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Keefe, James W. – 1989
In 1986, the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) published a new learning style instrument, the NASSP Learning Style Profile (LSP). The LSP offers educators a well-validated and easy to use instrument for diagnosing the cognitive styles, perceptual response tendencies, and study and instructional preferences of middle level…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Educational Environment
Astin, Alexander W. – 1990
This report presents a national profile of black college freshmen in 1989-90 and shows how these students have changed based on the past 19 surveys (1971-1989), using data on 16,000-20,000 black freshmen from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The study focuses on a wide variety of characteristics of black college freshmen: family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Behavior Patterns, Black Students
Crismore, Avon; Mikulecky, Larry – 1987
To increase understanding of workplace literacy, a study investigated whether data from structured interviews conducted in two previous studies of job literacy and job performance relationships support the process model of literacy proposed by Linda Flower and John Hayes, "A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing." In both studies, this…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Employment Qualifications
Aldous, Joan; Ganey, Rodney – 1982
Problem definition appears to influence problem solving outcomes with respect to their quality. In order to determine whether or not families, confronted as a group by a series of possibly problematic situations, would engage in a problem definition phase, and whether or not the phase or its absence would be related to family members' satisfaction…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Family Relationship
Atkinson, Michael L.; And Others – 1979
Two studies investigated the effects of training on how accurately observers (college students) decoded a complex nonverbal stimulus. In the first experiment, observers viewed silent videotapes of 16 third and fourth-grade school children who were listening to an easy or a difficult lesson. Half of the children were responding spontaneously, while…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication Research
Warfel, Katherine Ann – 1983
A study examined S.L. Bem's Gender Schema Theory as it relates to communicator style. It was hypothesized that (1) speakers using a "powerless" speech style would be perceived less positively than would "powerful" speakers, and (2) sex-typed subjects, that is, those who adhere to a traditional sex role schema, would perceive…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication Research, Females
Campbell, Donald S. – 1986
Typical characteristics of impulsive children and adolescents are reviewed and strategies for changing this behavior are considered. Self-instruction training requires the child to verbalize a given problem, alternative approaches to resolution, and attentional strategies. Language becomes a mediator for self-monitoring and regulation. Cognitive…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Restructuring, Conceptual Tempo
Gajar, Anna Helen; Hale, Robert L. – 1982
The factor structure of the Quay Peterson Behavior Problem Checklist was investigated with 358 children identified for or placed in special education classes for the emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and educable mentally retarded. Ss were selected across racial backgrounds to determine the scale's efficacy in measuring personality…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Black Youth
Waimon, Morton D., Ed.; Kanzler, Eileen, Ed. – 1984
Under consideration in this conference was the idea that prospective teachers should be assessed on the ability to perform teaching skills relative to each other and that overall patterns of skill performance, not separate skills, should be used as the organizing focus of teacher certification. James Raths, in "Teacher Traits Revisited:…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Higher Education, Personality Traits, Preservice Teacher Education
Gehrke, Nathalie J.; And Others – 1982
The relationships between schools' physical environments and the teachers who work in them were explored. Eleven middle school teachers were interviewed about their orientation toward and operation in their schools. They were asked what they thought were their schools' most important features, how they felt about the buildings, what were its good…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Stallings, Jane A. – 1981
Descriptive data on a wide range of family day care homes and on children's experiences within those homes were obtained in this study. Additionally investigated were the effects on caregiver and child behavior of six central family day care issues: (1) home regulatory status, (2) number and age mix of children, (3) regional differences, (4)…
Descriptors: Activities, Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns
Shibles, Warren – 1978
Part of the "Teaching Young People to be Critical Series," this booklet defines and analyzes emotions and emotional terms for children in light of theories of philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and John Dewey. Intended for individual or small group work, the objectives are threefold: reading improvement, reading enjoyment, and student involvement in…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Attitude Change, Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Cox, Richard H., Ed. – 1979
The papers included in this collection focus on two topics: teaching behavior in physical education, or women in sport. The papers include the following: A Model for the Study of Pygmalion Effects in Physical Education; A Need to Look at Dyadic Interactions; An Observational Study of Teacher's Expectancy Effects and Their Mediating Mechanisms;…
Descriptors: Athletics, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Epstein, Joyce L. – 1978
This paper examines the selection and influence of friends in schools which differ in the degree of "openness" in the instructional program. Data collected from over 4,000 students in grades 5, 6, 8, and 11 in 1973 and 1974 provide information on student characteristics, school structure and processes, and academic and affective outcomes for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Children
Yoder, Jan D.; Hollander, Edwin P. – 1980
Psychological literature seemingly provides contradictory answers to the question of whether women and men are equally effective as leaders. There are generally two approaches used to answer this question: assign males and females the role of leader, keeping certain extraneous factors constant, and then compare leader or group effectiveness; or…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences, Evaluation Criteria
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