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The general purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of using relaxation training utilizing the Turtle Technique as developed by Schneider and Robin (1975) to teach preschool children to control their overactive behaviors. The specific purpose was to determine whether hyperactive children who participated in the relaxation training group would evidence fewer overactive behaviors than hyperactive children who did not. Another purpose was to determine older hyperactive preschool children would evidence fewer observed overactive behaviors following the treatment sessions than younger hyperactive preschool children.The 41 preschool subjects who participated in the study ranged from three to six years of age. They were initially identified as hyperactive by ratings on the Classroom Teacher's Behavior Check List or BCL (Safer, 1976), which was completed by each child's classroom teacher. The subject children were observed in their intact classes which were randomly assigned to either relaxation training (experimental: N=21) or storytelling (control: N=20) groups. All research conditions were administered by the classroom teachers. The subjects in the relaxation treatment group received at least thirty of forty 10-minute relaxation training sessions in daily sessions for eight weeks. Stories were read to the control group for at least thirty of forty 10-minute sessions in daily sessions for eight weeks. All subjects were observed by trained observers two times daily for a period of five days prior to treatment and two times daily for a period of five days after treatment had been terminated. A time-sample observation system was used to observe the following behaviors: out of chair, modified out of chair, motor behavior (not in seat), motor behavior (in seat), disturbing others directly and aggression, inappropriate vocalizations, inappropriate noise and movements directed toward the body.Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the research data with the pre-observations treated as the covariates and the post-observations treated as the criteria. The alpha level was set at .05 for any test of statistical significance.No significant differences were found between preschool groups receiving relaxation training to reduce their observed overactive behaviors and a control group, which listened to stories and engaged in active participation in the stories. The results did indicate, however, that although there was not a significant interaction between age and treatment, there was a significant difference for age in both the treatment and control groups. Younger hyperactive preschool children exhibited more motor behavior out of seat and inappropriate vocalizations than older hyperactive preschool children.

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if relationships exist among the constructs of field dependence, simultaneous processing and sequential processing. The interrelationships among these constructs and ability and achievement were also explored. Regression and discriminant analyses, as well as t-tests were used in the statistical treatment of the data.The 56 student subjects, equally divided by sex, were randomly selected from sixth-grade classrooms in a suburban school corporation in central Indiana. The GEFT and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) were administered. Results from the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) and the Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS) were obtained from schoolpersonnel. Overall, there were higher correlations among individual and among group tests than were foundbetween the two types of tests. The GEFT, whether treated as a continuous or categorical variable, was found to correlate significantly with group-administered tests of ability and achievement. The TCS and the CTBS were also found to be significantly related. Intercorrelations among selected Global Scales of the K-ABC were significant. There were no significant zero-order correlations between the K-ABC processing scales and the TCS. There were significant correlations between the K-ABC Achievement measure and group-administered tests of both ability and achievement. While the Achievement Scale of the K-ABC had a significant positive relationship with the GEFT, results of a t-test revealed no significant difference between the performance of field dependent and field independent subjects on the Achievement Scale. A significant positive relationship was found between the GEFT and the Simultaneous Processing Scale as well as the Mental Processing Composite. However, in a regression analysis the principal component of the linear composite was the Simultaneous Scale.

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In this essay, in order to learn about the parents' and teacher' attitudes towards mainstreamig teaching methods in china, the authors used a sample from a middle school in Chengdu.

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Twenty-five idiopathic developmentally delayed children between two and ten years old were studied. A group of thirty non-delayed children of like age and sex was used as a control. Dietary information was collected for each subject via a 24-hour dietary recall, a two-day diet record, and a food frequency crosscheck. The dietaries were analyzed by computer for kilocalories, protein, calcium, iron, thiamin, vitamin C, vitamin A, and vitamin D. Zinc was hand calculated from current literature values. Percentile values were determined for energy and protein intakes per cm. of height by using Beal's (1970) nutritional intake tables. The mineral and vitamin intakes were compared with the 1974 Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) and discussed as meeting the recommended allowances, meeting two-thirds of the RDA, meeting one-third of the RDA, or less. Five anthropometric measurements: height (or length), weight, head circumference, triceps fatfold, and upper arm circumference, were taken on each child. A clinical observation was made to substantiate accuracy of the measurements. The measurements were plotted on the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Growth Charts (1976) and the Nellhaus (1968) head circumference charts to obtain a percentile ranking. The Frisancho (1974) percentile tables for triceps skinfold and upper arm circumference were used to rank the last two measurements. Data concerning socioeconomic status, degree of developmental delay, medication, past and present feeding problems, and any medical diagnoses were collected during the clinic visit. There were no significant differences between the control group and the developmentally delayed (experimental) group except that the control children had larger head circumferences. The nutrients consumed in least adequate amounts were iron, zinc, and vitamin D. Otherwise the study population appeared to be well-nourished. Individuals plotting at the high or low percentile extremes are discussed. All possible pairs between growth and nutritional variables were tested for relationships. Statistically significant correlations between growth and dietary intake included: an association between upper arm circumference and zinc, vitamin C, vitamin A, and vitamin D intakes; height-for-age was associated with thiamin and vitamin C intakes; weight-for-age was associated with iron and calcium intake. No explanations were given for these correlations. It was concluded that anthropometric plots were as useful for screening developmentally delayed children at nutritional risk as they were for screening the control children. It was felt that this is probably due to the general mild delay of the experimental sample and that a sample with more severe developmental delays could not be efficiently screened by this method. / Graduation date: 1979

Graduation date: 1939

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1977. / Bibliography: leaves 394-404. / Microfiche. / xvi, 404 leaves

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa. 1988. / Bibliography: leaves 122-126. / Photocopy. / Microfilm. / viii, 126 leaves, bound 29 cm