An academic peer interaction contingency was introduced into an ongoing token economy program in a class of five emotionally disturbed children with minimal interpersonal skills. Seven behavioral categories of academically relevant and irrelevant behaviors were recorded during multiple baseline, contingency, and follow-up observation periods.…

Under new management! This cafeteria rates four stars for food, atmosphere and working and learning together. (Editor)

In this study, findings consistently support the hypothesis that cognitive style has the most impact during initial learning. (MM)

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

A teacher describes his personal experience in working with black students in a community college classroom and how he responded to and dealt with his own uncomfortable feelings about a learning mode which differed from any he had previously encountered. (Editor/RK)

Author set down some notes on his own leadership style, and looked at the problem of providing structure for the groups of students that he leads. (Author/RK)

Describes research on the use of classroom contingency management to reduce poor attendance and tardiness in a community college program. (Editor)

The effects of the Program for Academic Survival Skills (PASS), a group behavior management program, on behavioral observation data and standardized achievement test measures were investigated. Results indicated PASS produced significant gains in survival skills during operation and one week following termination in reading and mathematics periods…

Eight educational propositions support research that reflects the interacting effects of teacher and learner characteristics on educational outcomes. (MM)

The two major goals of this study were (1) to estimate the magnitude of the effects of teaching performance and (2) to determine if some teaching performances were more associated with greater pupil learning than others. (MM)

Reports the importance of children's expectations of social approval to an important achievement behavior, interacting with the teacher. (Author/IRT)

Describes the implementation of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) in Flint, Michigan. An increase in student failures resulted from implementing this curriculum. Reasons for the increase in student failures are given. (GS)

Increases in the school-age population, maximum class size requirements in various states and the No Child Left Behind Act's mandate of a "highly qualified teacher" in every classroom collectively will increase the demand for teachers. However, public school teachers are exiting the profession in large numbers. This poses a serious…

This study reports on teacher-interns' observations of research sessions involving urban students participating as subjects in an informal mathematical learning afterschool program. The research comes from a project that investigates how minority students from low-income, urban community build mathematical ideas and engage in mathematical…