An examination of 12 widely held and attractive but insidious beliefs about the art of managing classroom behavior. (Author)

Offers four techniques for preventing student behavior problems. (IRT)

Presents the negative effects the classroom, as a way of structuring education, has on teachers and students, and suggests reorganizing the schools along the lines of research hospitals. (IRT)

The CREED (Creative Effective Discipline) approach avoids the use of force and emphasizes the reduction of stress and disruption in dealing with discipline problems. (IRT)

Presents a conceptualization of the basic principles of discipline that includes three components of discipline--behavior expectations, behavior adjustment, and control techniques--and three sources of student misbehavior. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the behavior, the human relations, and the pedagogical models of disciplinary practices that can serve as alternatives to punishment. Argues that increased, societywide efforts to find and implement alternatives to punishment are called for. (IRT)

A teacher who returned to the classroom after 11 years of absence notes that discipline is much more a problem now than before and attributes much of the change to the way parents excuse their children's behavior. (IRT)

Discusses a student discipline problem involving a substitute teacher and a student who used foul language in class. The teacher responded with a firm, but venomous, threat that provoked a response from the vice principal's office, but not from the boy's parents. Advocates on-the-spot ethical instruction to maintain credibility and an effective…

Notes how several long-accepted methods of teaching writing actually retard or prevent development of competence in writing and suggests alternative methods. Student energies should be focused on communicating ideas rather than on displaying formal perfection. (PGD)

Summarizes, from a teacher's viewpoint, the benefits of cooperative learning, including increased achievement and improvement of students' attitudes toward school, learning, and each other. Outlines five simple steps for teaching cooperation skills, describes two successful group activities, and shares student reactions to these exercises.…

Extrapolates some general guidelines for current classroom practice from Booker T. Washington's contributions to the theory and practice of education. (Author/WD)

The Marcus School staff feels that the best approach to discipline is a preventive one--the provision of a variety of educational and environmental alternatives that will interest, challenge, and motivate the pupil. (Author)

Describes the For Character Program that identifies and honors public and private schools in which students demonstrate high levels of positive conduct and academic effort. Outlines several school and classroom management principles that stress both character development and academic quality and resemble effective school characteristics. (MLH)

Once a month, fifth-grade students in an Indianapolis, Indiana, classroom can use tickets earned through good behavior and academic achievement to purchase donated items and baked goods. Students are in charge of organizing the activity, keeping track of student "earnings," and managing a student "bank." (PGD)

Conventional classroom controls are not working well for teachers today. The answer: low-profile controls, which focus student attention directly on lesson content without unnecessary distractions. (Author)