Significant research has been conducted on skills' enhancement school programs, since their importance has been well established. The presented study evaluates "Steps for life", a Greek, universal, annual, teacher-taught programme, designed to improve personal and social skills in young elementary students by the use of questions,…

Outdoor adventure education (OAE) is widely recognised for its ability to elicit personal and social development for its participants. However, quantitative evidence on which this recognition is based is frequently questioned, and is virtually absent in Scotland. To provide some of the first statistically determined evidence from Scotland that OAE…

This study compared self-regulation and external regulation procedures in the treatment of children's disruptive classroom behavior. Following the collection of baseline data, three of the four most disruptive children in each of 10 first and second grade classrooms were reinforced by the experimenter for achieving low rates of disruptive…

REPORTED IS AN INTENSIVE 2-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT CONDUCTED IN EAST HARLEM BY NEW YORK'S COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY TO EXAMINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A DEMONSTRATION SERVICE PROGRAM EMPLOYING GROUP METHODS IN ENCOURAGING THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL…