By the time March comes around, students are anticipating spring break and warmer weather--not to mention the rapidly approaching end of the school year. To keep teachers sane during this March Madness, the author provides tips on how they can cope with the bad behaviors of their students. She also suggests that a school-wide behavior policy, such…

This article discusses the favoritism among teachers. According to Adele Brodkin, a child psychologist, few teachers are above favoritism and this shows that teachers are just human. She advises teachers to acknowledge that they do have favorites and make sure not to treat favorites in any special way. In this article, the author presents…

Compares the behavior of a kindergarten child with a positive self-concept with the characteristics of the child who has a poor self image. Suggests methods for the development of healthy self-concepts. (RB)

Each child is unique and individual differences should be recognized and met, but to put individual diagnosis and prescription into a realistic perspective, some generally descriptive ground rules are necessary. Four models describing four distinctily different types of behavior applying to children in normal as well as exceptional learning…

Discusses the role of the teacher in helping children to become independent learners, and what is meant by independent study. (GB)

Discusses the interaction, beyond the normal instructional scope, of elementary school students and their teachers with the emphasis on sex role behavior, reward seeking, and the differences in learning problems of boys and girls. (RK)

How to identify the learning-disabled child in the classroom and what behaviors are signals is the subject of this article. Suggests steps a teacher should take with a suspected case. (RB)

Article discussed those students who were neither chronically ill nor truant but who were absent for reasons of anxiety due to his family relationship. (Author/RK)

Gives an outline for decision making at staff meetings to effect a behavior modification program. (GB)

Techniques for helping students who are inconsistent in their efforts and their work are discussed. (MT)