This study compares the effects of command, task, and individual program styles of teaching as they affect specific skills in alley soccer, a game knowledge test on alley soccer, and personal and social adjustment. A battery of skills tests, a game knowledge test on alley soccer, and the California Test of Personality were given to 221…

How principals can be most effective in dealing with and serving emotionally disturbed or socially maladjusted pupils, while recognizing the demands and interests of teachers and parents at the same time, is considered. Much of the success in moving ahead to serve disturbed children with new formats is said to depend upon the principal and how he…

The purpose of the study was to examine effects of social development programs on role-taking, problem-solving skills, and classroom adjustment. The results indicated that the children in the experimental group gained in respect for others, ability to generate alternatives to problem situations, creative expression, patience, and self-reliance.…

The article discusses some implications of the Warnock Report (which analyzes the numerous aspects of special education in Great Britain) for the education of maladjusted children. (DLS)

The author considers the impact of social trends, particularly the women's movement, on young gifted females, and cites such adjustment problems as the absence of gifted women models and the development of sublimated seduction patterns in the girls' relationships with their fathers. (CL)

Follow-up data on 57 schizophrenic patients, including 25 boys and 32 girls between the ages of 7 and 13, was obtained. (Author)

Described is a composite decisionmaking approach for maintaining a mainstreamed child in the regular classroom. (DLS)

Involved in a study to identify long range predictors of social adjustment were 536 aggressive-disruptive children who were originally evaluated in third or sixth grade and whose social adjustment was measured 6 or 9 years later. (CL)

Interpersonal conflicts of children in natural settings are the focus of this review of the empirical literature in social and cognitive development and sociolinguistics. The central role of conflict in various developmental theories is outlined. Studies indicate substantial relations between children's socio-cognitive functioning and their…

The social adaptation of mainstreamed mildly retarded children was assessed. Results indicated that mildly retarded children were very much rejected by their peers. In comparison with nonretarded classmates, they reported significantly more dissatisfaction and anxiety about their peer relations. (PCB)

A very clear implication of this study is that future foreign students might be helped in their social adjustments if they could be given the opportunity to participate in an orientation program conducted in the United States which focused upon the informal aspects of American life. (Author)

Therapeutic effects of various recreational activities for the personal and social growth of blind children are discussed. (KW)

A brief look at the use of behavior management techniques in a class for retarded children and in a regular classroom. (AA)

Educational objectives are symbolic representations of a society's values and concerns at a particular moment of history. (RA)