An inservice program, Project Alert, was conducted during the summer of 1973 in 50 school districts in New York State. Project Alert had a two-fold purpose: to increase the diagnostic/prescriptive skills of selected classroom teachers and to increase the leadership capabilities of the selected teachers so that they might function as inservice…

The Conference Role Semantic Differential (CRSD) is a behavior rating scale for evaluation of individual staff member behavior in a conference. Part 1 of the 12 item draft and the 15 item revised version contains personal behavior characteristics to be rated along a seven point continuum. Part 2 contains two open-ended questions asking what is…

A new instrument for classroom observation called the Personal Record of School Experience (PROSE), has been developed at Educational Testing Service. While PROSE was invented for a specific project involving 2000 4-year-old ghetto children, its general applicability has already become apparent. PROSE represents a primitive method of classroom…

The first aim of this study is to see whether high dogmatic and field dependent measures, taken together, are related to being liked by others in a teaching situation. The second aim is to develop a reliable sociometric measure of peer judgement that would tap the interpersonal domain within the context of professional duties. The Hidden Figures…

Several research studies conducted during 1971, designed to better understand and predict behavior variables related to a child's development of academic and social skills, are described. Nowicki Strickland IE scale, including 40 Yes-No questions readable at fifth grade level and understandable to younger children, was used. Reliability and…

A behaviorally specific motivational effort rating scale was developed and tested. The organizational specific scale results were examined and compared to those generated from the Landy and Guion scale. It was found that the organizationally specific and engineer relevant scale is a better predictor of two types of expectancies. (Author)

Adaptive behavior scales can be very helpful in the overall assessment of minority children. In some states they are mandatory. Their weaknesses, particularly with the AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scale, are sampling bias and appropriateness in the areas of culture, language, and socioeconomic status. (Author)

Three Scales of imitative behavior (nonverbal, vocal, and verbal) were administered to 28 Down's syndrome Ss (mean age 26 years) and 56 Ss (mean age 26.8 years) with other diagnoses in order to test the hypothesis that Down's syndrome individuals "are outstanding in their mimicry". (Author/PHR)

A simulation device described that measures a teacher's ability to identify verbal and nonverbal emotions expressed by students through the use of videotaped excerpts of teacher-learner interactions and accompanying multiple-choice instrumentation. (MJB)

Responds to Worobey and Brazelton's commentary on the author's assessment of a Brazelton-based newborn intervention by addressing two issues: (1) what the literature indicates with respect to this intervention technique, and (2) the significance of the process by which interventions are implemented. (HOD)

A structured behavior-observation instrument for studying supervision (mode of communication, function, content, tone, location, and target) had high reliability when used with five administrators in schools for severely mentally retarded children. Supervisors generally spent more time on administrative than professional or teaching-related…

The authors discuss the nature, use, and application of behavioral rating scales for students with behavior disorders. An annotated list of eight behavioral rating scales is included. (CL)

Teachers rated 63 first graders on three rating scales: the Quay-Peterson Behavior Problem Checklist, the Miller School Behavior Checklist, and a scale involving frequency estimates of disruptive behaviors. Data analysis revealed considerable independence of the major types of measurement (direct behavioral observation vs. global ratings).…