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Jaffe, Peter G.; Carlson, Peter M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study investigated the potential of modeling or observational learning in resocializing asocial psychiatric patients. Patients received one of three treatments: modeling, instructions, or attention. The effects of the treatment indicated that the modeling and instruction groups were of equal impact and superior to the attention group.…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Institutionalized Persons
Mehnert, William – VocEd, 1978
To reach unmotivated vocational students, the author suggests locating credible role models from recent graduates and developing a "graduate of the week" bulletin board display or notebook for materials about the graduates and their jobs. (MF)
Descriptors: Credibility, High School Graduates, Motivation Techniques, Observational Learning
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Aho, Sirkku – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1978
This research attempts to develop methods which teachers can use now in dealing with disturbances in the classroom, and to investigate the efficiency of these methods in decreasing the disturbances in working conditions. Develops the idea that teachers should be able to use positive means in dealing with disruptive behavior by students. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Educational Research, Modeling (Psychology), Observational Learning
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Mansdorf, Irwin J. – Mental Retardation, 1977
A method of rapid token training was undertaken in which 20 moderately retarded institutionalized adults observed a model perform a specific behavior for which a token was awarded and exchanged for a back-up reinforcer. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research, Imitation
Steingesser, Martin – Teachers and Writers, 1978
Shows how teachers developed student self-expression and appreciation for poetic rhythm by using blues music and lyrics in the classroom. Provides examples of students' collaborative poems. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
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Diem, Richard A. – Social Studies, 1977
Elementary students can learn to appreciate their own and other cultural backgrounds through a four-stage process of observation. The process involves taking a careful look at home environment, participation in food exchange with classmates, observation at friends' homes and other schools, and followup discussion. (AV)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education, Observational Learning
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Stillman, Paula L.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
An inexpensive videotape testing system has been developed at the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Medical TV-Cinematography at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. The development and validation of a test using this system to assess observational skills important for accurate physical diagnosis are described. (LBH)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Students
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Duke, Robert A.; Prickett, Carol A. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1987
Reports on a research study which examined problems that occur when preservice teachers in music education observe and evaluate a classroom. Perceptions of observers assigned three different visual perspectives of a single music lesson were compared. Concludes that student observers should be given specific direction regarding interpreting…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Meltzoff, Andrew N. – Child Development, 1988
Investigates ability of nine-month-old infants to imitate simple actions with novel objects. Looks at both immediate and deferred imitation. Findings show that imitation in early infancy can span wide enough delays to be of potential service in social development. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Imitation, Infant Behavior
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Briars, Diane; Siegler, Robert S. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Investigates preschoolers' knowledge of counting principles by examining their ability to discriminate between features essential for correct counting and features typically present but unessential. Skill in executing the standard counting procedure was found to precede knowledge of the underlying principle. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Computation, Discrimination Learning, Induction, Mastery Learning
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Dail, Paula W.; Way, Wendy L. – Family Relations, 1985
Identified parenting behaviors portrayed in family-oriented, prime-time television programs. Results indicated television fathers were more active as parents than were mothers and both mothers and fathers were portrayed in traditional ways. Television children responded differently to performance of parental roles and to child rearing patterns…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Commercial Television, Content Analysis, Observational Learning
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Harrison, Raymond P.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1983
Evaluated the incremental effects of a cognitive map and a symbolic code in undergraduate students (N=55) learning the modeled social skill of job interviewing. Results indicated that these techniques appeared to be strong in facilitating the acquisition and retention of modeled social skills. (LLL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Mapping, College Students, Employment Interviews
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Rosenthal, Ted L.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1972
Studied were the effects on observational concept learning of the experimenter as his own model, versus the experimenter plus a separate model, versus a nonmodeling (control) procedure, as well as the provision of favorable versus neutral outcome-expectation. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Disadvantaged Youth, Expectation, Grade 1
DeTurk, Philip; Mackin, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Argues that it is essential that alternative schools continually ask themselves: What is learning?'' Suggests that such schools must view the way the student values himself and his needs, the way he relates to other people, and the way he operates within the educational institution -- given the variables that will affect what a student learns at…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Environment, Educational Methods, Educational Philosophy
Goldstein, Arnold P.; Sorcher, Melvin – Training and Development Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Employee Attitudes
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