This study of teacher decision-making behavior investigated ten elementary teachers' teaching styles, decision-making behavior, and concepts of students. Each teacher was videotaped six times at intervals over the school year. The teachers viewed the tapes and at various points were asked to describe what they believed they were thinking about at…

PRE-PILOT AND PILOT STUDIES WERE UNDERTAKEN TO SURVEY ANXIETY LEVELS IN THE SPEECH BEHAVIOR OF 45 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. DURING THE PRE-PILOT STUDY, FOUR TESTS DESIGNED TO REVEAL THE STUDENTS' CONSCIOUS ANXIETY WERE DEVELOPED AND REGULARIZED. A QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNING THE ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS TOWARD STUDENTS SPEECH ANXIETY INDICATED…

A study was conducted to compare the validity of two theories of interpersonal communication: (1) uncertainty reduction theory, based on the assumption that communication consists of attempts to reach a cognitive state of balance, and (2) coordinated management of meaning theory (CMM), based on the assumption that persons attempt to create a…

This study investigated the attitudes, beliefs, and behavior of Canadian and American children in terms of television viewing of sports, preference for professional or amateur sport models, and proportion of violent to nonviolent television viewing. The written opinionnaire items used in the research determined: 1) demographic information on…

Funded by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), a television series on high school desegregation, "As we see it," was developed by the Chicago, Illinois public television station, WTTW-TV. The series was intended to improve understanding of social issues relating to desegregation among racially and ethnically diverse groups, and was developed with…

The role of the Hudson Institute in the policy research center program was to build on and adapt current studies of the future for the purpose of assisting the Office of Education and its five pilot centers. Part 1 of this report comments briefly on some methodological and substantive issues that arose during the pilot phase and suggests how…

Eighteen first grade reading classes in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn were studied for differences in teacher verbal behavior in various types of reading programs. Nine of the classes were using the Direct Instructional System for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading (DISTAR) and nine of the classes were using the less structured…

To investigate the affective and cognitive gains produced in an auto-tutorial world civilizations course, two groups of students were compared. A traditionally-taught (TT) section of 145 students and an auto-tutorially (AT) taught section of 140 were given pre- and posttests and used the same text and Modular Learning Program. The TT section…

Although many community colleges have attempted to relate college work to individual needs, there is little evidence that student input actually influences the structure and organization of a course or curriculum. The Advancement Studies (developmental studies) Department at Central Piedmont Community College has developed a system for student…

The report contains a collection of career education activities representative of those initiated by teachers of the Penasco and St. Anthony's Schools (Penasco, New Mexico) during the second year (1974-75) of an integrated program for grades K-12. For each activity, recorded by the program coordinator following classroom visitations, the grade…

In order to determine the preferences and perceptions of Native Alaska students attending Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) boarding schools, a survey instrument was devised to reveal the BIA student's background; future plans; and his projected feelings relative to school facilities, personnel, curricula, and interpersonal relationships. Respondents…

The performance of instructor pilots and student pilots was compared in two visual scanning tasks. In the first task both groups were shown slides of T-37 instrument displays in which errors were to be detected. Instructor pilots detected errors faster and with greater accuracy than student pilots, thus providing evidence for the validity of the…

A total of 170 students were sampled in five vocational-technical centers in Montana in a survey to assess the student's perception of his school, its programs and policies, and the degree of student satisfaction with his progress, the staff, and facilities at the center. The questionnaire was divided into two parts: Goals of the Institution,…

The impact of four school innovations is examined from the students' point of view, the teachers' reactions, and the changes wrought in guidance services and administrative functions. Teacher and student reaction was generally favorable to the individualization brought about by personal timetabling, subject promotion, a credit system, and a more…

In 1966 a decision was made to begin operating the University of California at Berkeley on a year-round basis. Included in this report are discussions of year-round education in general; various methods of year-round education, including the semester summer session plan, the quarter plan, and the trimester plan; and background, implementation, and…