The efficacy of a systematic program of intervention for behaviorally disordered students was investigated with 29 teachers and 487 students in secondary schools. Teacher Ss were divided into two groups, 16 experimental Ss who participated in 6 days of workshop training and served as advocates for 1 to 3 students and 13 control teachers. Student…

This report examines the implementation of a five-day French immersion program whose goal was to expose rural secondary school students to French in cultural context, in order to develop cultural understanding and effective communication. Findings of the study show: (1) 14 percent of the program time was spent on instructional activity, 20 percent…

It was hypothesized that the perception of the nonverbal behavior of the teacher held by the student may differ from the perception held by an outside observer. This study was designed to compare participant and nonparticipant observers' perception of teacher nonverbal behavior as having encouraging or discouraging affect qualities during a…

College presidents have traditionally been burdened with pressures from alumni, trustees, faculty, students, politicians. However, mounting pressure from the New Left has made the role of the college president a hazard to health of body, mind and reputation. The goals of the New Left are first to disrupt and then to destroy our system of higher…

The accuracy with which testees perceived the difficulty of ability-test items was investigated by administering two 41-item conventional tests on verbal ability. High- and low-ability groups responded to test items by choosing the correct alternative and then rating each item's difficulty relative to their levels of ability. Least-squares…

An escalation in the use of non-book materials in the library at the University of Bath created the need for an evaluation of their uses, learning efficiency, and cost effectiveness. Data were collected during 1976-1977 using observations, short and long questionnaires, free responses, group interviews with students, and cost analysis. All…

This paper presents a series of studies related to the question of how children learn to evaluate themselves in achievement situations. The approach to the research is based on the Weiner et al attributional model of achievement. The paper describes three studies designed to determine the extent to which first, second and third grade children use…

The need for a new type of standardized procedure to learn what educational concerns junior college students have and how effectively they felt they're needs were being met led to the development of a questionnaire to meet the need. This report presents a description of the various phases through which the questionnaire was developed and made…

This is the final questionnaire developed to ascertain Student Reactions to College from Junior College Students. The items in the questionnaire relate to the following: Sex, Age, Marital Status, Living Arrangements, Employment, Ethnic Group, When Classes Are Attended, Number of Credit Hours Enrolled, Previous Semesters or Quarters Completed at…

This topical paper discusses the concept of teacher-student interaction. In an attempt to apply the concept to junior colleges, the paper presents the findings of several research studies in which the types and extent of interaction have been assessed at other levels of schooling. Only a few of the ways in which teachers and students relate are…

The general plan of the 4-year (1966-1970) Educational Laboratory Theatre Project was to have theatre companies in Rhode Island, New Orleans, and Los Angeles give five matinee performances per week for high school students and three evening performances for adults in order to (1) make extensive use of professional theatre as an integral part of…

The purpose of this investigation was: (1) to determine whether the hypothesized properties of the Structure of Intellect Tests could be found to hold for college freshmen, and (2) to determine the relationship with two standardized marker tests. A total of ten Structure of Intellect Tests, the Cooperative Reading Comprehension Test, and the…

Tape-recordings of five first-grade boys retelling three picture-story books were analyzed to determine the effects of illustration and text in cueing children's oral responses to literature and to explore research methodologies in the area of children's literature. "Where the Wild Things Are,""Whistle for Willie," and "Randy's Dandy Lions" were…

To point out some inadequacies in the usual ways of studying and teaching literature, to emphasize that books exist primarily to be read by individual human beings, and to explore some of the questions which arise when it is seriously acknowledged that books require individual readers and readings, the author of this volume demonstrates that…

The hypothesis that, for vocational and nonvocational teachers, a directive teaching style would be more effective with concrete authoritarian students and a nondirective teaching style would be more effective with abstract, nonauthoritarian students was tested in a two-phase study. A behavior rating scale, Student Perception of Teacher Style…