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A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Cannabis, Opiates, Cocaine, Heroin, or Other Illegal Drug Use and Student Academic and Behavioral Outcomes
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2022
The meta-analysis, that included 75 studies, examined the relationship between illegal drug consumption, on the one hand, and student academic and behavioral outcomes, on the other, for the middle school to college grade levels. The meta-analysis first (research question #1) addressed whether there is a statistically significant relationship…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, College Students, Drug Use
Understanding and Effectively Managing the Aggressive Child.
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Beck, Mitchell A; Roblee, Cathy – Reading Improvement, 1983
Identifies specific behavioral characteristics of both aggressive and passive-aggressive students, delineates a four-step process that most aggressive students go through as they lose control of their emotions, and describes intervention strategies that teachers can use to deal with each step of the breakdown of control. (FL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Discipline Problems
"Plain Talk" about Dealing with the Angry Child.
Fried, Hilda, Ed. – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1981
Parents and teachers must allow children to feel all their feelings, including anger. Children can be helped to accept their feelings and to channel and direct them to constructive ends. Discipline should be motivated by the need to protect and teach, not a desire to punish. (JAC)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Children
Patterns in Middle School Discipline Records.
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Tobin, Tary; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1996
Two exploratory studies describe patterns found in middle school discipline referral records. The first project involved the establishment of criteria for identifying the "most difficult" middle school students who would be candidates for a specialized mentoring program. The second project compared the discipline referral patterns of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Discipline Problems
Insubordination and Intimidation Signal the End of Decorum in Many Classrooms.
Schneider, Alison – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
Increasingly, college faculty are complaining about unacceptable and disruptive student behavior in the classroom. Scholars are publishing articles on the problem and institutions are offering workshops to help faculty cope. Blame is placed on a crisis of authority in American society. Some find the trend is not new, but the behavior has worsened.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty
Unconditional Schools, Youth of Promise.
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Lloyd, David – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2001
This article contrasts schools of exclusion with unconditional schools, which are designed to wrap around services to meet the needs of even high-risk students. The author describes essential components of developing a teamwork approach to increase the holding power of schools with challenging students. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Discipline Problems, Educational Environment
Crime in the Classroom: An Extension.
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Mixon, Franklin G., Jr. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Presents the results of a study that reveals that the determinants of habitual cheating are much the same as those that relate to having cheated at least once (versus never having cheated). Suggests that habitual cheating is related inversely to grade point average but related positively to having seen others cheat. (MJP)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Cheating, Classroom Environment