This report describes the RAID classroom management system, which consists of Rules written for each classroom activity, Approval given to those children who are following the classroom rules, Ignoring pupils who are breaking the rules, and Disapproval used when necessary to intolerable behavior. Included in this paper are results of using the…

A point system employed to increase student desire to learn, is described. (CK)

Describes a model for effective classroom management consisting of two major parts: teacher behaviors related to rule establishment and teacher behaviors related to rule enforcement. Eight categories of teacher behavior related to rule enforcement are briefly discussed. (BR)

This paper reports on a program to increase the effectiveness of English instruction with inner-city students involving the development of a systematic approach to classroom management. Implementation of the program included defining appropriate behavioral roles of teacher and students, providing positive consequences for appropriate student…

A system of teaching based on the principles of the Token economy was developed. This system allowed students to choose not only the pace at which they would advance through a curriculae but also allowed them the choice of output mode (paper versus tests) and areas of concentration. By rewarding student participation in helping to find educational…

This paper provides the teacher with a brief introduction to the principles of behavior modification. Major areas of concern deal with the history of behavior modification, implications for the concept of mental health, the teacher's role, the difference between behavior modification and other forms of control, reinforcement, the role of…

What needs to be done with preschool programs is to define specifically their desired product (the behaviors we want in the children) and to determine the optimal process by which this product can be brought about. Using an instrument called the Observation of Substantive Curricular Input in 1967-68, a coding system based on a series of 3-minute…

A project is reported in which students consurrently enrolled in a course in psychological foundations and in student teaching received a concentrated consumer's course in systematic behavior management with emphasis on application. Performance objectives are described. (LBH)

A description of an inservice teacher education learning module is provided. The module focuses on systematic principles of behavior modification, and emphasizes the procedures underlying effective social development and the use of positive motivational methods with children and young adults. Information is provided on the purposes and content of…

Observation of classroom coping behaviors of 1,066 K-12 students and of several hundred effective public school teachers provides discipline strategies for classroom management. Teachers apply one of seven treatment schedules after identifying a student's coping behavior. Tables show eight coping styles and abbreviated treatment schedules. (PB)

The teacher's guide presents some of the basic considerations necessary for classroom implementation of a public school program for autistic and seriously emotionally disturbed (ED) children. Included are descriptive infomration about typical ED student's behavior and management techniques for use in the classroom. Also given are basic ideas…

This study examined whether selected protocol materials in classroom management, used in inservice courses, would bring about long-term significant changes in teachers' classroom performance. Fifteen teachers participated in the study by taking an inservice course on classroom management and discipline. Two modules of classroom management…

The book is intended to be used as a handbook by teachers, to enable them to become acquainted with the general principles and latest techniques which have proved effective in changing children's behavior. Topics include reinforcement systems, the token economy, evaluation, and curriculum. (CS)

Teachers with at-risk students in their classrooms find themselves in the position of having to teach social skills as well as academic skills. The teacher of social skills provides the classroom and materials that facilitate the development of responsible social behavior. The Structured Learning Approach is a means to assist teachers with…

This paper suggests ways in which educators can help students develop responsibility, as well as academic skills and intellectual growth. The four steps in decision-making are outlined to show that decision and action should follow logically once the behavior and its consequences have been identified. A technique referred to as contracting is…