A strategy for teaching reading was developed and tested to determine in what way such a strategy would influence ability to recognize patterns of organization, content acquisition, social studies reading, and general reading comprehension. (PCB)

The article centers on the need for home and school to develop mutual exchanges concerned with what is best for the child rather than being in an adversary relationship. (CD)

The article describes research which attempted to discover whether emotionally disturbed children functioned at Piagetian levels of abstract thought similar to normal children. (CD)

The article describes a research project which tried to determine if dogmatic students take less than average time to study non-complex tests, and if they do, whether this is because of a "know-it-all" attitude or to avoid decision-making anxiety. (CD)

The article describes a research design which found that children who were induced to think positively (happy thoughts) by an experimenter rewarded themselves with more available money than with children who had been induced to feel negatively (sad thoughts) and children in a control group. (CD)

The results of this research indicated that black and white voices used in instructional materials are accepted by both white and black pupils, however white pupils rated visuals representing only black people lower than visuals representing only white people. (RC)

The results of this study indicate that an increase in "good" behaviors by the teacher does not alter bottom reading group pupil performance. The results also suggest that investigators of the mediation of Pygmalion effect are considering behaviors which may have little effect on pupil performance. (RC)

This study determined if trials on a concept learning task could be analyzed, using multiple learning curves, to generate a family of curves which would clarify differences in methods of attaining concepts. (RC)

The conclusion of this study involving a treatment group and a group receiving no treatment was that teaching faculty could grow significantly in knowledge of teaching objectives, behaviors, skills, and processes in a training program. (RC)

This study confirmed the hypothesis that the Junior Index of Motivation Scale successfully differentiates between college bound and noncollege bound junior high school students. (RC)

The results of this study indicate that for school age children, changes in the family environment may be associated with relatively modest increments in performance scores. (RC)

This study investigated discipline problems as perceived and dealt with by student teachers. (RC)

This article discusses the cause of the conditions surrounding teaching and learning. It focuses on the management of the conditions which influence teachers. (RC)

This study investigated the effectiveness of operant conditioning procedures in stimulating intermediate elementary students to constructively utilize free time for pursuing occupational information. (RC)