The technique of inviting children to discuss their writing and examining closely the nature of their comments can help to identify facets of the writing process upon which to base pedagogy. An analysis of the writing process of one sixth grade female student in an Edmonton, Canada, public school revealed the use of 38 communication units (labels…

This paper reviews highlights of research on teaching conducted in the 1970s, discusses current trends, and considers accomplishments likely to be forthcoming in the 1980s. The latter include better attention to context in collecting classroom data and qualifying its probable generalizability, more and better measurement of progress toward…

Data were gathered on 134 maternity and pediatric nurse practitioners to determine what types of work experience, educational backgrounds, and personality traits were most conducive to successful orientation and commitment to the nurse practitioner role. The study population, comprising six separate groups trained in six-month continuing education…

Participatory decision-making strategies have been suggested as effective in groups with the task of solving unstructured problems or creating innovations. Concerned about evaluating children's affective growth in open classrooms, eight educators in a large metropolitan area agreed to meet regularly after school hours to develop an instrument to…

Three non-academic teaching strategies were evaluated for their impact on the academic, behavioral, and self concept learning of 40 trainable mentally retarded and 44 learning handicapped children (8-12 years old). The children in each category were divided into four groups: a control group, a visualization training group, a relaxation training…

Analysis of morbidity, mortality, and demographic data on Navajo people was undertaken to identify leading health problems in the Navajo area and to suggest intervention activities. Comparisons with total U.S. population were made to provide perspective. Data on Navajo mortality showed: a ratio of male to female deaths of 2:1, more than 50 percent…

The five research papers that comprise this document report on research into the impact of the inception of television reception on residents of a Canadian town, "Notel." The introductory section tells how Notel and two other similar Canadian towns that already had television reception were studied just before Notel received television…

Court cases involving student discipline, especially in regard to student publications and dress and appearance, is the subject of this chapter. The introduction discusses the doctrine of in locus parentis, the celebrated Supreme Court case of Tinker, and the minimum essentials for enforcing rules of student conduct. The first half of the chapter…

One of a series of manuals developed for the Foster Parent Training Project at Eastern Michigan University, this workbook has been developed to assist instructors in presenting to foster parent trainees information on positive adult response to the sexual development of children and youth. In eight sessions foster parents are encouraged to (1)…

Attempting to assist teachers in involving parents more completely in school life, this resource guide provides information and ideas on working and communicating with parents, parent-teacher meetings, and parent guidance. Part one of the book discusses the importance of sensitive communications, individual differences, and protocol. Part two…

This Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) report describes two studies on the effects of student-teacher interaction on student performance. Study I explored the relationship between three kinds of teacher behaviors (modeling, teacher attention to individual students, and praise-giving to individual students) and the pupil's academic…

Significant cases of research in terms of their effect on school practices have been extensively documented by educational researchers. This booklet summarizes nine such studies, which are published in detail in a companion volume ("Impact of Research on Education: Some Case Studies"). These studies have a variety reasonably characteristic of…

This document correlates resource materials to items on the clinical and public school versions of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD) Adaptive Behavior Scale. The rating scales were designed for mentally retarded children and adults and measure behavior in terms of independent functioning, physical development, economic activity,…

The focus in this anthology is on practical approaches to school crime prevention and control. The collection begins with two papers describing approaches to the study of crime in schools. One of these outlines a strategy for basing prevention programs on the findings of research tailored to a particular school, while the other offers a conceptual…

This paper reports on the underlying rationale and some early findings of a series of studies which investigate how students perceive and interpret teacher behavior toward high and low achievers in elementary classroom settings. To explore students' perceptions a multi-method approach was devised and two measures were constructed: a semistructured…