What educators can do, and what not to do. (Editor)

More than half of the sociology graduate students at the University of Minnesota are pursuing applied training. Major features of the program are reviewed, responses by students and faculty are examined, measures of success are discussed, and problems that need to be resolved are explored. (Author/RM)

Problems in the use of punishment, including corporal punishment, restraint, and timeout, in the special education classroom indicate a need for a clear policy regarding its use. There is the danger that appropriate, limited punishment may escalate in intensity until it becomes abusive unless its users follow well-conceived guidelines. (SEW)

A psychiatrist discusses adolescent suicide and points to clues that may alert teachers to symptoms of student depression. Teachers should watch for students who have experienced a loss and who show sudden changes in behavior. Steps for helping them are suggested. (PP)

Reports the results of a survey conducted to determine teacher attitudes toward various activities at teacher institutes. (JL)

Discusses the findings of a study of teachers' written comments and evaluations of student essays. Among the results of the study are the fact that most teachers' comments were not text specific. (HTH)

Explores teachers' weaknesses that encourage discipline problems within the classroom: teaching style, personality problems, overreacting, friendship (student/teacher relationships), mass punishment, ignoring cries for help, reward centers, false promise of punishment, and "breaking the student's spirit" approach. Provides checklist for teachers…

During their first few years of teaching, teachers go through a series of stages that comprise a psychological development of a professional self. Students, rather than colleagues or administrators, are the primary agents of teacher socialization, satisfaction, and motivation. (SK)

Assesses the effects on second language learning of written feedback that either suppressed student errors or made them salient. Planned comparisons showed achievement was consistently superior under salient error conditions and with constructively critical feedback. Relevance of the findings for instructional theory and second language teaching…

Tested a response cost procedure, compared with Ritalin treatment, on hyperactive elementary school children to determine effectiveness in reducing hyperactive behavior and in increasing academic performance. The cost program alone and combined with medication were effective in reducing off-task behavior and in increasing academic performance.…

Methods for encouraging student questions and replying to them are discussed. (JD)

Indicates pressures for early reading activities faced by kindergarten teachers, illustrates the effects of these persons on children, and describes a reading program that includes reading aloud, storytelling, poetry, wordless books, and science, blocks, woodworking, food and art activities. (Author/RH)

Outlines indicators and causes of stress; provides a checklist of elements of stress in environmental, organizational, and interpersonal classifications; and suggests techniques for effectively coping with identified areas of concern, which can lead to a positive, growth-producing situation. (JD)

Results of a study of the relationship between teachers' perceptions of five attributes of an innovative curriculum and the observed degree of its implementation generally supported the hypothesis that perceptions of the innovation's relative advantage, compatibility, trialability, and observability correlate positively with degree of…

Discusses child abuse and neglect. Describes signs of abuse and neglect, urges teachers to become involved, and gives guidelines for teacher intervention. (RH)