Comments on the original article "Do people's self-views matter? Self-concept and self-esteem in everyday life," by W. B. Swann, Jr., C. Chang-Schneider, and K. L. McClarty (2007). Swann et al argued that people's self-views, and their global self-esteem in particular, yield a suite of behavioral effects that are beneficial to the individual and…

It has been found at the University of Oklahoma, where from 40 to 45 different native American tribal groups are represented, that even with considerable attention to the needs of such students they have poor chances of accomplishing their educational goals or of viewing as positive their university experience. The crosstribal value of…

To understand and deal with student behavior, we must understand that most behavior is caused by objects and events in the world around the student; that students have learned personal ways of relating to those objects and events; and that in a setting like a school it is easier and more productive to alter those objects and events than to change…