Describes a counseling program using a group counseling procedure for decreasing fighting and injurious physical contact among elementary school boys. No evaluation was done. (Author)

Investigated were relationships between student self perception and actual classroom behavior in problem solving situations of 201 elementary students. Results indicated students with positive self concept were more independent from teachers and peers. Dependance upon others by low self esteem students is more evident in higher grades. (SL)

Investigated were children's reactions when allowed to choose their own apparatus and perform experiments with appropriate directions available. Few students invented their own experiments; most followed the available printed instructions. (SL)

Do head teachers have too much power to suspend pupils? Are the rights of pupils and parents being adequately safeguarded? A teacher reports on a dramatic case conference. (Editor)

The former headmaster of a day school for maladjusted children provides a critical overview of surveys of the prevalence of violent and disruptive behavior in schools. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of this paper is to present some preliminary findings relating both to the characteristics of black and white college students and to the degree of drug use among members of each group. (Author)

Scores of 1,200 subjects on the Test Anxiety Scale were factor analyzed. Both cognitive "worry" and "emotionality" items loaded strongly on the first factor, which appears to reflect worry about oneself and one's performance on tests and a wide variety of physical and emotional consequences of this intense worry. (Author)

Surveyed 396 sexually experienced college students. Results indicated that, compared to early coital initiators, late coital initiators were more effective contraceptors during initial coitus, had more committed relationships with initial sex partners, engaged in more contraceptive use discussion and planning, and used more authoritative and…

Data from 13,998 students revealed that high percentages of students drank often and that many of these students reported being drunk often. While most students indicated they would prefer not to drive home after drinking, approximately one-third of driving age students indicated they would drive under the influence of alcohol or would ride with…

Examined relationship between cannabis education and use in over 4,000 secondary school students. Seventh graders who reported receiving more cannabis education were more likely to also report having used cannabis. The relationship between cannabis education and cannabis use was not statistically significant for grades 9, 11, or 13, but the trend…

Academic cheating behavior by university students was surveyed using the randomized response technique and by conventional anonymous questionnaire methods. Underreporting is concluded to be a serious problem with anonymous questionnaires. (Author/MLW)

This review presents evidence that student nonverbal behavior may be an important component in the formation of teachers' impressions, attitudes, beliefs, and reciprocal behavioral expressions. Results of the studies are considered within the research on impression formation, communication theory, and classroom activity and participation…

A survey of administrators in six Scottish secondary schools found that home-based factors are viewed as probable causes of disruptive behavior, but school-based strategies are considered likely reduction mechanisms. Individual staffs differed significantly in the extent to which they believed that the problem can be controlled by the schools.…

Maintains that teachers of young children--at the kindergarten level, for example--need to exhibit understanding rather than patience in working with these children. Asserts that patience is rarely necessary when one is understanding. (BB)

Examined extent and distribution of concern about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among 447 college students and impact of concern on their sexual behavior. Nearly 50 percent of students claimed AIDS concern affected behavior. Claimed effects were not associated with independent measures of behavior in question. (Author/NB)