Triadic interactions between mother, preschool-age first-born, and 14-month-old second-born siblings were studied in 40 families as part of a longitudinal study using home observations. Interaction between mother and second-born exerted an important influence on the behavior of the first-born. (Author/RH)

Discusses the changes in foreign language instructional strategies regarding error avoidance and correction that have emerged from the emphasis on communicative competence. Considering this trend away from audiolingualism and consistent oral accuracy, urges teachers to reevaluate procedures for conducting class activities and correcting students'…

Reports results of several studies designed to ascertain how adolescents treat each other and how teachers treat adolescents in the high school. Variables investigated included sex, age, and birth order differences, as well as relationships of reported behaviors to academic achievement and self-concept. (Author/DB)

Studied child psychotherapy by analyzing therapists' verbal behaviors with two child clients. According to the research expectations, high levels of interrater reliabilities for the Carkhuff scales and relatively high agreement levels for Hill's system were found. Overall verbal response behavior of each therapist was summarized best through…

The effects of orthographic regularity and visual familiarity on internal coding and processing of visual stimuli were investigated in four experiments using college student subjects. Consistent effects of orthography on the activation of all codes were found. Familiarity influenced semantic more than phonetic codes. Implications for reading…

This study indicated that the dimensions of the configuration provided by INDSCAL multidimensional scaling are psychologically relevant to learning the concept of artistic style and that sensitivity to these dimensions, as measured by INDSCAL subject weights, can predict important individual differences in responses to another group of stimuli.…

Older Down's syndrome infants responded to the regular reappearance of a squeaky doll with significantly more affective behavior than did younger Down's syndrome infants. Longitudinal research with the younger infants indicated that the onset of affective behavior significantly correlated with mental development and aspects of temperament.…

Transcriptions of 156 recordings of teacher/child interactions were analyzed and teacher verbal moves were described as pedagogical, asides, or providing feedback. The pedagogical moves were subdivided into areas concerned with welfare, directions, providing words, word recognition, phonics, and comprehension. (MKM)

The article compares the burnout process among helping professionals and teachers of exceptional children. Literature relating to burnout among the helping professions is reviewed. Causes and symptoms of burnout are applied to the field of special education. (Author/PHR)

In the first of two experiments, 20 retarded young adults were compared on a simple discrimination task with 10 nonretarded students of the same CA. Patterns of reaction time were interpreted as indicating differences between the groups in response strategy, with retarded persons responding on the basis of little stimulus evidence. (Author/CL)

Relates some of the author's experiences while teaching on the Pine Ridge (South Dakota) Sioux Reservation, showing how learning barriers can be broken with a little understanding between teacher and students. (JT)

Examines samples of classroom discussions about reading passages, showing how they can be student and text centered with the teacher operating as a careful facilitator. (JT)

West German and English teachers completed questionnaires and interviews about stress situations and responses. English teachers identified more stress situations than German staff, who felt more certain of their roles and more involved in school decision-making. Both reported poor staff communications and disruptive pupil behavior as their major…

Criticizes the operant approach to the study of life span development from a theoretical behaviorism view. It is argued that the operant approach is too limited in its scope to enhance significantly the conceptualization and understanding of life span development. (Author/DB)

Telephone counselors responded to client statements which contained two messages. Results showed counselors' responses were either nonspecific or included both messages. Counselors responded to content rather than positioning of messages, thus providing no support for the recency hypothesis. (Author)