Reinforcement for academic performance has been shown to increase both correct academic responding and rates of on-task behavior. Reinforcement for attending and on-task behavior has failed to increase correct academic responding in many studies, but it has produced vicarious and sociometric changes. The occurrence of vicarious and sociometric…

An investigation to determine whether reading disabled children exhibit deviant oral language behaviors was undertaken in a study of 103 children in second, fourth, and sixth grades (in two groups, one reading disabled, one control). Four dependent measures (Developmental Sentence Scoring, Mean Length of Utterance, Type Token Ratio, and verbal…

The relationships of children's perceptions of the causes of academic success or failure to achievement behavior and to reading ability were examined using two measures: Crandall's Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Scale (IAR), and a measure of students' causal attributions relating to performance of a single, specific task. Subjects were…

One of seven sections of a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence, this chapter presents competence assessment as it is defined in practice by selection techniques currently used by employers. The chapter begins with a discussion of the major techniques used in employee selection, focusing on the competencies employers…

The discrepancy evaluation model (DEM) specifies that evaluation consists of comparing performance with a standard, yielding discrepancy information. DEM is applied to programs in order to improve the program by making standards-performance-discrepancy cycles explicit and public. Action-oriented planning is involved in creating standards; a useful…

This catalog, a revised expanded version of an earlier ERIC paper (ED 120 590), lists 36 educational programs and 38 sets of competencies required by guidance and counseling personnel. It is organized into two sections--educational programs and lists of competencies--each of which is further divided into five areas of classification based on…

This booklet is one of a series of teacher-written curriculum publications launched by the Bay Area Writing Project, each focusing on a different aspect of the teaching of composition. The purpose of the booklet is to help teachers, parents, and students understand the provisions of contract independent study and how to start an independent study…

THE WORK OF AN EARLIER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT (NO. 470) WAS EXTENDED THROUGH THIS INVESTIGATION BY COMPARING THE MOTIVATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LEARNING PERFORMANCE OF A GROUP OF INSTITUTIONALIZED MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN WITH GROUPS OF SUPERIOR, NORMAL, AND MENTALLY RETARDED NONINSTITUTIONALIZED SUBJECTS. DATA ON THE…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ALLOWED TO ENROLL IN LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE TO TAKE STANDARD TRANSFERABLE COURSES OF COLLEGE LEVEL PRIOR TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. PERFORMANCE DATA AND GRADE POINT AVERAGES WERE GROUPED FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR EACH DEPARTMENT OR SUBJECT AREA. ON THE SCHOOL…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES UPON ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. TO EFFECT THE STUDY, A SERIES OF SCHOOL CONCERTS BY OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS WAS PRESENTED TO STUDENT AUDIENCES IN DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS IN THE ESPANOLA VALLEY AND SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. EVALUATION…

THE SUCCESSFUL OR "MOST EFFECTIVE" TEACHER IN AN EARLIER STUDY WAS USED AS A ROLE MODEL FOR MEASURING ROLE PERCEPTIONS OF BEGINNING VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHERS. DATA COLLECTED FROM 25 BEGINNING TEACHERS AND THEIR ADMINISTRATORS IDENTIFIED BEGINNING AND LATER ROLE PERCEPTIONS, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BEGINNING AND EXPERIENCED TEACHERS,…

THIS STUDY, CONDUCTED IN QUITO, EQUADOR FROM MAY THROUGH JULY, 1966, WAS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING TRANSFORMATIONAL CONCEPTS, SYMBOLS, AND TERMINOLOGY DIRECTLY IN THE CLASSROOM. FORTY-FOUR GIRLS AGED TWELVE TO FIFTEEN WERE DIVIDED INTO A CONTROL AND AN EXPERIMENT GROUP AFTER BEING GIVEN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS AND TWO…

THE INTERPERSONAL PROCESS RECALL (IPR) TECHNIQUE WAS DEVELOPED AS A MEANS FOR PROBING MORE DEEPLY INTO MAN'S THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AS HE INTERACTS WITH OTHERS. IT ASSUMES THAT IF A SUBJECT IS GIVEN ENOUGH CUES AND CLUES TO HELP HIM RELIVE AN EXPERIENCE, HIS FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS COULD BE EXPLORED IN DEPTH AND WITH REASONABLE ACCURACY OF RECALL.…

RESPONSE CHANGES BETWEEN HIGH-PERFORMANCE-RATED AND LOW-PERFORMANCE-RATED COUNSELOR CANDIDATES AS A RESULT OF AN INTRODUCTORY EXPERIENCE IN A SUPERVISED PRACTICUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE IF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS DIFFERENTIATED THE TWO GROUPS. THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, VARIABLE DEFINITIONS, AND A REVIEW OF…

TO DETERMINE THE FACTORS RELATED TO FIRST-YEAR 4-H LEADERS' CONTINUING IN OR DROPPING OUT OF 4-H WORK AND TO ANALYZE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE OF FIRST-YEAR 4-H LEADERS AND THE EVALUATION BY THEIR 4-H AGENTS OF JOBS PERFORMED AND NOT PERFORMED, IN 1961 QUESTIONNAIRES AND PERSONALITY TESTS WERE GIVEN TO 527 FIRST-YEAR 4-H…