Young students can benefit when teachers address behavior in positive, rather than punitive, ways. This paper describes how one teacher stopped using punitive time outs and instead developed a program in which working together on learning and having class responsibilities was meaningful enough that instances of troublesome behavior would be…

Examines how a disciplinary shift was brought about in an individual. The impetus for the shift was social and organizational, the process was undergone in a bureaucratic context, and the outcome was a scientific identity of a transdisciplinary nature, in which competencies in the social and life sciences were interwoven in daily practices. (EV)

Retells the history of United States rhetorical studies as a negotiation over the meaning of the concepts of invention and imagination. Provides a genealogical outline of the transformation of the imagination in rhetorical theory. Concludes by urging a consideration of the "imaginary," a psychoanalytic understanding of the collective unconscious,…

Presents a model which demonstrates that a previous finding of a positive correlation between research productivity and breadth of interest does not hold if one considers what the data would look like if the variables were independent. (CLB)

Since little is new in discipline theory, principals should take advantage of the information lull to educate or reeducate their staff concerning available classroom management information and skills. Evidence suggests that teachers badly need such training. Includes eight references. (MLH)

Teachers need to match discipline methods with children's developmental levels. Young children need interventionist techniques stressing teacher power and control. Older children thrive when teachers employ strategies to enhance student involvement and self-discipline. A few other youngsters move to a self-directive stage; these students need…

Institutions offering programs in health education are listed by state, and information is provided on specializations and degrees offered. (IAH)

Asserts that experimental research articles are "explanatory minihistories," of reading containing elements of prescription, description, and prediction found in most histories. Argues that reading historians will have to select from among these minihistories to arrive at an explanatory history of the reading field. (MM)

Argues that communication as an academic discipline is at a critical point in its evolution, and the western region is poised to play a most influential role during the next few years. Challenges members of the Western States Communication Association to resist potential institutional assaults by leading the communication discipline in a…

Describes investigation examining relationship of parental discipline to child distress. Suggests punishment was more effective in delaying future disobedience when toddlers' distress was high than when low or moderate and reasoning and punishment-reasoning combination were most effective at moderate level of toddler distress. Recommends firm…

Technological knowledge is not a type of formal knowledge similar to academic disciplines. It draws on formal knowledge but consists of descriptive, prescriptive, and tacit knowledge. Technological knowledge provides a way to integrate learning with purposeful activity. (SK)

Describes and critiques the "discipline model" of lawyer regulation from a consumer point of view and outlines an alternative model for regulating lawyers that is grounded in consumer protection principles. (JOW)

Examined disciplinary careers of inmates identified as mentally retarded, borderline intellectual functioning, and intellectually normal. Findings suggest that throughout most of incarceration, rate of disciplinary involvement of mentally retarded inmates is not significantly higher than that of their nonretarded peers. Found no statistically…

Observed 19 preschool children at lunch for 20 days to determine the effects of imposed silence at lunch on the amount of food consumed during meals in a nursery school setting. Found that imposing silence during mealtime did not increase food consumption but did foster a stressful atmosphere. (MM)

Realizing that custodians needed help with cafeteria cleanup and lunchtime discipline, a Michigan elementary school developed a Custodial Assistant Program enlisting the energies of 12 fifth and sixth graders who needed help in improving self-concept and behavior. In exchange for cleaning the cafeteria and playground, these students receive many…