO SEPARATE STUDIES WHICH RELATE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD TO THE CHILD'S SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS OWN ACTIONS. IN THE FIRST STUDY 23 BOYS AND 18 GIRLS, 7 TO 12.5 YEARS OLD, WERE TESTED ON AN ACHIEVEMENT RESPONSIBILITY SCALE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY JUDGED THEIR SUCCESS OR FAILURE TO BE CAUSED BY SELF-EFFORT OR…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Rearing, Child Responsibility
Miller, Rozelle J. – 1967
Sixty-four emotionally handicapped elementary school students with no neurological defect or subnormal intelligence were randomly assigned to four experimental regular classes, and two contrast special classes. The experimental classes received a modified curriculum utilizing the simulated environments technique through the unit approach in social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Behavior, Behavior Change
Niehoff, Arthur H. – 1968
A comparative method for analyzing efforts of induced change in cross-cultural situations is described. Case histories of efforts to introduce innovations to local communities of the developing nations were separated into 'success' and 'failure' groups. The behavioral components that influenced such outcomes were categorized according to whether…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Area Studies, Attitude Change, Attitudes
Schmidt, Paul; And Others – 1962
A 4-year demonstration project at Indianapolis Goodwill Industries applied work adjustment knowledge, methods, and techniques to assist 200 clients, ages 17 to 58 years, mean IQ 90, who were severely disabled with handicaps including mental retardation, epilepsy, emotional disturbance, and/or physical handicaps. After a diagnostic evaluation…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administration, Behavior Rating Scales, Career Counseling
Bower, Eli M. – 1969
Directed to teachers and other school personnel, the text presents screening procedures to aid in the early identification of the emotionally handicapped. The nature of preventive mental health, emotional handicap, and problems in early identification are considered; also considered are the direction and trends of past research. A study in early…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attendance, Behavior Rating Scales
Morrison, Donna Ruane; Glei, Dana – 1993
This study sought to construct a set of family strengths using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - Child Supplement (NLSY-CS), and, if the family strengths' construct was possible, to discern whether the presence of these family strengths predict better outcomes for children. The original NLSY sampled approximately 12,000…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales
Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. – 2003
Designed for educators and families, this resource discusses attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It includes information that addresses: (1) characteristics of students with ADHD; (2) causes of ADHD; (3) identification of students with ADHD; (4) legal requirements for identification of students with ADHD; (5) components of a…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Rating Scales
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de Anda, Diane – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1982
Forty Hispanic junior high school girls (Los Angeles) divided into target and comparison subsamples were matched with target and comparison teacher subsamples. Target girls' behavior differed significantly in target and comparison teacher classrooms. Students indicated teachers behaved differently towards target versus comparison girls; teachers…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Delinquent Behavior
Jones, Jay J. – 1993
This practicum took place in seven treatment programs that offer residential, day treatment, and therapeutic school services to children and adolescents with social, emotional, and/or behavioral problems. Each of these programs provides milieu therapy including group-centered treatment guided by professional child and youth care counselors. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Compliance (Psychology), Counseling Techniques
Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning Project, Princeton, NJ. – 1975
The Performance Assessment Checklist (PAC) was developed by the faculty of the Social Work Practice Sequence of the Wayne State University School of Social Work as a result of the need for a behaviorally specific instrument to assess student performance in the field work practicum. This instrument makes possible a systematic assessment of student…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, College Students, Communication Skills
Gunderson, Margaret Stanton; And Others – 1977
Presenting a set of guidelines for grades 2 through 4, this teacher's manual is one in a set of three competency rating scales which provide guidelines for the infusion of career guidance concepts into the elementary school curriculum. These rating scales were developed by the Georgia Comprehensive Career Guidance Project (Final Report, CE 018…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Guidance
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