A direct observation technique was used to investigate differences between children classified as conduct disturbed or normal on the basis of ratings given by their regular classroom teachers. (Author)

Article is based on a paper presented at the 1969 meeting of the Northwestern Scientific Association. (Editor)

The results suggest that the impersonal environments of the large universities may be inherently conducive to the development of disruptive protest, and particularly of protest that involves violence. Furthermore, the large institutions appear to be less responsive than smaller colleges to such protest. (Author)

This article describes a Court of Student Academic Appeals (Wichita State University) which was established to protect the student from arbitrary faculty behavior, and to assure a measure of protection for faculty if students use the civil courts to obtain their ends. (Author/CJ)

Discusses problems in defining poverty, conceptualizing the culture of poverty, and the relative weighting of intrapersonal versus situational factors in interpreting the behavior of the poor. (JM)

"Peace Corps trainees were given instruction in the use of theoretically-based learning principles...They were then required to teach high school students in a videotaped lesson. The results, which demonstrated a relationship between theoretically-based learning principles and pupil learning, have implications for teacher education programs.…

Paper prepared for a report at the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the California Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, California, March 14, 1969.

From a special feature on "Violence & Agression. Other articles in the feature include "Temper Tantrums by A.E. Trieschman, "Anger in Children by George V. Sheviakov, and "Scapegoating by Beryce W. MacLennan.

Thirteen primary teachers provided information on 321 students concerning the students' temperament characteristics, school performance estimates, and classroom management decisions. Factor analysis of the temperament measures yielded three independent factors: Task Orientation, Adaptability, and Reactivity. A strong and consistent relationship…

While the functioning of all pupils was affected by teacher behavior, problem children were more sensitive to the teacher's social and affective orientation. Problem children's misdemeanors were greater and their sustained attention lower when teachers showed a decline in positive affect, social contact, and sustained feedback towards the pupils.…

The mechanism of the self-fulfilling prophecy is examined in relation to feedback, pupil self-expectancy, and the wider educational environment. Categories of necessary conditions for the successful communication of teachers' expectations include external conditions at school, teachers' and pupils' values and expectations, and teachers' and…