Intentional learning was found to be more efficient with reward than punishment. Incidental learning results showed no reward- punishment differences. (DG)

Examined the interventions used by 105 elementary classroom teachers before referring students for psychoeducational evaluation. Most interventions appeared to be teacher-directed actions, sometimes were influenced by consultation, and implemented for an unspecified time period with few measures of observed success or failure. Most teachers used…

Surveyed 100 directors of special education to determine how decisions are made about children in school settings and major problems in implementing the decision-making process. Although most directors agreed on some components of the process, there was considerable variation in how the process is carried out. (Author)

Transactional analysis offers explanation of alienation, causes and treatments. Messages we receive and attitudes we form about ourselves in childhood become primitive beliefs and life scripts. Alienated students develop one of four major life scripts, each requiring a different classroom intervention strategy to counterscript. (NRB)

This article concerns the limitations of behavioral performance analysis as it is currently conceptualized by many educational technologists, presents a new paradigm for classifying responses, and suggests a more holistic model for human performance analysis that incorporates elements of developmental, behavioral, and cognitive psychology. (Author)

Used a computer simulation of psychoeducational decision making to study the assessment and decision-making process. Results indicated scores on achievement tests, intelligence tests, and the disparity between the two had the greatest influence on eligibility, classification, and prognostic decisions. Decision makers indicated they were not…

Preservice teachers classed as having high or low conceptual levels were assigned either to highly or moderately structured learning environments. Those in the moderate structure scored significantly higher on knowledge level items; those in the high structure integrated and applied the knowledge to a greater extent. (Author/SK)

Describes the past, current, and suggested future practices in the delivery of school psychological services at the high school level. It is proposed that school psychologists must become integrated into the total social system of the high school to be most effective. (Author)

A study evaluated the effectiveness of an 11-lesson psychoeducational program designed to enhance the ability of 14 children (ages 9-13) with hearing impairments to understand their own emotional experience and that of others. Children were enrolled in an "oral" education program. Results indicate significant increases in emotional vocabulary and…

Outlines an approach for incorporating class meetings into an elementary class. In class meetings, rules and practices are agreed upon, not only for everyday procedures but also for specific controversial topics. Includes sample class-meeting formats for discipline problems and other issues. (MJP)

Discusses African American othermothering in the role of providing the psychoeducational needs of the urban child. Presents two biographical portraits that examine othermothering by a elementary-school principal and community othermothering by a fifth-grade elementary-school teacher with 25 years of experience in the urban classroom. (GR)

Examines the effectiveness of a psychoeducational parenting program with at-risk parents of young children. Results showed that compared with the control group, parents participating in the program significantly decreased their levels of verbal and corporal punishment, anger, stress, and reported child behavior problems; results were maintained at…