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The authors were asked to provide in-service training for teachers in an elementary school on an experimental basis. This was the first time the district has offered such training in a single school for faculty of that school. Twenty-two of the twenty-seven teachers at the 800 pupil elementary school in Spring Valley, New York were enrolled in an in-service training course entitled "Behavior Modification Procedures for the Elementary School Teacher." Among the pinpointed behaviors chosen by the teachers to work on were: hitting; out of seat; following instructions; starting and completing class assignments; completing homework; talking spontaneously; accuracy in arithmetic; thumbsucking; group talkout; spelling accuracy; reading speed and comprehension; and wearing glasses. By the third training session most teachers had successfully changed a behavior in the desired direction. Following nine hours of training in behavioral psychology the entire faculty of the elementary school were applying operant techniques with no further apparent need of consultation with the instructors. (Author)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert