From the perspective of the student audience, the general results of the study suggest that, as teacher custodialism increases, the more robust are acts of student brinksmanship, the less robust is the teacher's pupil control behavior, and the less the teacher is liked by students. (Author)

A survey of 36 school districts indicates that there does seem to be a trend toward eliminating corporal punishment. Many districts felt that corporal punishment had proved less effective than alternative disciplinary measures such as suspension, parent conferences, counseling, and programs that helped to prevent delinquency. (WI)

Suggests that there is no rule that guarantees appropriate classroom behavior, yet, to control the class, a teacher must control himself. Gives 13 tenets for helping elementary teachers to maintain a controlled classroom and 12 guides for improving student behavior. (Author/RK)

Describes a study on the relationship between reading deficiency and disciplinary problems; relates the original data to the same student population's status with regard to high school graduation four years later. (MAI)

This article provides an introduction to the practice of reality therapy in the classroom. It discusses behavior modification objections, episode analysis, doing reality therapy, contracts and follow-up, and importance of humor. The author also provides an annotated bibliography and a resources guide for workshops, video cassettes, and tapes.…

In this article the author speculates about the future of research, methodology, and education in the social sciences. He calls for a greater consensus among social scientists in regard to terminology and research operations. (GC)

When young students are moved from one school to another they may experience a number of anxieties. Here are a series of suggestions that might help teachers inform and orient new students so that they feel at home in classrooms they enter during the school year. (Author/RK)

Discusses educators' potential liability for verbal chastisement of students in elementary and secondary schools and suggests a legal standard that might be applied to such behavior. (Author/JG)

Compulsory attendance laws seem to assure each teacher a fair share of students who are less than enthusiastic about being in the classroom. Experience has shown teachers that many students in this less than enthusiastic state present discipline and learning problems. Here is a method designed to minimize classroom discipline problems while…

Explores the relationship between language and the intellectual discipline of political science, and explains how political dictionaries can be used effectively as teaching tools. Includes a selected, annotated bibliography of 14 contemporary political dictionaries. (Author/AV)

Compares the sociology teaching experience in a community college with that in a university. The comparison focuses on the problems of maintaining an identity as a sociologist and the boundaries of the discipline in the two settings. (Author/DB)

Six postulates are developed concerning the concept of discipline (both academic and behavioral) which, if used as a theoretical basis in the formulation and administration of particular behavioral discipline policies, will result in a change of discipline methodology--not different in degree of refinement, but different in kind. (MJB)

Results from two tested hypotheses indicate that the predominant form of publication in the physical sciences are articles and books in social sciences. Differences were also found in the relevant dimension of publication between faculties in more or less prestigious departments. Administrative policy implications are discussed. (Author/LBH)

After five decades in the classroom Lillian Blumenfeld's passion for her profession, concern for children and outspokeness on the issues are still vibrant. (Editor)