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Kugle, Cherry L.; Clements, Richard O. – 1981
Research indicates that stability and level of self-esteem can provide information about other aspects of behavior. The relationship of stability of self-esteem to academic variables among elementary school students was examined in an effort to replicate and extend findings from a previous study. The hypotheses were concerned with the relationship…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children
Sobecki, Jon F. – 1979
This guide is designed to assist teachers, counselors, and faculty advisers responsible for assisting students at all educational levels in their career planning and development. Several activities are presented to help students explore career options and develop an awareness of and sensitivity to the changing world of work, including: (1) a…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textNational Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1960
THIS HANDBOOK PROVIDES INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 6. INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS OF THE HANDBOOK ARE DEVOTED TO THE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM--(1) READING, (2) SPELLING, (3) HANDWRITING, (4) ARITHMETIC, (5) SCIENCE, (6) SOCIAL STUDIES, (7) ART AND MUSIC, (8) FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND (9)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Family Environment
GOLD, MARVIN J. – 1965
GIFTED SCHOOL CHILDREN WORKED FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS IN SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING SITUATIONS IN A RESOURCE ROOM WITHOUT TEACHER-IMPOSED DIRECTION. THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AREAS OF INTEREST (DURING TWO CLASS PERIODS PER DAY) IN READING, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND SCIENCE IN THE MANNER AND DEPTH WHICH THEY CHOSE. PRE- AND POST-TESTS WERE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Adjustment (to Environment), Critical Thinking
Frey, Sherman – 1973
The relationship between grade point average, grade level, age, sex, social class, and self-concept as defined by Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was investigated. Subjects were 280 adolescents ranging in age from 13 through 18 and coming from a variety of social classes. Each subject completed a Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Developmental Tasks
Davenport, Robert L.; Cotler, Sheldon – 1978
An urban, federally funded after-school program for children ages 6-13 was evaluated. Program children were compared to control children with respect to social skills, self-esteem, school achievement, and congruence between parent and child ratings. Multivariate statistical analyses indicated that program children surpassed controls in all but the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
Suziedelis, Antanas; Potvin, Raymond H. – 1978
Factorially derived aspects of religiousness, i.e., intrinsic, orthodoxy, practice, and cognitive, were examined in juxtaposition with indices of parental influence, sex-role identity and interpersonal style. The data were analyzed separately for boys (N=297) and girls (N=344) from several Catholic parochial schools. The results indicate that: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Interpersonal Competence, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
Young, Jerry W. – 1977
Developmental education is based on a learning model as opposed to a teaching model. It requires strong communication between the student and teacher and depends upon a supportive learning environment. Some of the components of developmental education are: (1) diagnostic services which seek to answer why the student cannot learn; (2) independent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling, Developmental Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
McNutt, Dorothy Ellen – 1976
Major questions addressed in this study were (1) What is the educative purpose of cooperative education (CE) courses in postsecondary business programs? and (2) What are the essential objectives which will receive appropriate recognition and accreditation from the educational and accrediting community? A survey instrument containing sixteen…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Business Education, Cooperative Education, Course Content
Schultz, Ernest G.
This booklet is a self-study course in decision-making. Designed for the high school student, its purpose is to help the student develop and apply decision-making skills. The booklet contains both information and exercises. It begins with a discussion of why thoughtful decision-making is important, then deals with self-evaluation, sources of…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Sola, Janet L.; Phye, Gary D. – 1977
The development and expression of sex-role identity in adolescent females and the views of teachers regarding these behaviors were investigated. Adolescent sophomore and junior females were given the Bem Sex Role Inventory during fall and spring semesters. Teacher ratings of seven characteristics were also obtained. Mean masculinity and femininity…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Androgyny, Females, High School Students
Newton, Richard F. – 1974
A significant problem with inquiry teaching is that too much emphasis is placed on inquiry as a logical, scientific, and rational way of knowing. Feelings and mood are rarely dealt with except in rather off-handed remarks about intuitive leaps and creative encounters. Few consider what a model of inquiry based on mood and feeling might look like.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Development
Costello, Marjorie Florence – 1974
This study describes one component of a teacher education program designed to generate in the prospective teacher of English an awareness of values and the valuing process and of his own role in facilitating the process. Chapter 1 defines the scope, purposes, and procedures of the study; chapter 2 examines the historical and continuing connection…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Philosophy
Lenning, Oscar T. – 1970
This study was an exploratory attempt to relate educational growth in college with factors which the student brings with him into the college situation, as distinguished from relating educational growth to actual collegiate experiences. Educational growth was operationally defined as estimated true test-retest change on the American College…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Programs, College Students
Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Dayton, OH. – 1974
This status report on secondary education in the United States, prepared by the Panel on High Schools and Adolescent Education, identifies and analyzes problems and solutions in adolescent education. Issues in the report deal with major achievements and shortcomings of high schools; ways in which these institutions meet or fail to meet individual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
