A coordinator from a publishing firm, a state director of language arts, a specialist in language arts, a school superintendent, and two executives from educational development companies give their opinions on the practice of schools contracting with private companies to teach remedial reading. (VJ)

Discusses a continuum of approaches to discipline that range from those granting the child maximum freedom or authority to those that emphasize teacher control over children's behavior. (RH)

Health contracting is a useful structure to guide and facilitate lifestyle and behavior changes and to promote self-control and responsibility. An investigation of college students' attempts to change health behaviors through contracting is reported. Health instruction and contracts appear to affect, and to have some lasting effects on, students'…

Describes the use of andragogy (a process for helping students become self-directed learners) in an oral communications course. Reveals that the use of performance contracts increased students' involvement in planning, conducting, and evaluating their own learning. Reviews indicators of the strategy's success. (DMM)

A system designed to provide workable mathematics enrichment to gifted students in a standard mathematics classroom is presented. Mathematical contracts are the main feature of this successfully used program. (MP)

An elementary activity based energy education unit which utilizes student contracts is described. Examples of the preparation involved, student involvement entailed, and examples of contracts and grading criteria are included. (DS)

Reviews the literature on reciprocity counseling. Evidence is presented for the usefulness of reciprocity counseling with young, well-educated, White clients with slight to moderate marital distress. Research into the effectiveness of several components of reciprocity counseling including contracting, problem solving training, and feedback is…

The opportunity to read orally to a reinforcing audience (the psychologist) successfully increased the rate of completion of other academic tasks, over a four-week period, by a learning disabled student. The checklist used to record task completion was a simple, inexpensive, and quick technique. (CP)

Describes an approach to evaluating creative writing in which the teacher acts as an editor and grades according to contracts set up during conferences. (MKM)

The authors discuss positive and negative implications of learning contracts for classroom oriented programs. They show how themes and purposes can be organized within learning contracts, using examples from courses at Empire State College in New York. For journal availability, see SO 505 438. (Author/AV)

The contract learning laboratory program utilized during the 1974-75 academic year is described, including specially-designed experiments and typical results. A student evaluation of the program is also given. (LBH)

This article presents answers to common questions about use of contingency contracts for behavior management with students needing individualized programs in academic or social-emotional areas. A methodological format for developing contracts, a planning worksheet, and a sample contract are included. (DB)

Describes Boston's efforts to abandon adversarial bargaining in favor of a reform-oriented contract establishing a shared decision-making model of school-based management. The model includes significant parent involvement, a mentoring program for new teachers, a voluntary peer-assistance program for veteran teachers, and collaborative…

A well-designed college course syllabus can serve a variety of purposes: as an agreement between teacher and student; as a device for communicating intent, seriousness, and expectations; as an overall plan of action for the course; and as a cognitive map of the course to share with students. This article identifies the major components of a good…