This action research project describes a program for decreasing disruptive behaviors in the classroom and encouraging children to be more respectful of others. The targeted population was sixth- through eighth-grade students in a Midwestern suburb. The problems of disruptive behaviors and lack of respect were documented using teacher and student…

It was hypothesized that behavior patterns, learned early in life and maintained by almost continuous reinforcement, are determined by basic physiology, which in this study is represented by the duration of postrotary nystagmus (involuntary eyeball movement following rotational stimulation). The Southern California Postrotary Nystagmus Test was…

A study was conducted to explore the relationship between the working individual's daily experience on the job (job content) and his leisure activity, political participation, and mental strain after the workday is done. Based on individual level data from a representative national survey (1:1000 random sample) in Sweden in 1968, the study…

This study measured the effects on children's behavior of peer influence and prosocial and antisocial television messages. The subjects, 120 children in second, third, and fourth grades, were placed in three different situations: one in which no television was viewed, one in which an excerpt from a television program portraying violence was…

The purpose of this study was to develop an instructional procedure which would give student teachers alternative verbal behaviors which could be used in lieu of rating behaviors and to measure the effectiveness of the treatment. The data used were taken from 15-minute audio tapes of science lessons which each of 54 subjects presented to his: (1)…

Coping is defined as the process by which the child attempts to control, synthesize, and make his world manageable. Coping behaviors found in the literature and observed in five preschool classrooms were behaviorally defined to facilitate their identification and observation by trained adults. An instrument designed for use in observation of these…

A study of the effects and side effects of overcorrection procedures for self stimulatory behaviors of emotionally disturbed children by parents of four severely emotionally disturbed boys (ages 5 to 11 years) is presented. The literature is reviewed in areas such as the use of parents as treatment resources and the use of overcorrection and its…

This dissertation examined whether leadership behaviors of the teacher within a particular instructional context were associated with student learning and satisfaction. Data were generated from two samples from distinctly different student populations: Miami Dade Community College and the University of Denver. A 28-item multiple choice examination…

Forty-nine sophomore students identified from reading and nonverbal IQ scores received remedial reading instruction, based on individual, diagnostic reading evaluations, in small classes of 10 to 15 students for one hour each day of the school year. Thirty-four received remedial instruction for the full academic year; 15 received instruction for…

The major purpose of this study was to explore the differences between a group of 56 undergraduates who occupied single rooms and 57 undergraduates who occupied double rooms in the Gonzaga University Residence Hall System during the 1972-1973 academic year. The differences were evaluated according to one cognitive variable, grade-point average;…

The research question for this dissertation study was: Do behavioral outcomes identified in people who commit suicide exist in people who publicly exhibit productive behavioral outcomes and have not attempted suicide? More specifically, do selective affective and physiological behavioral outcomes identified in people who kill themselves exist is…

This study sought to identify the cognitive behaviors a teacher needs to employ in implementing a reading program. A sample of such behaviors was identified and submitted to authors and editors of comprehensive reading programs, state directors of Right-to-Read programs, college instructors of reading methods courses, and elementary school…

The effect on college graduation of selecting a college major before college admission was investigated, the hypothesis being that students who enter college undecided about their major study field are as likely to graduate as those who have already decided upon their major. It was assumed there would be no significant difference in the frequency…

This document reviews research concerning the factors affecting premarital sexual attitudes and behaviors of adolescents and young adults. Trends in the literature prior to 1980 are discussed briefly together with summaries of literature reviews from the decades of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Studies from 1980 to the present are reviewed in some…

In light of the difficulty in making a differential diagnosis among educable mentally retarded (EMR), emotionally handicapped (EH), and learning disabled (LD) students considering only their behavioral characteristics, a study was done to generate descriptive data regarding the behavioral characteristics of such students. Sixty EMR, EH, LD, and…