This study used interaction process analysis, personal interviews, and Likert's "Profile of Organizational Characteristics" to assess the communication patterns of two television organizations in two selected corporations. By systematic observation of the two corporate executives that directed these television organizations, the study found that…

This report presents a portion of the evaluation of the planned variation of Project Follow Through, in which increased understanding of education which is functional for disadvantaged children has been a major concern. This segment of the evaluation has the following two objectives: (1) to describe in behavioral terms the differences among…

This report was prepared for the Dothan City Board of Education by the Human Resources Research Organization to describe work done as a part of the Dothan City Schools' project "Comprehensive Services for Socio-Emotional Conflict," a three-year project which had as its fundamental objective the reduction of undesirable effects of socio-emotional…

In 1973, the School of Education at the University of South Dakota reorganized from a departmental structure to a team approach. Programs became competency based, field based, and modular in nature. The program sequence begins with the American Education course in the sophomore year. This course was designed for students to familiarize themselves…

The Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES), 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 pupil behaviors and other factors which could influence each of them and…

To evaluate the effect of the children's television program "Sesame Street" on Chicano viewers and to identify areas for improvement, the Children's Television Workshop contracted with the Chicano Studies Center at the University of California at Los Angeles to provide the following services: (1) establish observation sites in the Los…

These materials will help the educator develop an awareness of nonverbal behavior, which is complimentary to and independent of the verbal realm, to give a complete picture of the classroom. The purpose of the manual is to enable the teacher to identify nonverbal components of behavior, including dimensions other than behavioral of the teacher's…

The Social Science Observation Record (SSOR) is an interaction analysis-systematic observation scheme enabling users to engage in interaction analysis as a descriptive record. Pilot studies suggest that the knowledge of the system enables pre-service social studies teachers (using microteaching simulation) to modify their own behavior in…

Described is a prototype computer assisted teacher training system (CATTS) to provide continuous immediate feedback to teacher trainees. The importance of immediate feedback in teacher education is discussed. Advantages of CATTS are explained to include the adoption of a broad spectrum of observable teacher and pupil behaviors, and the rapid…

The importance of parenting roles and home environments on the young child's learning is given support through an examination of current child development research and contemporary sociological theory. Some methods that can be employed by the child care professional to facilitate parent involvement and awareness include: (1) interaction groups…

This doctoral dissertation examines the question of whether student classroom behavior influences teachers' classroom behavior, and if so, whether the direction of change is predictable, as has been suggested by previous research. The four hypotheses tested were: 1) There will be a significant change in teacher behavior when there is change in…

The effect of a high-opportunity (HO) versus a low-opportunity (LO) play environment on the aggression of preschool children was investigated, hypothesizing that the LO play environment will elicit significantly more aggression than the HO play environment. The two environments were presented randomly to one group of 10 4-year-olds, five of each…

This study was designed to compare the utilization of instructional time of first grade classroom teachers with and without full-time teacher aides, to compare the academic performance of children in these two groups, and to examine the relationship between teacher and aide activity. A sub-purpose was the development of an observation instrument…

The Behavior Rating Scale measures behavioral skills by observing the child during the administration of other tests. The rating dimensions include independence, concentration, tractability, attitude and disposition toward testing, and overflow behavior. All are scored on a scale of 0-4, low to high. (PR)

The experiment reported in this document is based on the work of Garrison and others in developing a testing and interviewing procedure designed to enable increased self-definition on the part of prospective teachers and earlier development of appropriate and effective teaching styles. Three groups of elementary education majors were involved in…