The effects of Teams-Games-Tournament (TG T), an instructional game employing biracial learning teams, on cross-racial friendships in integrated classes was examined in four experiments involving 558 students in grades 7-12. Sociometric measures and chi-square analyses indicated that TGT was an effective means of increasing cross-racial friendship…

The Flint public school system, Michigan's second largest, has adopted an aggressive magnet school plan but the project has fallen short of ending segregation in the city's classrooms. (Author/AM)

Discusses the cultural diversity and the variety of family backgrounds of pupils in a multi-social school, and recommends creating a positive classroom environment through books, other materials, and a multi-ethnic approach to the curriculum. (MB)

To assist teachers in fulfilling their responsibilities in desegregated schools, staff development should aim at the willingness of teachers to implement changes in instructional strategies, classroom management techniques, and teacher-student relationships. Describes one such inservice teacher training effort and makes several recommendations for…

Attempts to determine how significant it is to classroom teaching of race oriented topics that the instructor and students are of different races, with the premise that the increased presence of minority students and faculty on the college campus has special significance to race related courses. The study is limited to black-white interaction.…

Study reports findings excerpted from a broad study on social characteristics, attitudes, and behavior of inner-city students attending Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, Missouri in the Fall of 1970. It is held that the remarkable agreement on major issues of public policy shows the beneficial effects of integration. (SB)

A study attempted to develop an instrument for assessing social integration of ethnic groups in the classroom. Sociometric questionnaires were used to ask second-grade students to choose classmates whose company they most preferred. Preliminary findings indicate that gender is a more divisive factor within the classroom than ethnicity. (JN)

Becoming knowledgeable about the students, avoiding stereotypes, accepting students as individuals, helping students become part of the group while retaining their cultural identity, and being yourself in assuming this role are suggested methods to assist culturally different students in becoming active, contributing class members. Practical…

In response to calls from both business practitioners and educators, this research explores the extent to which undergraduate marketing education is delivered with a cross-functional perspective. Given that marketing is often recognized as a boundary-spanning role within companies, marketing department chairs were asked to report on…

The entries in this annotated bibliography center on the effects of teachers' attitudes and behaviors towards black elementary students in integrated classrooms. The first section cites research on interactions in the classroom: specifically, self-fulfilling teacher expectations and behaviors communicating such expectations. Entries in the second…

The impact of a school desegregation plan on the social class structure of elementary classrooms (Grades 1-6) was studied within a large midwestern school system. Sociograms administered on a pre/post basis, over a two year period, to all classrooms with at least four minority students per room served as the data base. Initial analyses reveal…

A SUMMER TRAINING INSTITUTE WHICH WAS CONDUCTED TO FACILITATE SCHOOL AND FACULTY DESEGREGATION IN THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IT WAS INTENDED THAT THE 47 NEGRO AND 33 WHITE TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM WOULD DEMONSTRATE A STRENGTHENED SELF-CONCEPT AND INCREASED TEACHING ABILITY IN INTERRACIAL CLASSROOMS. IT…

This report described the Tri-School Plan initiated by the Board of Education in Washington, D.C. to equalize educational opportunities in an urban renewal area. Under the plan, children attended the Syphax School for grades 1 and 2; the Amidon School for grades 3 and 4; the Bowen School for grades 5 and 6. Children from various socioeconomic…

Notes that the schools where desegregation went most smoothly were those where the administrators supported the idea. Desegregation seemed more of a problem in schools where the administration did not like the idea. (Author/AM)

Describes the use of classroom management techniques to promote integration in the Arthur T. Talmadge (K-4) school in Springfield, Massachusetts. Shows how positive attitudes and a philosophy that every child is valuable help to create a "family feeling" that means successful integration. (GC)