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Nelson, Gary L. – 1977
Major problem areas in evaluating token economies for psychiatric inpatients are identified and discussed. Three categories of methodological deficiencies frequently encountered in the token economy literature are described: (1) inadequate specification of treatment procedures; (2) insufficient or inadequately described dependent measures; and (3)…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Environment
Hepworth, H. Philip – 1977
This paper focuses broadly on the needs and rights of Canadian children. It mentions problems ranging from juvenile suicide to delinquency to the grim cruelty of many institutional environments designed for children. It discusses the linkages between the question of juvenile containment and other social welfare arrangements, such as public…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children, Community Coordination
Download full textRosenbaum, Howard – 1986
This selective, annotated bibliography presents the results of a survey of current literature in several disciplines relating to the theme of information flows and transfer in educational organizations. Created as a preliminary step in an ongoing research project to investigate the formal and informal information processes in a small college…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Environment, Information Networks, Information Science
PDF pending restorationRiger, Alice L. – 1976
This bibliographical study summarizes and synthesizes the recent (post-1960) theoretical literature on the differential diagnosis and treatment of the male college under-achiever. The three major classifying schemata which appear independently in the literature, and the seven personality patterns they collectively propose, are described. These…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness
Moos, Rudolf, Comp.; Max, Wendy, Comp. – 1977
The Social Climate Scales were designed to assess the dimensions of four types of environments: treatment, total institutions, school, and community settings. This report provides abstracts of recent research projects in which the scales have been used. The projects involved use of the Ward Atmosphere Scale, Community-Oriented Programs Environment…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Correctional Institutions, Elementary Secondary Education, Environment
Smith, Daryl G.; Gerbick, Guy L.; Figueroa, Mark A.; Watkins, Gayle Harris; Levitan, Thomas; Moore, Leeshawn Cradoc; Merchant, Pamela A.; Beliak, Haim Dov; Figueroa, Benjamin – 1997
This report presents a review of the literature and an annotated bibliography of research on the impact of campus diversity initiatives on American college students. First, an executive summary concludes that, overall, the literature suggests that diversity initiatives positively affect both minority and majority students on campus. It…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students
