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Cohen, S. Alan – Grade Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Community, Community Influence, Community Involvement
Ryan, Charlotte Prince – Compact, 1969
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, Community Control, Parent Influence
Lapides, Ellie; Lapides, Jerry – 1981
The two sourcebooks contained in this document provide information on effective means of involving parents in school and Head Start programs. The first sourcebook, "Winning Ways to Work with Adults," begins by discussing (within the framework of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs) adults' needs which teachers should consider before involving…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines
Felio, Genelle Hamilton – 1981
An informal analysis of the concept of interpersonal commitment as it relates to parents, this study includes an examination of the characteristics of this commitment, and a consideration of possible effects of this commitment on both children and their culture. An introductory overview of the study is provided in Chapter I. In Chapter II issues…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Interpersonal Relationship, Objectivity, Parent Aspiration
Download full textNewman, Ian M.; And Others – 1978
This paper describes an attempt to use a model of behavioral intention as a diagnostic tool to provide useful data for the preparation of health education programs for adolescents in the area of cigarette smoking. The theory of this model is that a person's behavior is a function of their behavioral intention which, in turn, is a function of their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Health Education, Parent Influence
Multicultural Drug Abuse Prevention Resource Center, Arlington, VA. – 1978
In this pamphlet, advice is provided for Pacific Asian American parents about how they can work to help their children to develop positive self-images and to deal with racism and other social problems. The importance of parent-child communication, strong ethnic identity, education, and a sense of self-worth as methods of preventing drug abuse and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Child Rearing, Drug Abuse, Mental Health
Anapol, Malthon M., Ed. – The Encoder, 1979
The first article in this journal issue offers a diffuse definition of instructional communication, the theme of the issue, and reviews literature that points out the ill-defined parameters of communication and the classroom. The following articles discuss the development of a rhetorical perspective on teaching, the parental role in facilitating…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise (Physiology), Parent Influence
Coonrod, Debbie – 1979
A variety of research studies have indicated that fathers' availability and their leadership are vital to the healthy functioning of each individual in the family. One study showed that in 48 societies fathers assume an instrumental role in family life, while in only eight societies is fathering predominately an expressive function. Occasionally,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Family (Sociological Unit), Fatherless Family, Fathers
Hicks, Dale A.; Mathis, Andrew G. – 1980
Personality theorists have suggested the critical importance of parenting characteristics on the development of a child's personality. Missildine's (1963) classification of parenting characteristics and their effects on the adult personality were investigated using an experimental measure, the Inner Child Inventory (ICI), to assess perceived…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Behavior Patterns, Parent Child Relationship
FOX, ROBERT S.; AND OTHERS – 1964
AN ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE LEARNING SITUATIONS IN A VARIETY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS WAS UNDERTAKEN. THE PROJECT MADE A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PATTERNS OF COOPERATION OR ALIENATION AMONG PARENTS, TEACHERS, PEERS, AND INDIVIDUAL PUPILS. THE PATTERNS CREATE LEARNING CULTURES OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTIVITY IN VARIOUS CLASSROOMS. THE DATA…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Learning Activities, Parent Influence
Homberg, Erentraud, Ed. – 1978
This brochure presents the summaries of two major studies carried out in three European countries concerning the role of television in the life of preschool children. The first study involved participant observation and interviews of 90 families from England and 50 families from Ireland over a 6-month period. The children studied were between the…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Educational Television, Family Characteristics, Family Influence
Prasad, V. Kanti; And Others – 1977
This study investigated, in a laboratory experimental framework, the relative influences of television commercials and parental counter-commercial advocacy on children's consumption choice behavior. Sixty-four 8- to 10-year-old boys were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1) no counter commercial advocacy (control group), (2)…
Descriptors: Children, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Kirby, Milton J. – 1969
First grade students from families with common ethnic, social, and economic characteristics were studied to determine the effects of parent participation in the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program on the attendance and achievement of the children. The experimental group was composed of 160 children from low income, Spanish-speaking families in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attendance
Fein, Greta G. – 1974
This study investigated the pretend play behavior of 16 boys and girls aged 12 and 18 months. Each child was presented a standard set of stimulus materials during two home visits. For each of three 10-minute episodes, the child's pretend activities were recorded by means of a coded observation schedule. During episode 1 the child played alone,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Females, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis
Ringler, Norma; Jarvella, Robert – 1974
A study was conducted to determine the relationship between maternal input to early language learners and language acquisition and to answer the following questions: (1) Does nursery language used with the child change after he begins to talk? (2) Is there reason to believe that the child's speech is influenced by or influences the mother's…
Descriptors: Child Language, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
