Consistency in legal opinions provides administrators a framework for dealing with the discipline of handicapped students. Determination should be made by the individualized educational program team to ensure that students not be disciplined merely because they are handicapped. (MLF)

Argues that college programmers should adopt a paradigm shift away from teaching tolerance to promoting nurturance when addressing heterosexist beliefs and homophobic/biphobic attitudes. Article defines nurturance and tolerance and presents a programming application of this new model, set in a residence hall. Discusses conclusions about this model…

This article proposes methods for asking analytic and systemic questions and using quantitative and qualitative data for documenting behavior change in young children receiving special education services. Suggestions are provided for developing data collection protocols that are valid but that are also manageable in practice. (Author/DB)

A survey of 2,459 medical students found that 39% had witnessed cheating in their first 2 years of medical school, and 66.5% had heard about cheating. About 5% reported having cheated during that time. Students appeared resigned to the fact of cheating, but lacked consensus about how to proceed when witnessing it. Guidance in intervening in…

Examined effects of multicomponent, participatory school reform process by measuring teachers' perceptions, remedial and special education student achievement, teachers' ratings of student behavior in 12 experimental schools and 10 control schools. Found reform program resulted in positive teacher attitudes toward change process, in new approaches…

To measure the influence of teacher inservice training on behavior management techniques, a study investigated the behavior management techniques of both teachers and parents of preschool children, especially preschoolers with behavior problems. Findings indicated that parents are less punitive than teachers who have higher expectations, even…

Observation is used to chart children's development, to gain insight into children's behavior, and to guide curricular decision making. It also plays an important role in assessment, by either replacing or supplementing standardized evaluation instruments. These ideas and guidelines offer practical, field-tested advice for incorporating…

An annotated bibliography lists 11 reference works, 22 classic texts and models, and 28 books and articles that examine issues and situations related to teaching discipline and classroom management. The suggested items date from 1959 through 1993. (SM)

Local Parent Teacher Association presidents were surveyed to determine which topics should be included in family life education curricula and to examine attitudes about related issues. Responses were compared to responses from 12 years earlier. Results found increased support for instruction on key topics, particularly at the middle school level.…

Unmarried heterosexual college students' human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) knowledge, attitudes, risk perception, and sexual behavior were assessed before and after Magic Johnson's HIV-positive serostatus disclosure. After the disclosure, students showed small increases in HIV knowledge scores, but their attitudes, risk perceptions, and sexual…

A teacher discusses classroom management techniques, explaining that discipline tends to involve the teacher maintaining his/her position of authority rather than creating a democratic community and noting that threats and bribes buy short-term behavior change but do not help students develop a commitment to positive values. (SM)

Responds to previous article on validating curriculum-based measurement (Derr-Minneci and Shapiro, this issue). Contends that research reported by Derr-Mennici and Shapiro neither validated curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in reading from behavioral perspective, nor investigated accuracy of CBM. Organizes comments around three points of emphasis…

Responds to previous article on validating curriculum-based measurement (Derr-Minneci and Shapiro, this issue). Contends that, in examining variation in oral reading rate across their three settings, Derr-Mennici and Shapiro's assessment procedures were of unknown accuracy, and that these procedures themselves varied among settings, making it…

College students drink more alcohol than the general population, and the nature of college life is a strong influence on students' drinking behavior. Reduction in student drinking behavior depends not only on establishment and enforcement of rules but also on education about the principles behind the policies. (MSE)

Assessment of eight preschool children with a history of prenatal cocaine exposure and eight peers without such history found no statistically significant differences between groups on multiple behavioral variables or language skills. Cocaine-exposed children did exhibit higher levels of passive behavior. (Author/JDD)