Reviews the use of behavior modification to control behavior problems in secondary schools. The literature reviewed demonstrates the effectiveness of behavior modification with both average and very difficult students. Describes behavioral techniques, such as group contingencies, home-based reinforcement systems, and contingency contracting, as…

Eight guidelines for contract learning-type programs are presented under the headings (1) supplying rationales, (2) focusing on the faculty, (3) assessing faculty performance, (4) assessing student readiness, (5) assessing the costs, (6) students as researchers, (7) how much academic credit, and (8) agents of change. Focus is on the faculty as…

A Danish university's foreign language teacher education program's use of learning contracts is described. The student project has four major functions: solving a particular instructional problem, working in a group, finding a method that uses the individuals' skills to their best advantage, and organizing the work to be done. (MSE)

Systematic contracting which involves students, parents, and teachers negotiating common issues is a time-limited cognitive-behavioral intervention that has the potential to maximize psychologists' impact upon schools. (BW)

Ways in which the Program Effectiveness and Related Cost evaluation strategy at Empire State College is contributing to informed decisions about educational outcomes are discussed. (Editor/LBH)

With a spirit that comes from seeing people help themselves, the Community College of Vermont needs no campus, full-time faculty, or football team. (Editor)

Describes several class activities to introduce the metric system to seventh graders. Also presents three groups of activities that are used to individualize instruction. Students choose activities within each group, completing as many as contracted in the areas of (1) making something, (2) gathering experimental data, and (3) completing…

While scholars--Elbow (1997), Dolphin (1997)--have suggested contract grading, most contracts are initially created from the top down to promote the accountability required by administrators. Additionally, Radican (1997) describes issues of accountability in portfolio assessment. This paper describes the use of contracts along three major…

Noting the increased diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), this book offers help for families in communicating with professionals about the symptoms and treatment of children with ADHD. Following an introduction defining ADHD as a neurobiological disorder, this book calls for an increased understanding of the children…

After describing performance contracting as exemplified of the system in operation at a Gary, Indiana elementary school, the authors give the implications of such systems for counselors. To them, this approach seems to neglect the psycho-social aspects of students' education. They therefore recommend that counselors conduct research to evaluate…

New approach extends manpower service delivery, on contractual basis, to remote rural areas. (AG)

Describes a performance contract for average and above average students. (RB)

Reprints this editorial on guaranteed-performance contractors from the New England Reading Association Journal, Fall 1970. (MB)