The measurement of processes of learning and the evaluation of the outcomes of the teaching-learning process have always posed major problems in research design. One purpose of this paper is to provide investigators with a review of the methodological problems involved in planning and conducting such studies. (Author)

Precision teaching was used to assess a student's difficulties in math and, after initiating a change in teaching procedures, to evaluate the student's performance to determine the effects of the teaching change. (KW)

The author concludes that the demonstration of the effectiveness of a child-monitored token reading program in a normal classroom setting clearly indicates the feasibility of utilizing behavior modification principles for a wide range of educational endeavors. (Author)

Use of drugs have been advocated for the child who has been diagnosed as having minimal brain dysfunction--an idea examined in Congressional hearings of the House Privacy Subcommittee, September 1970. Article is a critique of the hearings. ((DM)

Tradition is a powerful psychological force in human affairs which can be harnessed for either progress or reaction," as demonstrated by resulting change in various historical events and conflicts. (Author)

Discusses limitations to the behaviorist approach to classroom management and suggests that schools must design strategies of prevention as well as remediation. (NH)

A behavior modification treatment program, using a combination of reinforcement of positive behaviors and a time out procedure, was effective in reducing deviant and psychotic-like behaviors in a 12-year-old girl with an IQ of 23. (KW)

The article discusses behavior modification techniques designed to prepare the child for integration into the regular class setting. (CD)

By the novel system of rewards outlined in this article, two-year-old children learned to read, the hyperaggressive to sit calmly and study, and the nonverbal and the autistic to speak. (RJ)