This overview of variables lists 17 basic educational outcomes, 13 curricular programs, 7 co-curricular programs, 3 aspects of student behavior sampled by the objectives-referenced test items in the Colorado evaluation project. (For related documents, see TM 003 086, 087.) (KM)

This document is the Process Education for Teachers Package, which was designed to give teachers an understanding of the learning process. The package contains an introductory booklet, a research paper, and 13 modules. The introductory booklet presents a history of the formation of the materials and the rationale for the emphasis on the "process…

In the debate on instructional objectives, some argue for reducing all objectives to statements of student terminal behaviors, while others want open-minded objectives which allow for diverse, unpredictable outcomes. A synthesis of seemingly incompatible behavioral specification and open-endedness is proposed: (1) Behavioral objectives need not…

This annotated bibliography was prepared in response to requests to gather in one place recent audio-visual materials for training teachers of English. It identifies films, filmstrips, and video tapes which could be used either in inservice education or English methods courses. NCTE/ERIC surveyed the membership of the Conference on English…

This study represents an attempt to relate activist ideology to behavior in settings that are not explicitly political. Two characteristics, interpersonal trust and a need for ethical consistency, were translated into empirical questions and studied accordingly. Subjects were undergraduate college students who scored low or high on the New Left…

An ongoing behavioral model for implementing staff development and evaluation procedures is proposed, which systematically focuses on assessing and facilitating behavioral change in the classroom and enables the educational executive to assess what is actually happening there. The administrator is thus provided with the necessary information to…

This study was conducted primarily to provide feedback to the professional staff about the student strike of May 1970 and its implications for the student teaching program. It examined the following questions: 1) What general factors were considered important in making a career decision brought about by social unrest? 2) What was the rationale on…

The basic concepts, aims and purposes of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) are reviewed and described by the Committee on Internal Security of the U.S. House of Representatives. An overall goal, as stated by SDS leadership, is the destruction of U.S. imperialism and the achievement of a classless world: world communism. Toward this goal, the…

In the course of studying the causes of student unrest in colleges and secondary schools, the Commission reviewed recent reports, visited institutions, held hearings throughout New York State, interviewed political, educational and lay leaders, undertook case studies and a school profile, and solicited and reviewed letters and other communications…

The purpose of this study was to discover the underlying and fundamental causes of campus unrest. An attempt was also made to determine how much of campus unrest is a reflection of social ills, and how much is a reflection of current dissatisfactions and uneasiness concerning college curriculum. The report opens with a prologue by the Commission…

This report translates the basic principles of behavior modification and presents methods which can provide viable teaching alternatives. Emphasis is placed on the basic principles of behavior modification, solution to preschool and elementary problems, and common problems in behavior modification. The case studies presented are intended to be…

The goal of this project was to examine various anxiety reduction techniques on the state anxiety levels and performance of college students. These techniques ranged from instructional to experimental treatments and were investigated in a range of computer-based situations. The state-trait anxiety inventory developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, and…

Nine scales were developed to measure a series of classroom behavior variables derived from a factor analytic study of five observation systems. The scales are multipoint check lists which are behaviorally referenced by different amounts and types of classroom behaviors. The scales measure such aspects of classroom behavior as teacher-initiated…

The form used to record observations of teacher and pupil behavior dealing with the content of telelessons 30 and 31 of the ITV series is presented. For each item to be observed, space is given to check "teacher gives,""teacher asks," or "pupil(s) responds." A materials checklist for each of four observations of the classroom is also provided.…

Investigated was the functional relationship between specific academic survival skills (Attending, Volunteering, Work, and the negative behavior, Looking Around) and academic achievement (reading achievement). Ss were students in three regular first grade classrooms, one of which served as a control classroom. Following a teacher training program,…