Advocates the use of manipulative and observational science activities as the basis for children's experience stories that can be used as material for reading and language arts programs. (CP)

The article gives a checklist of questions for teachers to ask in the functional assessment of learning disabled children, and gives guides in decisions on instructional prescriptions. (PHR)

Two learning activities are presented to develop observation and classification skills at the elementary level. The first is an electric box that associates tree names with leaf and bark specimens, and the second is a pond water observation and slide preparation activity. (BB)

The potential undermining effects of a reinforcement program were examined in two studies with kindergarten-first grade children. The procedures were designed to provide an analog to typical classroom incentive programs. The subjects' initial interest was low in one study and high in the other. (Author)

Communicative "incidents" in a research and development organization are assigned to three theoretical clusters: the power advancement cluster, the power pressure cluster, and the central figure cluster, to produce predictive generalizations about organizational communication. (JMF)

Presenting brief accounts and comments re: a field experience on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation (South Dakota), this article emphasizes policies, problems, and procedures pertinent to field work in geography. (JC)

The focus is upon the introduction of multiplication within the framework of an algorithm program. Analysis of some observations of student solutions to multiplication problems is included. (MN)

Excerpts from observational diaries kept by education students acting as anthropologists studying the conceptual tools of young children at home and in school. Notes describe children's rules for activities and games; individual projects; and reactions to social studies concepts presented from an "adultcentric" point of view. (AV)

A study involving 24 deaf-blind children (6 years to 13 years old) was conducted to determine the relationship between standardized tests and developmental scales, and systematic behavior observation ratings. (SBH)

Observations of the behavior of children and their interaction with their teachers were carried out in five types of preschool settings. Findings point to the importance of the early childhood teacher's influence on the children's achievement motivation. (JMB)

To assess relations between behaviors in a particular circumscribed caretaker-child interaction setting and child behavioral dispositions assessed by more extensive observation, caretaker-child interaction data was collected for 40 children across several days in a nursery school free-play setting. These data were related to child behavioral…

Describes a process used for training prospective teachers to gain some initial skill in the observation of children. (JMB)

Describes air observation activity in which human fingerprints are investigated. Includes diagrams of various fingerprint types and the characteristics of various fingerprint ridge types. (SL)

This naturalistic field study of child-rearing patterns compared observational and developmental data for 60 home-based and 60 day care center-based Swedish toddlers. (Author/JMB)

Mothers of about 100 toddlers completed the Toddler Temperament Scale when their children were 12, 18, and 24 months old. Other data sets were available for: (a) factors representing laboratory observations; (b) measures of mothers' temperament by mothers and by social workers; and (c) measures of the home and family environment by social workers.…