This study examines the effects of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) Curriculum, which provided children with instruction on a variety of issues involved with the expression, understanding, and control of emotions. Participants were 308 first and second graders. PATHS lessons were given about three days a week from October…

The current age has been characterized as an Age of Materialism in which personal goals are material aims and pleasures. The need for getting back to a spiritual culture is considered foundational. It is the duty of educators to provide for the spiritual or affective domain of a learner's development. To neglect this aspect of a person's being is…

In discussing how the teacher can achieve desirable attitudinal changes in students, the author attempted to clarify what seemed to be some unclarifiable paradoxes regarding affective objectives. Some suggestions which teachers should consider in planning for the achievement of affective objectives were presented. (Author/RK)

Counselors who are really interested in motivating urban youth must come to recognize the importance of a strength-oriented approach to guidance. They must stop talking about deficits and, instead, identify and use the unique strengths of urban adolescents. Success counseling is one technique that can be used to facilitate this process. (Author)

The Counselor Education Department at the University of Houston has developed an effective training program for counselor education at the graduate level. The goals of increasing self exploration and interpersonal effectiveness are achieved through the following experiences: a retreat, psychological assessment, modular learning, and videotape…

On the assumption that an educated person is one who possesses the capacity to develop his potential to the fullest, the author lists eight detailed outcomes and activities that he believes should comprise the fundamental objectives of the undergraduate program at the American university. (JT)

Lists examples of affective objectives from three secondary school science syllabi and from the Australian Science Education Project. Presents 15 teacher responses to the question, "what do classroom teachers do about the affective area?" (GS)

A simplified inquiry process, structured by the teacher to require students to make decisions leading to values clarification and/or self-evaluation, is provided. (DE)

Two factors which contribute to successful learning are presented and shown to be useful in the selection of teaching methods that match educational aims: a feedback model of the teaching and learning processes based on Pask's conversational learning model; and a classification of educational aims based on Bloom. Several kinds of feedback are…

This monograph builds upon rapid developments in the field of learning styles during the past few years, providing useful information about the theory, research, instrumentation, and practice of learning style. The first section presents an overview of learning style and addresses the school learning process, learning style concept, cognitive…

A defining feature of behavior therapy is its application of general psychological principles and its consequent responsiveness to developments in general psychology. However, there are indications that a new movement already labeled in behavioral circles as "affect in the eighties" may be influencing the cognitive behavior therapy of…

Suggests using books to encourage self disclosure (an individual expressing the affect experienced toward his or her own thoughts and emotions and toward interactions with other people and the environment) as one way to foster healthy personality growth. (TO)

The purpose of this paper is to suggest some reasons why feelings are important to study as a part of K-12 social studies and to suggest a few ways this might be done. Reasons why feelings should be taught include the following. Knowledge of how people feel in various situations, as well as knowledge of the forces and factors which bring such…

The document outlines ideal behaviors which students in grades one through nine should exhibit to indicate that they are progressing toward success in academic work, fulfillment at work and home, and participation in a pluralist society. The objective is to help parents and classroom teachers identify behaviors and interpret them as indicators of…