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Tippins, Deborah J.; Pate, Elizabeth – Science Scope, 1991
Offers activities for educating middle school students regarding the importance of lifestyle. Activities cover eating patterns, physical exercise, and potentially hazardous behaviors. (MDH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Eating Habits, Exercise, Health Education
Heller, Carol – Teaching Tolerance, 1993
Explores the ideas of teacher Vivian Paley about social justice in the kindergarten classroom. Reviews her book "You Can't Say You Can't Play." Once kindergartners begin to grapple with questions of rejection and exclusion, Paley extends the debate to older children to encourage schoolwide conversations about justice and democracy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Books, Childrens Games, Educational Change
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Tidhar, Chava E.; Peri, Shifra – Journal of Educational Television, 1990
Describes study of Israeli children in grades 4, 5, and 6, ages 9-12, that was conducted to test their perception of deceitful behavior in a situation comedy. The influence of television on children's perceptions of the world and on the acquisition of behavioral patterns is discussed, and understanding characters' motivations is examined. (27…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Childhood Attitudes, Comprehension, Deception
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Rodrigue, James R.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1993
This study found that siblings (n=19) of severely autistic children, siblings of children with Down's syndrome, and siblings of normal children did not differ on measures of perceived self-competence or parents' report of social competence. Siblings of autistic children had more internalizing and externalizing behavior problems than siblings of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Autism, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
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Hastie, Peter A.; Sharpe, Tom – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1999
Describes changes in social behavior of 20 at-risk sixth and seventh graders from a small rural school during the implementation of a sport-education curriculum. Exposure to the curriculum was associated with increased positive peer interaction and accurate self-monitoring by students of their own social interactions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletics, Behavior Patterns, Curriculum
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Ferrari, Joseph R.; Keane, Sabrina M.; Wolfe, Raymond N.; Beck, Brett L. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
Study of students (n=546) from two colleges found selective college students procrastinated more. Academic procrastination was motivated by task aversion at selective college, by fear of task failure at nonselective college. Nonselective college procrastinators more often used both legitimate and nonlegitimate excuses. Excuses were self-generated…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Behavior Patterns, College Admission, College Students
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Wakschlag, Lauren S.; Gordon, Rachel A.; Lahey, Benjamin B.; Loeber, Rolf; Green, Stephanie M.; Leventhal, Bennett L. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2000
Studied multigenerational links between maternal history of problem behavior, mother's age at birth of first child, and child conduct disorder in boys. Found that maternal age at first birth was associated with child's conduct disorder, and maternal history of problem behavior was also associated with early maternal age at first birth and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders
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Brown, Carolyn M.; Doan, QuynhChau D. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1998
A study assessed pharmacy students' perceptions about the importance of learning about health beliefs and behaviors of ethnic minority groups, views on the mechanisms by which such cultural information should be conveyed, and differences in perceptions related to student demography. Students believed this information was important but did not make…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Educational Needs
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Farmer, Richard F. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2005
Recent research in psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience has demonstrated reliable associations between temperament and individual differences in sensitivity and responsiveness to environmental cues and behavioral consequences. Temperament-influenced behavior patterns evident in infancy have also been found to predict behavioral tendencies in…
Descriptors: Personality, Rewards, Punishment, Individual Differences
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Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Petrill, Stephen A.; Thompson, Lee A.; DeThorne, Laura S. – Developmental Science, 2005
Task persistence, measured by a composite score of independent teacher, tester and observer reports, was examined using behavioral genetic analysis. Participants included 92 monozygotic and 137 same-sex dizygotic twin pairs in Kindergarten or 1st grade (4.3 to 7.9 years old). Task persistence was widely distributed, higher among older children,…
Descriptors: Twins, Persistence, Standardized Tests, Genetics
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Clendenin, Aaron A.; Businelle, Michael S.; Kelley, Mary Lou – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2005
The Sports Behavior Checklist (SBC) is subjected to a principal components analysis, and subscales are correlated with subscales of the Conners' Revised Parent Form and the Social Skills Rating System. Both of these analyses are conducted to determine the construct validity of the instrument. A subsample of lower socioeconomic status individuals…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Check Lists, Construct Validity, Athletics
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Lanzi, Robin Gaines; Ramey, Sharon Landesman; Lefever, Jennifer Burke; Guest, Kristi Carter; Atwater, Jane; Hughes, Kere – NHSA Dialog, 2007
Cell phones afford a set of distinctive advantages for gathering information on daily patterns of behavior, establishing relationships, maintaining contact, and providing professional expertise to participants in a wide array of programs, including intervention, treatment, and service. This paper presents new findings about innovative applications…
Descriptors: Mothers, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Behavior Patterns
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Olley, B. O. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objectives: This study documents the extent and impact of perceived patterns of behavior in a sample of youths of the streets of Ibadan, Nigeria, with the purpose of implementing a Life Skills Educational (LSE) intervention. Method: The study uses both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Qualitatively, two Focus Group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Daily Living Skills, Well Being, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Besag, Valerie E. – 1989
Bullying in schools is a widespread phenomenon that has been largely ignored by professional investigators. It is often a covert problem, but once it is put into the context of social interaction, schools are able to respond to it in productive ways. A multifactorial response is best, and prevention is far better than crisis management. One of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Bullying, Child Abuse, Conflict Resolution
Newman, Michael; Trenchs, Mireia – 1996
A study in two countries investigated college students' conceptions of "academic literacy," defined as the system of information exchange or mastery of the elements of such a system. Subjects were nine students, four at Ohio State University, a long-established "mega-university," and five at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, a small, newly-established…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Preparation, College Students
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