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Disruptive Pupils, Disruptive Schools: Which Is the Chicken? Which Is the Egg?
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Steed, David – Educational Research, 1985
Discusses several studies concerning the incidence of disruption and its nature, teacher and pupil attitudes towards class disruption, and areas of disruption (corridors, classrooms). The author concludes that, depending on the individual circumstance, pupils, teachers, and the schools are at fault and all have a responsibility to improve the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discipline Problems, Problem Solving, Research Reports
An Assessment of Resident Student Problems at a Rural University.
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Twale, Darla J.; Blanks, George W., Jr. – 1992
This report presents results from a discovery study questionnaire, using forced choice and open-ended items, to assess the types of problems resident assistants (RAs) at the rural campus of Auburn University (Alabama) encounter, their level and sources of preparedness to deal with these problems, and the ways in which the residence life staff can…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Dormitories, Educational Needs, Higher Education
Violence in Schools: Perspectives, Programs, and Positions.
McPartland, James M., Ed.; McDill, Edward L., Ed. – 1977
The materials in this volume illustrate the complexity of the problem of crime in the public schools and the political, economic, and social difficulties that surround the operation of public schools in this country. These materials also demonstrate the number and variety of school reforms that have been proposed or recently introduced to address…
Descriptors: Crime, Discipline Problems, Educational Problems, Educational Research
A Taxonomy of Teacher-Defined Problems in the Education of Mentally Retarded Children. Final Report.
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Cook, John J.; Miller, Donald M. – 1967
A taxonomy of problems in the environment or evident in student behaviors which impede providing the necessary conditions for pupils to learn was developed by teachers of the educable mentally retarded (EMR) in Wisconsin. Of the teachers, 67% or 487 responded to a request to specify five problems along with their causes and successful and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrative Problems, Behavior Problems, Classification
Social Skills and Problem Solving Abilities in a Middle School Advisory Setting.
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Ahrens, Susan; Barrett, C. Elise; Holtzman, Debi – 1997
This research project implemented and evaluated a program in interpersonal skill development designed to increase the use of applied social skills at a middle school located in northeast Illinois. Evidence of inappropriate interpersonal skills was gathered by using observation checklists, teacher and student surveys, and discipline referrals.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment
Advancing the Pro-Social Skills in At-Risk Elementary Students through Curricular Interventions.
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Barnstable, Ranae; Cargill, Linda; Gehlbach, Susan; Workman, Howard – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated a program to enhance students' prosocial behaviors. The targeted population consisted of students in two second and one third-grade classrooms in a declining urban area of a large midwestern city. The problem of inappropriate behaviors was documented through discipline reports, anecdotal…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment