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Peer reviewedCoon, Robert C.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1976
An academic peer interaction contingency was introduced into an ongoing token economy program in a class of five emotionally disturbed children with minimal interpersonal skills. Seven behavioral categories of academically relevant and irrelevant behaviors were recorded during multiple baseline, contingency, and follow-up observation periods.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Educational Research
Download full textAmerican Friends Service Committee, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Community Relations Program. – 1976
Short-term suspensions are a severe disciplinary tool that can be dispensed by school officials for one to five days at their own discretion. In addition to the negative impact of suspension on students, districts lose some state financial aid when students are not in school because they have been suspended. A continuing assessment of suspensions…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Average Daily Attendance, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis
Halfacre, John D.; And Others – 1974
This study investigated the effects of teaching the principles of behavior modification to students for use in the classroom. This intervention procedure involved four male high school students and their first-year psychology teacher. The students were instructed in behavior modification principles by two guidance counselors during group sessions.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Theories
Thompson, Ann – 1981
The social climate of the early secondary school may be partially responsible for deteriorating parent-child communication and increasing misbehavior among early adolescents. Six hypotheses derived from this assertation were tested by surveying 501 parents and 661 students. The students, in grades 5 through 8, were enrolled in 10 schools that move…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Communication Problems, Discipline Problems, Educational Environment
DiPrete, Thomas A.; And Others – 1981
Discipline and misbehavior in American high schools are the focus of this analysis of data from the first wave (1980) of a longitudinal study of over 30,000 sophomores and over 28,000 seniors. A summary of the findings shows that differences between urban and other schools are usually statistically insignificant when other school and student…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Catholic Schools, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems
Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Kann, Laura; Kinchen, Steven A.; Ross, James G.; Gowda, Vani R.; Collins, Janet L.; Kolbe, Lloyd J. – MMWR/Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1999
The Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey (ALT-YRBS) is one component of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), which monitors six categories of health risk behaviors among youth and young adults. The 1998 ALT-YRBS measured priority health risk behaviors among students at alternative high schools. It used a three-stage…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Problems, Dietetics
