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Lantz, Jean – 1981
Integrating concepts of basic citizenship education with community involvement, this experiential curriculum provides a means for developing decision making and critical thinking skills within the existing second grade social studies curriculum. The 10 lessons, translated into Spanish, cover the following concepts: friendly, unfriendly and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Capriole, Joan; And Others – 1980
This handbook contains strategies for facilitating a peer support group for vocational students in nontraditional programs. Outlined first are the goals and objectives of a support group, and the benefits of a peer support group are set forth. Following a description of the characteristics and role of the facilitator, strategies are provided for…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Attendance, Behavioral Objectives, Community Role
von Raffler-Engel, Walburga; And Others – 1978
A pilot experiment aimed at discovering sex-specific language patterns as exhibited by males and females in conversation with same-sex and other-sex partners falsified the hypothesis frequently stated in the literature that males hold the dominant role in mixed-sex verbal interaction, at least in regard to college students. Twelve dyadic…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Human Relations
Memphis City School System, TN. – 1978
Parent/community involvement in public education is discussed in terms of positive and negative changes. White flight, declining test scores, discipline problems, and rising educational expenditures are cited as contributing factors to the negative image and decreased public support for education. Morale and labor management relations before and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Download full textBULLOCK, HENRY ALLEN – 1967
A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PREDICT DROPOUT BEHAVIOR AMONG URBAN NEGRO BOYS WHO CONFRONT CONVENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRESSURES. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE DETERMINING INDICATORS OF DROPOUT BEHAVIOR LIE WITHIN THE SOCIAL-PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN IN THE SYSTEMATIZED, SOMETIMES HOSTILE DEMANDS IMPOSED UPON…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Dropout Characteristics
Torrance, E. Paul – 1965
The need for rewarding creative thinking is asserted; a plan is proposed for studying evaluation and creative behavior; and measurement of creative behavior is discussed. Three groups of studies are presented. The first set considers the ways the intermediate environment rewards creative behavior; aspects treated include applying principles for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Cultural Differences
Haller, Emil J.; Thorson, Sondra J. – 1968
The purpose of this paper was to determine the effect of the school's structure upon three aspects of the student's political socialization: community, regime, and authorities. Age level divisions foster a sense of community in and out of school, and pupil-teacher authority relationships establish attitudes toward authorities and norms of behavior…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Peer Relationship
Hough, Richard L.; And Others – 1968
High school students and heads of households in rural areas of Illinois were studied with respect to their attitudes toward Negroes. The hypothesis used was that a youth subculture or "contra-culture" did serve as an important socializing agent in forming the attitudes of students toward Negroes. Results indicated that there was only…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Blacks, Family Attitudes, Family Influence
Seegmiller, Bonni R. – 1977
Two basic problems are confronted in this research: (1) What is sex role differentiation?, and (2) How does one go about measuring it? Both questions revolve around construct validity and the adequacy of sex role measures. Most investigators have used dependent "objective-verbal" tests to measure sex role differentiation. These either involve…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Identification (Psychology), Interaction Process Analysis, Measurement Techniques
Hampe, Gary D. – 1976
The study examined the increase of drinking from 1964 to 1975 among teenagers enrolled in two high schools in different sociocultural rural areas of Mississippi. The sample was composed of students in two high schools located in a "wet" county and a "dry" county. A questionnaire was administered to 525 students in 1964 and 793…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Alcoholism, Behavior Change
Marton, Ference – Educational Development: Information on Research and Development in Post-Secondary Education, 1975
In response to the growing dissatisfaction of students in the late 1960's to the traditional educational system, where the student felt forced into a role of dependency and passive consumption, the Swedish Commission on University Education suggested an instructional system of supervised student teams as a supplement to regular instruction. The…
Descriptors: Activism, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Educational Development
Harrison, G. Scott – 1971
This paper contains ideas intended to help the teacher preparing to teach Navaho children and offers suggestions for an independent reading and study program to enable the teacher to understand the culture in which he will be working. A brief history of the Navaho people is presented, followed by a discussion of some cultural differences between…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis
Barclay, James R. – 1971
The Barclay Classroom Climate Inventory, an instrument designed to measure self-competency skills, peer evaluations, vocational awareness, and teacher judgments of elementary school children is outlined. A brief review of the literature is presented, with a discussion of the parts of the instrument and the methods whereby the scores derived from…
Descriptors: Behavior, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Oriented Programs
Averch, Harvey A.; And Others – 1971
The results of a critical survey of research on educational effectiveness, performed to assess the current state of knowledge regarding the determinants of educational outcomes, are reported. An input-output approach was used to analyze the relationship between the amounts of various resources provided to students and the educational outcomes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Background, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Jackson, Douglas N.; And Others – 1971
In a comparative evaluation of a standard true-false format for personality assessment and a forced-choice format, subjects from college residential units were assigned randomly to respond either to the forced-choice or standard true-false form of the Personality Research Form (PRF). All subjects also rated themselves and the members of their…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, College Housing, College Students, Comparative Analysis
