TEACHERS PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS BEHAVIOR

Six classroom teachers rated their Grade 4 students' behavior on five subtests and repeated the rating five months later after four classes had been exposed to self-development or relaxation-imagery programs. C orrelations for students' and teachers' perceptions of students' behav ior were statistically significant on two subtests at pretest and thre e subtests at posttest. A comparison of total mean scores of teachers' perceptions at posttest indicated a significant difference by group w ith the trained groups' self-esteem being superior to the other groups .