Examines the eating behaviors of 192 Australian and 129 Swaziland university students using the Eating Attitudes Test. Reports no significant differences between the Australian and Swazi samples in terms of eating disorder symptoms, but indicates that more Australians saw themselves as overweight and were on a weight loss diet. (CMK)

Considers literacy survey findings of year 7 students who had experienced difficulties with reading. Highlights the range of texts and events that these students chose to engage with outside school and the mismatch between home and school literacy. Suggests a need to go beyond the traditional reading test to uncover the texture of literacy…

Examined demographic characteristics of high school tobacco-users across gender and ethnicity using data from the 1991-1995 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Current smoking increased, with one-third of 9th and 12th graders currently smoking in 1995 and 11% of all students using smokeless tobacco. Many students used tobacco before high school. Tobacco…

Compares academic performance, behavior, and commitment of basketball and volleyball athletes and nonathletes in a rural Canadian high school. Compares mid-term and final grades in each school discipline, disciplinary visits to administrators, and misbehavior demerits. Estimates athletes' mean weekly time commitment in each sport. Athletes matched…

Describes a kindergarten class for students with hearing impairments that uses a strategy that supports positive student behavior. Steps include working with children to establish classroom rules, reviewing the rules by asking children to role play each one, and conducting individual and class evaluations each day. (CR)

Assessed contributions of internal resources, supportive family and peer relations, peer negative influences, and behavioral adjustment to positive expectations for the future for inner-city school children. Found that higher levels of positive expectation related to lower levels of problem behavior and to higher levels of school involvement,…

Discusses the author's development of teaching style from a permissive to an authoritarian to an authoritative teaching style. Uses research on parenting styles to understand the college classroom and argues that a teacher's view of students affects their teaching. (CMK)

Investigates the management approaches employed by nursery teachers to deal with children's behavior problems. Findings show that teachers appear to mainly attend to and deal with conduct problems that cause greater disturbance in the classroom. However, emotional and developmentally related problems were also addressed revealing teachers'…

Drawing from interviews with adolescent boys ages 15-17 who attend a co-educational high school in Perth, Western Australia, explores the ways in which boys fashion their masculinities. Uses Foucault's claims about the production of subjectivity to investigate the norms informing the boys' conduct. Considers implications for addressing issues of…

A study evaluated the effectiveness of a teaching package (graduated guidance and visual activity schedules) in teaching four children (ages 7-8) with autism to increase on-task and on-schedule behavior. Student performance rose to criterion levels upon introduction of the graduated guidance procedures and maintained when the picture activity book…

Explores undergraduate student withdrawal behavior in the business school of a new university. Examines the complex interplay of forces-personal, institutional, and contextual/external-which lead up to the decisions by a student to leave or to stay. A comparative study is made of experiences of students who left, and of those who experienced…

Examined the relationship between physical activity and other health-related behaviors of U.S. college students. Data from the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey indicated that cigarette smoking, inconsistent seatbelt use, and inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables significantly related to low levels of physical activity after…

Proposes a systemic model for handling disruptive behaviors among college students. The model, in which college counselors have a leading role, uses faculty liaisons, a faculty and staff handbook, faculty and staff training, and policy development to address the problem. (Contains 22 references.) (Author/GCP)

Examines the role and effects of negative responses and uncooperative behavior in young children. Describes four basic types of uncooperative responses. Offers eight strategies for managing inappropriate responses before they become barriers to learning and development, as well as suggestions for teacher monitoring of their own attitudes. (SD)

Investigated changes in elementary mathematics instruction in Hong Kong over 3 years of curriculum reform. Mathematics lessons were observed in 12 schools over the 3 years. Although whole-class instruction was still the dominant teaching method, the role of the teacher was changing from that of a virtuoso performing to that of a conductor…