This study was designed to identify some of the variables that may be associated with student use of deception. Data for a broad introductory analysis of the problem was collected on 238 third, fourth, and fifth grade students, during the second half of the 1970-71 school year, who were enrolled in a school using Individually Prescribed…

This form was devised to provide a set of procedures for collecting and utilizing direct observations of specific student behaviors which clearly illustrate the achievement of one of the ten goals of this program. Forms can be used by teachers, students, and parents. (See TM 001 375 for summary of project.) (MS)

Categories of effective and ineffective behavior in regard to Goal Three of the Quality Education Program (regarding basic skills) are listed. Both the rationales for areas of effective student behavior and the categories of teacher strategies are also included. (See TM 001 375 for project description.) (MS)

THE PARTICULAR FOCUS OF THIS STUDY WAS UPON THE EXTENT TO WHICH VALUES AND ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS INFLUENCE THEIR EVALUATION AND RATINGS OF STUDENTS OF VARYING CLASSES AND ETHNIC ORIGINS. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT TEACHERS WITH MIDDLE-CLASS BACKGROUNDS AND BIASES TEND TO EVALUATE MORE NEGATIVELY THOSE PUPILS IDENTIFIED AS BEING OF A LOW…

THE RELATIONSHIPS OPERATING AMONG COMMUNICATOR CREDIBILITY, PERSUASIVELY INDUCED ATTITUDE CHANGE, AND SUBSEQUENT OVERT BEHAVIOR WERE IDENTIFIED AND ANALYZED. COMMUNICATOR CREDIBILITY WAS DEFINED AS THE EFFECT OF THE IMAGE OF A SPEAKER IN THE MINDS OF A LISTENING AUDIENCE PRIOR TO THE TIME OF UTTERANCE (ARNOLD, 1965). A TOTAL OF 734 COLLEGE…

An examination of rules and regulations of five schools within a 15-mile radius in Cook County, Illinois, illustrates the diverse nature of behavior problems in schools. Overcrowding, race, poverty, and drugs are suggested by social scientists to be among the causes for disruptions within school systems. The schools in this study include an…

The Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study, Phase II, was a research project on effective teaching behavior--what teachers do that significantly affects what and how pupils learn. The purposes of Phase II were to (1) develop an assessment system for measuring teacher and student behaviors and other factors which could influence each of them and their…

Developed was a student behavior rating system for use by teachers in identifying and assessing behavior problems and as an aid in classroom management. A time coding instrument was used, with behavior expressed as relative frequencies of a hierarchy of four mutually exclusive, exhaustive categories of behavior--relevent, unproductive, disruptive,…

This paper offers strategies for classroom control with secondary students. Cooperation between teacher and student was chosen as a goal in preference to student obedience to teacher instructions. (Author)

Sex differences in career aspirations and behavior following unsuccessful application to medical school are examined. Findings from a 1972 national study indicate that women are less persistent than men in reapplying, more likely to lower their educational aspirations, and less likely to enroll in doctoral degree programs. (Author)

An experimental flight program produced marked changes in the behavior of a group of inner-city junior high school students. A longitudinal study verifies that the changed behavior continued after the students left school. (IRT)

Studies with the Madsen Cooperation Board are described, showing differences in cooperation and competition between Polynesian and European children. Another study of Cook Islands, Samoan, and Fijian children is reported and the school's role in increasing competitive behavior discussed. Teaching changes are suggested to encourage more adaptive…

This study sought to determine if student behavior was as great a problem in 18 California alternative high schools as it is reported to be in regular high schools. Results showed that discipline was rarely a major concern in the alternative schools. Fourteen possible reasons were hypothesized. (Author/SJL)

Teachers can learn to describe unacceptable student behavior, without judging it, and to define classroom conflicts as problems to be solved, not battles to be won. Two studies demonstrate that this type of democratic classroom environment decreases misbehavior and absenteeism. (SJL)

Handicapped students and shop teachers from a comprehensive vocational-technical school provided a model for (1) diversifying and expanding the role of the vocational school psychologist; (2) integrating behavioral, affective, and career aspects of adolescent development; and (3) implementing a program involving students, teachers, parents, and…