This paper dealt with the importance of using both behavior modification and consultation principles in work done with teachers. A case study was presented in which a teacher effectively implemented a behavior modification program to control the disruptive behavior of one child. However, this did not generalize to the total classroom which was…

The Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program provides instruction based on specific objectives correlated with placement instruments, teaching methods, and individualized materials for wide ranges of differences in the classroom. The program was implemented in the five elementary schools of Lowndes County, Georgia, in 1970-72. This study…

Changes that occur within the belief systems of student teachers were investigated with respect to changes in authoritarianism, dogmatism or open/closed-mindedness, Machiavellianism, and values. Participants were 173 Central Michigan University elementary and secondary education majors. The control group consisted of 56 education majors; the…

This study explored the relationship between changes in student classroom behavior and teacher behavior. More specifically, teacher responses to students were evaluated as a function of systematic changes in the students' classroom behavior. The investigation was conducted in a fifth-grade classroom of a primary school located in a residential,…

Research in an urban public school system (Grand Rapids, Michigan) was conducted to determine teachers' view of Ritalin for school children. Three questions were addressed: what contact with and information about Ritalin do teachers have; what attitude do teachers express toward Ritalin; and what professional behaviors do teachers report in regard…

The classroom teacher should be proficient in the use of the operant conditioning principles of positive reinforcement and extinction. An eight-step outline of one approach to modifying classroom behavior uses and builds on these principles. People have been afraid to use scientific knowledge of human behavior because of their fear of being…

The authors were asked to provide in-service training for teachers in an elementary school on an experimental basis. This was the first time the district has offered such training in a single school for faculty of that school. Twenty-two of the twenty-seven teachers at the 800 pupil elementary school in Spring Valley, New York were enrolled in an…

The paper briefly explains operant conditioning as it pertains to special educators. Operant conditioning is thought to be an efficient method for modifying student behavior. Using the B. F. Skinner frame of reference, operant conditioning is said to include behavior modification and therapy, programed instruction, and computer assisted and…

The study compared the efficacy, side effects, and safety of magnesium pemoline (Cylert) and destroamphetamine (Dexedrine) as compared with placebo. Subjects were 81 children, ages 6-12 years, who evidenced one or more signs of minimal brain dysfunction, and were referred with major complaints of hyperactivity, short attention span,…

A battery of behavioral tests yielding 79 measures, many of which were presumably related to learning and memory, was administered to house mice of seven inbred strains. An analysis of the factorial structure indicated that the two principal and most pervasive factors underlying performance on the battery involved the initiation and maintenance of…

The general objectives of the program for migrant children were to maximize the educational potential of the migrant child and to increase the probability of a successful educational experience in the public schools. A total of 21 students ranging in age from 4 to 5 1/2 years were enrolled in the kindergarten class. Two races were represented with…

Two experiments are reported: one with autistic children in a day-care treatment program. the other with "hopeless" rating behavior in a grade six school setting. Although the samples were small (seven in the autistic group, 43 in the sixth grade group), the results indicated conclusively the increased rate of cooperative responses and decrease of…

The Treatment Evaluation Project was established to evaluate the feasibility of using behavioral treatment in conjunction with methadone maintenance to improve the effectiveness of methadone treatment. Over 100 outpatients were accepted into treatment and randomly assigned to one of four behavioral treatment modalities in addition to the usual…

Conducted on over 3,000 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children in six states, this study documents changes in nutrition-related knowledge and behaviors which can be related to participating in the Mulligan Stew televsion series. This volume contains a summary of the findings of the study and recommendations. After participating in the series,…

An experiment (January-December 1969), applying a packaged learning program, consisting of 30 individual units on a variety of subjects in a voluntary continuing education program in state rehabilitation agencies demonstrated significantly increased information about the counseling job among those counselors who actually took one or more units and…