Proposed is an approach to child development which holds that intellectual capacity, neuromuscular development, language development, and temperament are overlapping areas; and considered are often unrecognized behavioral aspects of temperament. (MC)

Presented advice for the teacher faced with the student, who finds the learning situation difficult to adjust to, and who could, if badly handled, effectively distract the teacher from accomplishing his objectives. (RK)

Management procedures were successfully employed to decrease the frequency with which first-grade children left small instructional centers. Observations made on the percent of the children's appropriate social and academic behaviors showed increases during the modification conditions. Also, the time the teacher spent in responding to…

Adapted from a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. (RJ)

Modified and enlarged version of a lecture delivered at the Faculty Seminar, Department of Black Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pa., March 25, 1971. Focuses on those aspects of black behavior and mode of analysis that constitute a dead weight on the chances for black survival. (Author)

Needs assessment is one phase of preparing a proposal for a grant. Federal and State contracting officers examine closely the degree to which needs of a school system have been systematically appraised. Introduces principles and techniques of needs assessment. (Author/JN)

The compliance of Kikuyu children was very high, and was tentatively argued to be a concomitant of the child's participation in the household's economic activities. (DM)

Ten patterns or syndromes of classroom behavior of 337 high school girls were derived and analyzed for relationship to academic success or failure among delinquent and regular students; it was found that in both settings failure could not be viewed in only academic or cognitive terms, but as an indication of failure of the total child to cope with…

Analysis of verbal interaction between student business teachers and their students provides basis for improving instruction. (MF)

The author points out cultural values and patterns of behavior among Mexican-Americans and barriers to assimilation in an alien society that demand adaptation of the initial contact phases of social work. How the technique was adapted to provide effective counseling and achieve agency-client partnership is illustrated. (Author)

The condition of life experienced by people of lower social-class position tend to impair their ability to deal resourcefully with the problematic and the stressful. Such impairment would result only for people who are both genetically vulnerable and exposed to considerable stress--these may affect the lowest social classes with special severity.…

Using praise and student-initiated ideas, along with avoiding criticism and showing positive regard for the student as a person, characterized teachers who tended to promote the child's own goals. (Editor)

The authors employ Bales' IPA and apply hypotheses from Homans' Human Group'' to present a sociological approach to the scientific study of classroom interaction at the elementary school level. (Authors)