Appeal procedures at the University of Michigan that can protect student interests and assure due process are illustrated. The primary purpose of enacting student appeals procedures it to provide students with adequate, legally based channels for airing perceived injustices or inequities. (MLW)

Examines the statistical results derived from a test of the Lopez method, a technique that offers a means to empirically evaluate the depth of a library collection in specific subject areas. (FM)

Presents a case study detailing how paraprofessionals, acting as lunchroom supervisors, have been trained to utilize behavior management techniques to effectively reduce the incidence of disruptive behavior. (Author)

Most student misbehavior is either a way of challenging or coping with the classroom system. Examples of and suggestions for dealing with coping and challenging behaviors are given. (Author)

In a program designed to teach students specific behavior skills that will help them to function better in the classroom, appropriate behaviors are systematically monitored and reinforced. (Author/MLF)

School administrators have the statutory authority and the legal obligation to maintain discipline in the schools. They must, however, preserve discipline with affirmative policies that respect student rights. Available from Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR 97301. (Author/IRT)

Reinforcement of appropriate student behavior in order to create peer role models is an effective disciplinary technique for physical education classes. (LH)

Examines board policies requiring that students have their grades reduced for missing classes, misbehaving, and commiting similar infractions. Concludes that such policies are constitutional if they are reasonable and fair and are applied in an even-handed manner. (Author/IRT)

Employs three demographic variables (sex of child, socioeconomic status, and family size) as predictors of parental discipline. Subjects were 44 (22 male, 22 female) fifth graders and their mothers. (MP)

Presents an adoptive parent's anecdotal report of an unhappy and unsuccessful adoption of an older child. (RH)

Explains and presents examples to illustrate a mathematics curriculum developed in Holland to help elementary school students understand: 1) relationships rather than isolated phenomena, 2) multiple approaches to new concepts, 3) contexts rather than attainment of concepts, and 4) reinvention rather than transfer of ideas. (DB)

Explains how social sciences are integrated into the curriculum of students in universities in the USSR. Information is presented on principal concepts, teaching methods, faculty and staff characteristics and responsibilities, and objectives. (DB)

Emphasizes the importance of being able to identify manipulative behavior in the young child and take steps to discourage the development of a manipulative personality. (CM)

Examines the purpose and functions of policies of science education. New aims and goals for an ecological society, derived by using the fundamental units of ecological study: organisms, environment, populations, community, and the encompassing concept of ecosystem, are discussed. (HM)

In maintaining command of a classroom situation the teacher who establishes rapport with the group and uses humor effectively is most often successful in controlling or preventing disciplinary problems. (JD)