Study supported by grants from the National Istitutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service (MH-11979-01), and the National Science Foundation (GS-1847).

Order issued in September 1968 by the Federal District Court for the Western District of Missouri en banc.

This paper examines author productivity as a function of subject breadth using literature-productive engineers--subject breadth is defined as a measure of an author's tendency to move outside one or more closely allied subject areas within a discipline. Subjects for the study were chosen at random from the 1971 author index of The Engineering…

The author claims that the nature of the social sciences is to combine interpretive and empirical approaches in an attempt to understand human thought and behavior. He views the domain of social sciences as being different from that of the humanities or the natural sciences. Social scientists test interpretations by considering the extent to which…

A study of the inschool suspension programs of twenty-five junior and senior high schools in Missouri with enrollments of 1,000 or more revealed that the programs have similar rationales and structures, have no total shared responsibility for the program between the central office and school administration, need to clarify the reasons for and type…

The product of two summer institutes to prepare teachers and administrators for school integration, this report contains a resource manual on "Discipline Standards in Integrated Schools." For full abstract of institute proceedings, see UD 009 479. For other resource manuals, see UD 009 480, UD 009 482, UD 009 483, and UD 009 484. (KG)

Corporal punishment is one teacher-child interaction harmful to children. Corporal punishment inhibits learning, interferes with the accomplishment of each of the important developmental tasks of children and their teachers, and has the potential for physical harm to the child. Corporal punishment should be considered as child abuse and prohibited…

Describes the different approaches three school districts use to turn around discipline problems before students get turned off to school. (Author/IRT)

Systematic analysis of classroom disruption and discipline problems can frequently correct undesirable behavior. The approach presented uses outside observers to help analyze problems and construct solutions. (JMF)

Thirteen suggestions are made to the teacher on the establishment of classroom control; the use of various methods of punishment, including grades and extra homework; and ways of dealing with recurrent behavior problems. (SJL)

A unique approach to dealing with truancy gives students "instant" credit for work completed at the end of each marking period. (Author/MLF)

The article discusses the use of corporal punishment in schools, and its implication for handiccapped children. (Author/DLS)

Elementary schools that feed students after recess instead of before have reduced student discipline problems and food waste. (IRT)