Using a deep-level processing strategy, low test-anxious college students performed significantly better than high test-anxious students in learning a paired-associate word list. Using a superficial-level processing strategy resulted in no significant difference in performance. A cognitive-attentional theory and test anxiety mechanisms are…

Direct instruction refers to an instructional pattern that stresses teacher directiveness, academic focus, and structured, sequential learning activities. The present study investigated the effectiveness of direct instruction with learning disabled children. (Author/BW)

College students of the 1980s are working within the democratic system rather than against it. Congressmen, impressed by the seriousness and skill of today's college students, have invited them to testify on issues. College students are merging their campus organizations to provide broader support and influence. (Author)

Discusses the lack of discipline which allows large numbers of students to stay in the hallways rather than attend classes at Chicago's all Black Westside High School. Suggests that the administration does not enforce teacher discipline and that teachers, thus, do not fulfill their own duty to control students. (GC)

The data suggest that students attending a church-related college are more conservative in their sexual attitudes and behaviors than students at public institutions. (MM)

Describes the beginning of a study of the cognitive processes required for applying financial accounting knowledge to specific problem solving situations. Task analysis is used to describe the cognitive components of accounting, and algorithms for the tasks are appended. Eighteen references are listed. (Author/CHC)

The Classroom Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS) was developed to provide school psychologists with a measure of learning-related classroom behaviors of elementary school pupils. The CBRS demonstrated substantial validity as shown by correlations with academic achievement tests, IQ scores, and teacher ratings of other classroom behavior problems.…

A framework of ideas is presented that teachers can use in planning, diagnosing, and understanding the social aspects of instructional management. (JD)

A guideline is offered to help school nurses diagnose different kinds of emotional problems in children. (JD)

The author asserts that students can get "hooked" on praise to the point that they limit their creativity and manipulate others in search of it. He notes that teachers too may use praise manipulatively. He suggests ways for kicking this habit, primarily through more objective reinforcement messages. Three educators respond. (SJL)

Principals and assistant principals from 345 secondary schools were surveyed regarding (1) the quality of discipline in their schools, (2) student behaviors perceived to be of most concern to administrators and teachers, and (3) the extent and ways that parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, and students themselves are involved in…

A teacher recounts a valuable lesson about helping children with behavior problems. (MM)

Forces within and outside the profession have made teachers vulnerable in dealing with disruptive student behavior. Six strategies are presented that constitute a basic plan for coping with student behavior that interferes with learning. (Author/MLF)

An alternative educational program that is highly structured, closely supervised, and appropriately staffed is proposed for the chronic disruptive student. (Author/MLF)

Four communication models that can be used by the teacher to manage classroom behavior are described. (Author)