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Bell, Cary Edward – 1975
Since 1960 black enrollment in independent schools has increased from token numbers to almost five percent the total enrollment of these schools. The purpose of the study was to determine if there was any empirical evidence to support hypothesized relationships between black students' perceptions of their school environments and selected school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Environment
Tooke, Sharon K.; Lind, Robert W. – 1975
Fifty disadvantaged couples are compared with a cross-sectional norm group from a previous study in order to determine if socio-economic status is a significant variable in the difficulty experienced in adjusting to first time parenthood, and to determine if there is a statistical significant difference between selected variables such as sex, pre-…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Disadvantaged, Emotional Adjustment
Download full textRomney, Bryan Miles – 1975
Windowless school buildings are currently being proposed as a design solution to the problems of vandalism, energy conservation, and building costs. However, little consideration is being given to the effects of windowless classrooms on the students and teachers inside. This thesis describes the effect of windowless classrooms on three specific…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Rogers, Carolyn Odom – 1976
The purpose of this study is to examine the organization of play space and the effect which this organization has on children's productive and disruptive behavior in an indoor nursery setting. A second purpose was to develop a category system for recording the productive and disruptive behavior of young children in a free play situation. The…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior, Classroom Design, Classroom Observation Techniques
Yanoff, Jay Myron – 1973
The author's primary goal was to investigate the relative viability of different kinds of open teaching. Project Learn, an open elementary classroom, met all the criteria set forth to be called such and was selected for the study. The independent variables were: teacher-guided instruction, small-group instruction, and individual-oriented…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Ribando, Clare. – 2002
As a result of their mobile lifestyle, migrant children experience a high degree of unpredictability in all aspects of their lives. This paper illustrates how the patterns of migrant families' moves put their children at even greater risk for educational problems than is true for other mobile student groups, such as dependents of U.S. military…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Labor, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment
Blakey, David; Larvenz, Kenneth; McKee, Michele; Thomas, Regina – 2000
This report addresses the problem of apathy and the unwillingness of middle level students to meet basic standards, evidenced by a lack of student performance and participation and by an attitude of indifference. The targeted population for this study consisted of seventh and eighth grade general music students in an economically and culturally…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
McCarthy, Susanne; Nicastro, Jan; Spiros, Irene; Staley, Kathleen – 2001
This report describes a program implemented to improve attitudes toward recreational reading. The targeted population consisted of kindergarten, first, third, and fifth grade students from one urban and two suburban school districts in a major metropolitan area in northern Illinois. Evidence for the existence of the problem included surveys of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Stokeld, Cheryl L. – 1995
This paper reviews literature on the adult outcomes for children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). It critiques methodological issues, including diagnostic definitions, research designs, sample characteristics, and assessment instruments. It examines the relationship of AD/HD to a variety of adult disorders and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Antisocial Behavior
Schlender, Angie; Wolf, Lisa – 1998
This action research project implemented and evaluated a program for improving social skills in order to increase cooperative behavior among elementary school students. The targeted students were from a fourth- and a sixth-grade classroom in a middle-class suburban community. The lack of social skills development interfered with positive…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Cooperation
Brancaleone, Louis – 1988
The paper reviews research studies on identification and treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Studies investigating the three primary ADHD dimensions of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness are initially cited, followed by a review of research in the related dimensions of cognitive attributions/locus of control,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aggression, Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span
Zambon, Franco – 1988
A major applied research project evaluated the effectiveness of a novel course, Offshore Survival Systems Training. The major course outcome that was evaluated was the increase in frequency with which offshore personnel correctly launched the covered powered survival craft on offshore drilling rigs. The evaluation methodology included the 628…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation
Karasek, Robert Allen, Jr. – 1976
A study was conducted to explore the relationship between the working individual's daily experience on the job (job content) and his leisure activity, political participation, and mental strain after the workday is done. Based on individual level data from a representative national survey (1:1000 random sample) in Sweden in 1968, the study…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Family Characteristics
Anderson, Betty S. – 1974
The thesis examines problems of adjustment encountered by new recruits entering the military services. Factors affecting adjustment are discussed: the recruit training staff and environment, recruit background characteristics, the military's image, the changing values and motivations of today's youth, and the recruiting process. Sources of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Armed Forces, Educational Programs, Factor Analysis
Browne, John Robert – 1975
The purposes of this investigation were (1) to develop a Multicultural Environment Survey (MES) for measuring student and teacher perceptions of multicultural press in selected fifth and sixth grade classrooms, and (2) to ascertain the extent and nature of multicultural press in class rooms within the sample. The MES was composed of 75 items,…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Classroom Environment, Culture Conflict, Doctoral Dissertations
