Supervisors can help their teachers resolve classroom communication conflicts by providing an objective framework for analysis of communication failures. An observational system is described for detection of student teacher communication breakdown, analysis of the conflict resulting from inappropriately decoded messages, and correction of the…

A total of 207 educable mentally retarded students was involved in this study. Investigated was the effects of the Elementary Science Study Curriculum (ESS) on selected science skills including communicating, observing and inferring. Multivariate analysis revealed that the ESS group performed significantly better than did the non-ESS group. (HM)

Classroom observations are important in being an effective consultant. A form that enables the counselor to record behaviors of a child was offered as a method of improving the observational skills of counselors. Data recorded on the form provide a base rate of the frequency each behavior occurs. (Author)

The process of building empirical evidence for knowledge about teaching will be long and slow. (MM)

A review is presented of the basic characteristics of the techniques and tests commonly used with hyperactive children. Observation techniques, performance tests, cognitive measures, behavior rating scales, and measures of physical activity are discussed. (MV)

Discussed are innovative psychological assessment strategies intended to circumvent problems associated with traditional ability assessment of exceptional children. (Author/DB)

This study assessed 113 children in eight Head Start classrooms using both sociometric measures of acceptance and rejection and observational measures of behavior when alone, when interacting with peers, and when interacting with the teacher. Results suggested that these two measures of social isolation do not tap the same dimension. (Author/JMB)

A four-stage approach in second-grade classrooms which: (1) contrasts urban vs. rural settings, (2) explains achievement results on standardized tests, (3) compares past program implementation with present. (Author/DAG)

Reports a study of kindergarten children's strategies for acquiring and protecting status in interactions with peers. Focusing on children's negotiations of relative social standing in face-to-face interactions, discusses strategies children used to improve and defend their relative positions in the social structure of their peer group. (NH)

The effects of naturally-occuring within-group variations in social density were assessed via observations of children in an extremely crowded township nursery in South Africa. The nursery class consisted of 83 children who ranged in age from 32 to 64 months. Levels of crowding at home appeared to exert only a small effect on sensitivity to…

Summarizes the pilot stage of a project that investigated the child-school incorporation process in Great Britain by using action based methodology, and specifically examining four-year-old children in reception classrooms. States that children's adjustment to school is a dynamic process involving considerable stress and argues that policy and…

The article describes the three-year Education Development Center/Technical Education Research Center Middle School Technology Integration Project which is investigating how technology is integrated into language arts and mathematics curricula, and its impact on mainstreamed mildly handicapped students. The evolution of computer use at four…

Describes study designed to investigate students' attitudes and strategies when writing with the aid of a computer. Interviews with four undergraduates enrolled in a computer-assisted section of advanced composition are discussed, and participant observation and document analysis are also used to examine the combined processes of composing and…

Describes the University of Minnesota's graduate program for training second-language teachers. Program components include an intensive nine-month on-site clinical experience; the development of skills in self-examination and teacher observation; and a research component which allows students to study second-language teaching and learning in…