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Willner, Eric – 1960
Four hypotheses are tested in this study: (1) that there is no significant difference between students in regard to the total number of stated problems of adjustment; (2) that there is no significant difference between the two groups in adjustment related to either health and physical development, school, home and family, money, work, the future,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Day Schools, Educational Environment
Barker, William F.; And Others – 1975
The Preschool Rating Scale (PRS) consists of twenty Guttman scaled items which assess a preschool child's personal-social development. Experience gained over the past two years indicate that it can be used: (1) for screening; (2) for program evaluation; (3) as a guide to the teachers in identifying specific areas of development which may need…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Discriminant Analysis, Individual Development
Kenney, Helen J.; And Others – 1966
To serve emotionally disturbed adolescents in a residential treatment program, an educational cadre was formed to function as a diagnostic, teaching, and research instrument. Specialists in addition to classroom teachers included a curriculum specialist, a cognitive psychologist, and a psychiatric clinician. Experimental curriculum units in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances, English
Harms, Ernest, Ed. – 1968
Major pathogenic sources of mental diseases in children and a classification of these diseases are considered. Contributions include the following: pathogenesis of mental diseases in childhood by Ernest Harms, organ inferiority and psychiatric disorders by Bernard Shulman and Howard Klapman, pathogenesis of neurological disorders by George Gold,…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1973
This course is designed to appeal to advanced classes whose teachers and students would like an alternative to the more formal, regular classroom situation and who have some interest in learning more about France and its people. The purpose is to present a cross-section of contemporary France through the profiles of personalities who have made…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Hensley, Anne – 1970
This study examines the attitudes which black high school students hold toward other blacks when they speak standard English and when they speak black English. Tenth-grade black students listened to recordings of black speakers, each using both standard English and black English for the same text. The students were asked to judge the speakers on…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Black Dialects, Comparative Analysis
Thornton, Russell G. – 1972
Initial entry into school is the first of several major transitions individuals must make as they progress through the social life cycle of American society. It also marks the first time they encounter to any appreciable extent an organizational context. As such, an analysis of children's transition into school is a unique opportunity to examine…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Family (Sociological Unit)
Boyd, Robert; And Others
The following papers were presented at the Adult Education Research Conference in Saskatchewan: (1) Three Channel Theory of Communication in Small Groups; (2) Communicating with Low Income People: CSCS Research; (3) Focus on the Future: Futurology for Correctional Education; (4) Using Experimental Design in Educational Research in a Volunteer,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation, Correctional Education
Schmitz, Charles D. – 1970
This study assessed the differences in Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) scoring patterns among various expected teaching majors for freshmen women enrolled in a required College of Education course designed to aid in their vocational decision-making as it relates to a professional teaching career. The theoretical basis for the VPI centers…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Campos, Priscilla Bernadette – 1970
To ascertain differences in the area of non-intellectual characteristics among senior students and successful practitioners in four paramedical groups, data collected by administering the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) were statistically analyzed. This test, measuring the relative strength of 15 personality needs, was given to 396…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Awareness
Muller, Douglas G.; Leonetti, Robert
It is the purpose of the test described in this document to provide a procedure for economically evaluating several aspects of self concept relevant to school success. The test was constructed specifically for use with the child of Spanish or Mexican descent in the Southwest, but it is also appropriate for use with children from the Anglo culture.…
Descriptors: Behavior, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Identification (Psychology)
Sample, John – 2002
Goal setting is a dispositional trait that influences motivation to learn and to perform. Individuals with a Performing (or Proving) Goal Orientation are characterized by a desire to please authority figures, the belief that personal abilities are stable and unchanging, and a tendency to become frustrated and give up quickly when faced by…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Processes, Feedback
Wyn, Johanna; Stokes, Helen; Stafford, John – 1998
This report examines the challenges facing young people living in rural Australia in relation to their health and well-being and explores the relevance of personal resilience to offset these challenges. Specifically, the report synthesizes the literature on rural Australian youth and the results of focus groups undertaken in five rural…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Health Care, Community Programs, Community Role
Bergstrom, Amy; Cleary, Linda Miller; Peacock, Thomas D. – 2003
Many American Indian, First Nations, and Alaska Native cultures have prophecies about the "Seventh Generation"--young people who will have a spiritual and cultural awakening and lead the regeneration of the nations and the earth. This book honors the Seventh Generation. It draws on the words of 120 Native youth, interviewed in the United…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Students, American Indians, Canada Natives
Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Furutsuka, Takashi, Ed.; Shirotani, Yukari, Ed. – 1999
This annual report discusses several topics related to the work of the Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The articles are: (1) "The Study of Mothers' Parenting Practices with Child's Withdrawn Behaviors and Temperament" (Sueko Toda); (2) "Structure, Developmental Change, and Sex…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Annual Reports, Child Development, Children
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