Many ecological and systems research investigations first factor-analyzed community participation patterns of mid-adolescent Black males, as well as the childrearing practices, life styles, and community setting available to mothers during their sons' lives from preschool through high school years. This single parent Black family appeared to be a…

Peer associations within schools are important influences on educational orientations and aspirations. The many studies in this area, however, have not produced a comprehensive and detailed theoretical account of peer socialization effects, thereby impeding the design and implementation of more effective school organizations. Although schools…

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE--(1) TO IDENTIFY NON-RANDOM CHANGE IN THE VERBAL PATTERNS OF STUDENT TEACHERS OF SECONDARY SCIENCE WHO WERE TRAINED IN THE FLANDERS SYSTEM OF INTERACTION ANALYSIS, (2) TO RELATE THESE CHANGES TO THE VERBAL PATTERNS EXHIBITED BY THE COOPERATING TEACHERS INVOLVED, AND (3) TO COMPARE THE RESULTS WITH THOSE OF…

This handbook is designed to help educators improve the effectiveness of daily lessons. The need for flexibility and the ability to develop meaningful variety are emphasized. Suggestions and guidelines are provided for writing objectives, planning lessons, and selecting instructional methods. Three major categories of teaching/learning…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) electrodermal responses and informal reading criteria; (2) a comparison of standardized reading test scores, informal reading inventory results, and miscue…

The conclusions are reported of a survey of aspects of school and classroom environments and their effects on student achievement as these effects were indicated by data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) study of schools in the United States. Only the resource levels and activities generally…

This book reports on research in the area of address patterns, such as titles, last or first names, and the formal and informal pronouns used in many languages. The research was inspired by two distinct issues: (1) what is actually intended by a "sender" when he makes a particular choice of address form, and (2) what is actually…

The entries in this annotated bibliography represent books, educational journals, dissertations, popular magazines, and research studies that deal with the topic of communication and sexuality. Arranged alphabetically by author and also indexed according to subject matter, the titles span a variety of topics, including the following: sex and…

The factors that are involved in the choice of address to women as compared to men by speakers of American English were investigated in public interactions regarding provision of a service. In addition to proper names, there are two major types of address forms in general usage: the traditional respect forms, such as "ma'am" and "sir," and the…

THIS FINAL REPORT CONSISTS OF 3 SECTIONS. ITS CONCERN IS WITH THE INTERACTION OF HOME AND CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL CHILDREN WHO ATTENDED OR WERE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND THE 1965 COLORADO HEAD START PROGRAM. SECTION 1 REPLICATES AND ELABORATES A STUDY ON THE EXISTENCE OF CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT BELIEF SYSTEMS…

TWO RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS, SOCIAL ACTION AND GROUP FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE, WERE CHOSEN TO ANALYZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY EXTENSION WORKERS. IN A STUDY ON THE INTRODUCTION OF PROGRAM PLANNING INTO A COUNTY, THE FULFILLMENT OF EACH OF 34 STEPS IN THE SOCIAL ACTION PROCESS WAS ANALYZED AND FOUND TO BE ONLY SOMEWHAT…

The study analyzed teacher-pupil interaction in the classes of nine experimental (E) and eight control (C) teachers and their 167 mentally retarded pupils (mean age = 10.2, mean IQ = 68.76) The E-teachers were given 32 training sessions in an experimental curriculum and the inductive teaching method. Classes were tape recorded for 1 day. Analysis…

The interaction tasks (or communication process) model, an experimental model to enable instructional managers (in this case education students undergoing microteaching) to demonstrate competence in their interactions with students, is predicated upon four sequential component subsystems: (1) selection, (2) planning, (3) criterion task, and (4)…

This study was designed to examine the relationship between an adolescent's educational plans as reported by the adolescent himself and his mother's educational expectations for him as reported by her. The data were obtained in a previous study, a survey including a multistage, cluster sample of some 7,000 cases representing 13,484,000 public and…

Twenty-three articles by different authors provide a composite study of the whole family and of the interplay between self and collectivity in family life. One article considers the family as a psychosocial organization; six discuss research methods for studying family interactions. Also included are three papers each on the family as mediator of…