Systematic observations of learning disabled and normal children suggested that learning disabled children spend significantly less time than normal children in task oriented behavior. (Author)

The study defined, through statistical syndrome analyses, total profile cluster types of classroom behavior exhibited by normal children in grades K-6. Determined was how children whose patterns were similar differed in achievement, normalcy, and other variables from children exhibiting other patterns. (Author/KW)

Examined were consistencies over time of maternal reports, observations of nursery and elementary school behavior, and teacher ratings of problems for 20 hyperactive Ss and 21 controls (2 year followup) and 15 hyperactive Ss and 16 controls (3 year followup). (Author/CL)

Interaction analysis, based on the Flanders system but containing the additional category of maladjusted behavior, was applied to three videotaped classroom situations involving socially maladjusted children. The first two were made in January; the teacher was involved in a T-group experience in February; the third videotape was made in May with…

Behaviors important to success of students enrolled in programs for the educable mentally retarded were investigated with 30 Ss. Hypotheses stated that those behaviors described by the Fourteen Persistent Life Problems (PLPs) and deemed important to academic success of the EMR would correlate significantly with standardized measures of reading…