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)

Teachers must be aware that less able students are more dependent for a successful learning experience upon a supportive teacher than their more capable peers. Business and office education teachers are fortunate in that their fields are relevant to student needs and interests and involve much "learning by doing." (SA)

Suggestions are given for maintaining good classroom control including tips on classroom environment, teacher preparation, teacher attitude, teacher-child relationships, child participation, and avoiding and handling problems. (KR)

Suggests a practical approach to solving the class discipline problem that includes information and skills that teachers need to have as well as six criteria for setting effective classroom behavior limits. (RK)

Of the four major findings of the Safe School Study, three are concerned with the relationship between teachers and pupils in classrooms. The main thrusts of the findings are that teachers should be sensitive to adult-child relationships and fair with respect to the development and enforcement of school and classroom rules. (Author/AM)

Part of a series of instructor training modules on related subjects instruction for apprentices, this booklet deals with controlling instructional settings. The first chapter consists of an outline of the scope and content of the instructor training modules as well as a self-assessment pretest. Covered in the module are establishing and explaining…

The approach taken by Thomas Jefferson concerning problems of student discipline in colleges is viewed in historical perspective and comparisons are made to the contemporary view of adolescent disorder. Recommendations are made for the coming decade. (JN)

This paper emphasizes the importance of classroom discipline and offers suggestions that may be helpful to teachers facing behavior problems. Proceeding on the assumption that pupils who disrupt the classroom must be taught discipline, the author discusses ways of modifying the classroom environment and suggests ways to direct and encourage pupils…

Develops a theory of discipline that assumes that there are certain commonalities among disciplinary situations that transcend any specific discipline problem. (Author/RK)

This annotated bibliography describes journal articles, books, and papers covering five areas of student discipline: the relationship between discipline and learning, attitudes toward behavior problems and discipline, corporal punishment, the role of the disciplinarian, and solutions to discipline problems (including behavior modification, the…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC," Volume 2, contains 16 summaries of documents and journals on classroom discipline, all of which are indexed in either "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journals in Education." The materials included deal with various aspects of the topic, such as the use of behavioral modification and…

A combination of principles drawn from the current major theories of behavior discipline often proves to be more effective than the use of any single theory. (LH)

Appropriate responses to the authority problem in schools can be informed by a more complex understanding of the issue. Also of importance is knowledge of the ways in which schools and society at large are involved with both the creation of and the solution to the problem of student/teacher authority relations. School people are referring…