Describes an Educational Products Information Exchange (EPIE) study which evaluated 163 elementary and secondary education microcomputer courseware programs for intent, content, methods and approach, and evaluation, to discover whether trends existed across areas and courseware types, and to determine strengths and weaknesses of available…

A framework for conducting educational studies is presented. While the framework takes issue with some of John Wilson's ideas concerning the nature of educational studies (Oxford Review of Education v8 p3-19 1982), it contains a methodology for implementing many of his practical, problem-oriented proposals. (RM)

The severity of classroom discipline problems, including insolence, disobedience, and the refusal of students to apply themselves, has been well documented. One thing that schools can do to check the present moral decay of youth is to see that God and man's dependence on Him are acknowledged openly in classrooms. (RM)

As classroom managers, teachers have at their disposal five power bases categorized by French and Raven as coercive, reward, legitimate, referent, and expert power, all of which are dependent on student perceptions. Teachers have a responsibility to understand, and then selectively apply, each power base. (Author/MT)

An administrator's first year as an elementary school principal provided unexpected problems that could not be solved by applying clearcut rules or logical thinking. Among the problem areas were student and staff discipline, relations with parents and the PTA, and teacher evaluation. (PGD)

Incompetent teachers must be identified and assisted, and if they fail to improve, they must be dismissed. An eight-point strategy for school district administrators to use in identifying and assisting less competent teachers is presented. (RM)

Discusses six fundamental reforms needed to improve the quality of education in this country: (1) restore discipline, (2) end drug and alcohol abuse, (3) raise academic standards, (4) encourage good teaching, (5) restore parents and state and local governments to their rightful place in the educational process, and (6) teach basics. (JOW)

Discusses a multifaceted social learning method of agression management. Reviews literature concerned with antecedents, related personal characteristics, and consequences of aggression in adolescents. Explains how treatment of aggression in school settings may invalue two levels of intervention: management through general program procedures and…

Male students gave lower faculty ratings than female students, but their ratings for female faculty were high regardless of the field. Female students showed a bias against women faculty in traditional fields and for women faculty in nontraditional fields. (Author/RM)

The need for arts and humanities instruction in the British polytechnics is supported, and it is noted that the concept of creativity is better conveyed through the arts and humanities than through strictly technical instruction. (MSE)

The second part of the research in review discusses the effects of child care programs on child compliance and recommends adult techniques to encourage cooperation and compliance. (Author/AS)

Criticizes the Reagan Administration report, "Disorder in Our Public Schools," and offers an alternative perspective on school discipline. Discusses (1) the report's origination, (2) the extent and nature of the discipline problem, (3) administrators' and courts' roles, (4) the Reagan Administration's recommendations, and (5) the…

Suggestions for helping teachers answer questions parents may ask on discipline, reading, and family situations are offered in this article. Teachers and parents can work together to solve problems dealing with their children and students. (DF)

Interdisciplinary studies are not only desirable but possible in the fiscal, ideological, and organizational context of the 1980s. Interdisciplinary studies are defined as inquiries that draw critically upon two or more disciplines and that lead to an integration of disciplinary insights. (MLW)

Empathy is a critical quality to prosocial behavior. Disciplinary techniques that help students from preschool through the high school levels develop empathy are discussed. (RM)