OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE, EDUCATIONAL ORIENTATION, AND STUDENT TRANSFER IN DIFFERENT UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS WERE STUDIED. QUESTIONNAIRE DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM MALE FRESHMEN ENTERING THREE DIFFERENT UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS--LIBERAL ARTS, BUSINESS, AND ENGINEERING. A SECOND QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO THE SAME STUDENTS DURING THEIR SENIOR YEAR. USING…

THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL CULTURES (CONVENTIONAL, WORK, AND IMPULSE EXPRESSION) ON SELECTED PUPIL AND TEACHER BEHAVIOR VARIABLES WAS STUDIED. THE VARIABLES INCLUDED PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHER AND PUPIL ABSENTEEISM, AND TEACHER TURNOVER. ALSO STUDIED WAS THE SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL OF SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOODS AS RELATED TO SCHOOL CULTURE. TEACHERS AND PUPILS…

This publication is the complete transcript of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American education. This particular program focuses on the topic of violence and vandalism in schools. In separate segments of the program, Willard McGuire, vice-president of the National Education Association, comments on the seriousness of…

A 10-week seminar in self-control for 25 selected junior and senior psychology majors at the College of Wooster is described. The seminar was developed in response to increasing popularity of behavior modification and an interest in exploring applications of a science of behavior. The didactic aspect of the course was complemented by an applied…

Taking an ethnomethodological perspective, this paper addresses itself to the central question of how meanings are constructed by members to create social reality. Here, the interest lies in explicating the interpretive procedures used by the classroom teacher in constructing pupil categorizations. As a specialist, the teacher is expected to be…

The COVID-19 pandemic, which affected all areas of life, also continues to affect addiction situations. The present study was conducted to investigate the relationships among self-alienation, fear of COVID-19 and smartphone addiction. Within the scope of the research, 4 hypotheses were tested within the quantitative design. Using the…

What determines an individual's capacity to control his own behavior? Article provided eight skill-clusters for emphasis in teaching children self-control. (Author/RK)

Three hundred and fifty 5-11 year olds gave their opinions on what they would do as ideal teachers in an ideal world. The survey provided insight into students' needs, hopes, and priorities. (Author/RK)

Sending a questionnaire and story clipping to news sources provides feedback for students and gives instructors an indication of student behavior and accuracy while "on the job." (RL)

Examination of disciplinary referrals reveals patterns involving the relationship of race and sex of both teachers and students with White female teachers making significantly more referrals than their Black male counterparts. Several questions for future study are raised. (JMF)

This paper focuses on behavior contracts at school which attempt to promote a home school cooperative effort. The contract is drawn up at school, and classroom teachers award points for appropriate school behaviors; parents in turn reward the student if the report is good. (DS)

Effects of a packaged teacher-consultant-mediated intervention program (CLASS) for modifying acting-out behavior in the regular classroom were evaluated. The experimental groups significantly increased their proportion of appropriate behavior postintervention and required fewer remedial services and special class placement years later. Training…

Although the "rhetoric of concern" which surrounds talk about desegregation in this southern urban public high school works to some degree in balancing the demands associated with controlling student behavior and developing trust among the community, it seems to be dysfunctional for efforts in dealing with race relations in the school. (Author/EB)

Readers are invited, in this article, to test their abilities in diagnosing the learning difficulties of a junior high school student and prescribing the right kind of instructional program for the student. (Author/MLF)

Teacher preference may well be the underlying element that determines the association between instructional formats and control activities. (Author)