The intent of the Commission on Reading of the National Council of Teachers of English in developing this group of articles was to provide insight into critical issues related to accountability and reading instruction. The initial presentation by James Laffey develops a brief historical analysis of educational accountability, followed by a…

Reported was an 8 year longitudinal study of social and antisocial behavioral correlates in 1550 third, sixth, and ninth grade children identified as either aggressive-disruptive or prosocial by their teachers. A more intensive study was made of 192 aggressive-disruptive and 192 prosocial children. Data included interviews, individual tests (such…

THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL CULTURES (CONVENTIONAL, WORK, AND IMPULSE EXPRESSION) ON SELECTED PUPIL AND TEACHER BEHAVIOR VARIABLES WAS STUDIED. THE VARIABLES INCLUDED PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHER AND PUPIL ABSENTEEISM, AND TEACHER TURNOVER. ALSO STUDIED WAS THE SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL OF SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOODS AS RELATED TO SCHOOL CULTURE. TEACHERS AND PUPILS…

The procedural details of three measures of family problem-solving behavior are presented. These measures are used to code videotapes that are recorded when family members discuss and try to solve a family problem that they consider important. The measures were developed to accompany methods for training parents and their preadolescent and…

The role of the therapist was varied in a weight reduction program. When meetings with the therapist were "faded out" over the duration of the 10-week treatment period subjects lost significantly more weight compared to subjects who met with the therapist on a regular basis; both groups differed significantly from controls. Six months after…

This study investigates the extent to which students and faculty members feel that they procrastinate, as well as faculty perceptions of student procrastination. Factors such as age, sex, and area of study expertise are examined in relation to procrastination. (Author)

Investigates a chimpanzee's capacity to recognize representations of problems and solutions, as well as its ability to perceive the relationship between each type of problem and its appropriate solutions using televised programs and photographic solutions. (HM)

Twenty hyperactive 6- to 9-year-old children of normal intelligence were studied in a half-day laboratory classroom in a double-blind condition in which half the Ss were placed on Ritalin and half on placebo. (Author/CL)

This study identifies specific nondrug alternatives most used to achieve a specific mood or state of consciousness alteration. Analysis showed social, physical, and risk-taking activities were used most frequently to achieve positive states and distracting activity, discussion with friend, and personal contemplation were used most frequently to…

The purposes of this paper are: (1) to examine the extent to which behavior modifiers who work in classroom settings have given attention beyond lipservice to the need for longitudinal or follow-up data; and (2) to discuss problems in the methodology and design of followup research. (Author)

Presents a study of social- and object-directed behaviors of preschool children in same or mixed age dyads. Subjects were three- and five-year-oldpreschool children. (BD)

Explores the reactions of single persons and small groups-each in a room they had territorialized- and to compare these against the reactions of singles and small groups who were in a comparable room which they had not territorialized. (Author)

Describes a self-awareness process that enables the teacher to teach cognitive coping rather than to discipline children. The process involves playing the Okazi Word Game, keeping a coping diary, the teacher coding his own behavior as well as the childrens using the Coping Behaviors Index, and task analysis. (Author/AM)