The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to ascertain and compare the effect on self-concept, sociometric status including an index of emotional expansiveness, teacher-rated behavior and grades of three group counseling techniques (a structured aural stimulus approach, a structured visual stimulus approach, and an unstructured approach) upon sixth-grade subjects; (2) to compare the subjects involved in these three types of group counseling sessions with subjects in an control group; (3) to compare the differences in effects of the three techniques separately upon girls and upon boys; and (4) to analyze the implications of these findings for elementary school counselors and teachers.

Depressive symptomology was examined in this study as a function of conflict and intimate support with parents, friends, and siblings among a non-clinical sample of 223 predominately white sixth-grade early adolescents. Moreover, sixth-graders' depressive symptomology was examined as a function of conflict management self-efficacy and intimate support self-efficacy. The purpose of the present study was twofold: 1) to explore the effects of intimate support and conflict in family and friend relationships on sixth-grade early adolescent depressive symptomology, 2) to determine whether poor conflict management skills self-efficacy and poor intimate support self-efficacy are linked with depressive symptomology in sixth-grade early adolescents. Friend relationship qualities had little impact on depression in sixth-graders. However, the presence of conflict and deficits in family intimate support, especially from parents, was associated with increased depression. Increased levels of depression also corresponded with lower ratings of conflict management self-efficacy and intimate support self-efficacy. Moreover, relationship difficulties combined with self-efficacy deficits to affect depression.

As educators have searched continuously for the best method to teach reading, numerous techniques have been advanced. Some of these techniques are comprised of basic elements in reading which are proven and used with much success and security on the part of the teacher, Others are tried, used, made popular for a short time and then are cast aside as in adequate teaching methods.

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of K.K.phonetic symbols-assisted instruction on students¡A English achievement and motivation for learning. A quasi-expermental design was used. The subjects were 75 sixth-grade students from elementary school.They were divided into three groups.After an English achievement Test and the scale of Motivation for Learning English,the K.K.phonetic symbols-assisted instruction was implemented .After 4 months of instruction, all groups took an English Achievement Test and the Scale of Motivation . The results were as the followings: 1. No significant difference was found between the phonics group and the phonics+K.K. phonetic symbols group in their English Achievement Test. 2. No significant difference was found between the phonics group and the phonics+K.K. phonetic symbols group in their motivation for learning English. 3. There were significant differences found between the phonics+K.K. group-consonant and vowel taught together and the phonics+K.K. phonetic symbols group-taught separately in their English Achievement Test. 4. There were significant differences found between the phonics+K.K. group-consonant and vowel taught together and the phonics+K.K. phonetic symbols group-taught separately in their motivation for learning English. Finally, based on the findings of this study, suggestions for administrators, teachers, and future research were discussed

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The problem of this study is to compare the constancy of inter-personal relationships in the first grade of the elementary school and the last grade of the elementary school, the sixth grade.

The purpose of this study was to provide a description of teacher perceptions concerning behavioral and physiological vocal issues among current gender groupings in sixth-grade choir classrooms through the collection of survey research data. Participants selected for this study consisted of registered Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area choral directors of the Texas Music Educators Association. Results of the study indicated that more girls were enrolled in sixth-grade choir than boys and that mixed choirs were more common than gender-specific choirs in sixth grade. Results also indicated that teachers perceived evidence of early voice change among both sixth grade boys and girls, and that there was a difference in behavior as students showed signs of puberty.

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