The relationship between teacher characteristics and classroom behavior and the academic achievement of students is examined. Observation focused upon the effect of specific teacher behaviors on student time-on-task in the classroom. It was posited that time-on-task produces gains in achievement, coping skill, self-esteem, and general attitude on…

Reading Grade Levels (RGLs) of 185 Rate Training Manuals (RTMs) and 188 Non-Resident Career Courses (NRCCs) were determined using the Flesch Reading Ease Score. Results indicated that the majority of the RTMs and NRCCs were written at the lower college grade level. The RGLs vary widely within each RTM and NRCC, ranging from the seventh grade to…

A complete bibliographic reference and an abstract are given for each publication of the Human Factors Laboratory from 1976-1978, including journal articles and conference proceedings papers which members of the Laboratory published during the same period. Three indexes--index by source (contractor or in-house), author index, and subject matter…

It has been observed that following a brief period of isolation, children tend to show a greater increase in responsiveness on a simple motor task than nonisolated children do when verbal reinforcement is given periodically during a task. One explanation is that the social deprivation of the brief isolation heightens the motivation to receive…

This book is written for coaches of youth league baseball teams. Every phase of the game is covered, with each chapter devoted to a specific position on the team, outlining proper techniques for performing in that position, and describing common errors and how to correct them. Illustrations demonstrate points made in the narrative. A "fault…

This study examined the relationship between students' reading achievement and their achievement in other school subjects one year after graduating from a diagnostic and remedial reading program. Gain scores indicated by pretesting and posttesting with the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills were compared with the difference between grades in other…

The domain-referenced approach to assessment results in a set of tests that are closely linked to theoretical propositions about aspects of reading comprehension. In this paper, the definition, validation, and use of domains are described, and one strategy for developing domain-referenced measures is proposed. The strategy involves identifying a…

A vocational training project involving videotape segments was conducted with four severely handicapped adults. Results indicated that a reinforced video modeling procedure was able to rapidly train severely handicapped adults (with a trainer to client ratio of one to two) on a complex benchwork assembly task. A correlational analysis of the group…

The controversy about the causal ordering of leader behaviors and unit performance is reviewed. The analysis indicates that neither the behavior-performance nor the performance-behavior proponents have provided convincing evidence. A longitudinal study of the development of these interrelationships from the initial stages is described. The results…

The purpose of this study was to assess Welford's dual controlling factor interpretation of Fitts' Law--describing movement time as being a linear function of movement distance (or amplitude) and the required precision of the movement (or target width). Welford's amplification of the theory postulates that two separate processes ought to be…

This paper presents the results of research conducted to investigate the relationship of various psychosocial variables on the positioning of college ice hockey players. The California Personality Inventory (CPI) was administered to the NCAA Championship ice hockey team at the University of Minnesota, and a separate subjective psychosocial rating…

Eight teachers and 169 second-grade students participated in a study of the relationship of social interaction to reading achievement. Teachers rated each student on a behavior checklist in order to categorize each as high, average, or low, socially interactive. The SRA Achievement Series reading test and the California Short Form Test of Mental…

The purpose of this study was to investigate within the vicarious learning paradigm the effects of manipulated self-evaluation treatments and model performance conditions on both the acquisition and subsequent performance of novel and self-reinforcing responses. It was predicted that subjects receiving either high or low self-evaluation treatments…

This report summarizes three recent studies conducted by the Bureau of School Programs Evaluation of the New York State Education Department that sought to identify relationships between various school factors and student performance in reading and mathematics. The studies utilized three different research strategies. The Regression Study…

Profiles are drawn of the 13,477 participants (75 percent nonwhite) in the Career Opportunities Program (COP) in 1972 in terms of their jobs, education, training, and performance as students. The report touches on how the 132 demonstration programs have affected local education agencies in the areas of differentiated staffing and new career…