A study was conducted using positive reinforcement to increase and maintain the time spent participating in study behavior of a six-year-old female kindergarten student and to introduce the teacher to behavioral change techniques. Attending and non-attending study behaviors were observed during 30-minute independent study periods in the classroom.…

The feasibility of using an observational rating schedule to elicit information about parent-child interaction was studied. The Parent-Child Interaction Rating Procedure (P-CIRP), focusing specifically on parent-child interaction with a structured teaching task, was developed for this purpose. The interaction setting is teaching the child simple…

This study was designed to investigate four topics concerning undergraduate agricultural education programs. These were: (1) women graduates in agricultural education, (2) length of student teaching, (3) use of pre-student teaching observation in schools, and (4) subject matter specialization. A survey form was submitted to representatives of all…

An observational study explored whether characteristic behavioral patterns of an educable mentally retarded (EMR) population were unique and served as a label for identification in the social milieu. Of particular interest were differences between EMR children who were integrated into the regular classroom and their non-retarded peers. A…

The beliefs of teachers with respect to open education are discussed. The point is made that a teacher who expresses a desire to move toward an open classroom environment must first come to trust beliefs and values that may be alien to her own beliefs and must learn to value the following ideas: (1) The life of a child in school is not a…

Investigating learning by imitation in infants and young children, this study addresses itself to the following issues: whether there is systematic accommodation, whether this imitation follows a universal sequence, how the development of an act over many trials relates to the development of indicators over many months, and what the phenomenon…

This paper describes and illustrates an approach to reading which combines the language experience approach (LEA) and imaginative play. The LEA and the components of the lesson are briefly reviewed. Imaginative play and its descriptive components are identified and explained. The procedure for combining the two elements is roughly as follows: The…

A variety of methods to assess medical student attitudes toward patient care, the medical profession, and medical education are described and discussed. Included are direct measures (questionnaires, attitude scales, and Semantic Differential), indirect disguised measures, information tests, and observation of overt behavior. (JT)

A language teaching record scheme that is intended to describe second language teaching as it occurs in a variety of teaching settings without reference to global methods is presented. (Author/HP)

Adults viewed silent videotapes of high- and low-achieving children and estimated the level of understanding revealed by each child. Observers accurately differentiated between understanding and not understanding in spontaneous and deliberate conditions. In the spontaneous conditions, high achievers were perceived as understanding more than low…

Fourteen fathers were observed with their children in unstructured and semistructured situations at home. Mothers and children were also observed, with and without fathers. Observations were made when the children were 15, 20, and 30 months old and assessments of the children's intellectual competence were also made at these ages. (Author/JMB)

The discriminant validity of the noxious codes of the Behavioral Coding System for the measurement of aggressive behavior in schools was investigated on a sample of aggressive and prosocial elementary school males. The codes were found to discriminate. (Author/JKS)

Describes the clinical supervision approach to teacher supervision and evaluation, and discusses the strengths of the approach. (JG)