Children in four kindergarten classes were observed directly in their classrooms over a 10-day period early in the school year. Cluster analysis revealed four distinct groups of children as determined by observable classroom behavior. One group with a particular pattern of observable behavior emerged as high-risk. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to test the effect of a feedback method on certain aspects of interns' teaching performance. Results indicate the experimental group, which had been given positive feedback, gave significantly more positive verbal reinforcement to children than the control group. (Author/HMV)

The use of television, videotape and film in microteaching is discussed. These and other developments in modern technology can be most useful in teacher education if combined with new integrated training systems. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This paper explores the college classroom as a cybernetic system and the implications of such a conceptualization for college teaching. (MK)

The anthropological field study approach is said to provide a means of breaking through the present conceptual framework that purports to understand complex phenomena by breaking them up into separate variables. (AM)

Flanders' interaction analysis method is discussed with relation to teacher training. A modification of the analysis is outlined with reference to the coding procedure developed by Urbach. The original category system is modified to include relevant aspects of classroom interaction. (Text is in German.) (AM)

Paper presented at the International Seminar on Experimental Research in Music Education (University of Reading, Reading, England, July 9-16, 1968).

Paper presented at 1968 Annual Convention of the Council for Exceptional children (New York, April 1968).

Writers attempting to describe administration have approached the subject from a number of perspectives. Researchers such as Gulick (1937) identified planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting as functional elements of administration. Hemphill, Griffiths, and Fredericksen (1962), using simulated job settings,…

The category of attention deficit disorder is defined in terms of diagnostic symptoms (inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity) and definitions. Aspects which need to be covered in the classroom evaluation of a child with suspected attention deficit disorder are reviewed, including examination of the task for its appropriateness; determination…

This final report presents and discusses a model for an ethnographic study of a K-12 public educational system. To develop the model the author investigated the structure and process of a small, rural educational system. The purpose of the research was the refinement of educational anthropology observation methods and classroom sampling…

The nature of children's distress reactions to medical treatment is examined in terms of age and sex differences and initial normative data are provided. Predominately white, middle class children, ages 1 to 11, were observed while receiving allergy treatment injections. Males were observed on 453 injection occasions while females were observed on…

The external evaluation of the Title VII Bilingual Education Program of the Clovis Municipal Schools (NM) is described. The purpose of the program is to provide bilingual instruction for selected participants, grades K-3, in eight elementary schools. The evaluation was designed to (1) observe classroom teaching and activities utilized in bilingual…