The article describes a technique for evaluating remedial reading prescriptions as illustrated through case studies of two severely disabled readers (8 and 10 years old) in learning disability classes. (CL)

Examined were consistencies over time of maternal reports, observations of nursery and elementary school behavior, and teacher ratings of problems for 20 hyperactive Ss and 21 controls (2 year followup) and 15 hyperactive Ss and 16 controls (3 year followup). (Author/CL)

Inspectors in Ghana implement and interpret educational policies of the Ministry of Education and see that policies are carried out in the training colleges. Inspection serves as a controlling link between the colleges and the national government, but is resented by teachers. Pre- and post-independence comparisons are made. (LBH)

Suggestions of what to look for in the summer sky are given so that students and teachers alike might sharpen their astronomical awareness. A constellation chart is included. (MR)

The development and validation of the School Observation Scale is presented. The scale can be used by elementary teachers to record observations of pupil behavioral characteristics associated with learning disabilities and minimal brain disfunction. (Author/JKS)

Observer disagreement is important because it limits the reliabilities of observational measures. To avoid this limitation, observers should be trained, and criterion-related and intraobserver agreement measures should be used both before and during a study. Several agreement coefficients are examined for their applicability. (Author/BW)

Changes in student teachers' verbal behaviors after feedback from video tapes of classroom activity are discussed. (GW)

This report uses data from videotaped naturalistic interactions and peers' hierarchy rankings of 23 4- to 5-year-olds and 26 7- to 10-year-olds to examine changes in children's use of facial gestures which resemble the dominance-related threat stares of primates. (Author/JMB)

Describes modifications of the Learning Environment Inventory (LEI) instrument for measuring classroom climate to make it suitable for individualized junior high school classrooms. Reports validation data from a sample of seventh graders. (SL)

The author presented young children with reasoning problems. Summaries of performance on diverse problems are presented. (SD)

Teachers are in an excellent position to observe indications of child abuse, and may be able to help the parents recognize the harm they are doing to the child's normal physical, emotional, and intellectual development. (MB)

It appears that successful teaching is based upon a large number of variables that must be present to at least a minimum degree, rather than one or two critical factors. (MM)

Suggests that the traditional method of observing teachers and classrooms used by researchers should be abandoned. (Editor/RK)

Examined are the potential contributions of research on social reciprocity to the assessment and remediation of social withdrawal among educationally handicapped preschool children. (Author)

Devised a classroom observation code that would identify hyperactive children reliably. Children referred for hyperactivity had significantly higher scores than comparison children on 12 categories. There was greater within-subject variability in the hyperactive group. Motor activity for both groups was significantly inversely related to age.…