A program of instruction was designed to promote positive self-concept in elementary school students in order to test the hypothesis that such self-concept is necessary for academic achievement and desirable behavior. Twenty students who were performing at a year below grade level in reading and math were selected for the study. These students…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop, implement, and evaluate a system of behavior modification on a school-wide basis. The system developed was that of a token economy. Baseline data was gathered during the first three school months on behaviors identified as "avoidance." The system was implemented during the fourth school month and…

The Instrument for Observing Classroom Science Behavior (IOCSB) describes and measures the frequency of classroom science behavior at the elementary school level. It was developed to study the relationship of science attitudes of preservice elementary teachers to subsequent performance in science teaching. During their student teaching period, 38…

Attendance at guest lectures, instructor lectures, and films in self-paced introductory psychology courses was examined in two experiments with 180 students in an introductory psychology class at Utah State University. In the first experiment, students were given no points, one point credit toward interviews, or one point credit toward the final…

A questionnaire was used to help define student discipline, categorize and rank the concerns of different groups regarding student discipline, and provide examples of issues. The questionnaire asked citizens, parents, students, teachers, counselors, and principals to list the most important, second most important, and third most important problems…

This study is one in a series investigating the relationship between motivation training and measures of individual motivation and school behavior of elementary school pupils. One-hundred and twenty-two seventh grade students from an inner-city school district were divided into experimental and control groups by random assignment of classrooms.…

Presented are observations and suggestions related to the design and expectations of an auditory learning experience with handicapped children. It is explained that comments are based on a 1973-74 project to evaluate auditory instructional materials in which 75 handicapped (blind, retarded, and developmentally disabled) and nonhandicapped…

The perceived environments of departments in five graduate fields were studied in a longitudinal study of a large sample of students. Students' perceptions of the administrative, peer, academic, and general environments of the departments were examined by an extensive questionnaire. The "environments" of the fields differed in plausible ways, each…

This bulletin is one of four containing reprints of working papers used in developing the teacher performance specifications for the Georgia educational model for the preparation of elementary school teachers (ED 025 491). "Teacher performance specifications" are defined as descriptions of behaviors regarded by the Georgia study as…

Most standardized testing programs do not furnish examples of the kinds of information young people actually know. Instead they indicate only (1) how far an individual student is above or below an average score, and (2) the average score of a classroom or a school in relation to others. In contrast, National Assessment evaluates educational…

This paper examines the role of student affairs administrators, reviewing their past responsibilities and concerns, and considering recent events and actions influencing changes in their role. In conclusion, the author proposes that the administrator should currently be concerned with: (1) opening new channels for student participation in shaping…

This report discusses the development and implementation of a program for simultaneous use of three classroom observation systems which measure different dimensions of student behavior. The three observation systems are the Teacher Practices Observation Record, whose basis is the education of students in the process of reflective thinking; the…

This twenty-four item scale assesses students' actual and desired political-social activism in terms of physical participation, communication activities, and information-gathering activities. About ten minutes are required to complete the instrument. The scale is divided into two subscales. The first twelve items (ACT-A) question respondents on…

The relationship between students and their college/university environment is a mutually interdependent one; the degree of student activity or passivity in this orientation can be determined only by considering the student in the context of his particular environment. This study involves 138 college students in an experimental group who have taken…

Evaluation of instructional programs involves the process of ascertaining the decisions to be made. The decision maker, not the evaluator, determines the questions to be asked or the decisions to be made. A second task of evaluation deals with the specification of required information in light of system objectives. The task of the evaluator…