Describes the development and implementation of Lee Canter's Assertive Discipline model, noting its use at Takoma Park (MD) Elementary School and the reaction of parents, students, and teachers. Supporters stress that it puts teachers in charge, rewarding good behavior and punishing bad, but critics call it dehumanizing, humiliating, and…

Raising the legal purchase age to 21 in New York did not greatly affect alcohol use patterns for most college students in this study. Findings are based upon analysis of survey data collected from students before and after the law went into effect. (IAH)

According to National Crime Survey estimate, almost three million students, faculty, staff, and visitors were crime victims while in school or on school property during 1987. Thefts accounted for 2.5 million acts, declining from 3.2 million in 1982. Despite a declining school-age population, violent crimes have increased. A 1989 study is planned…

Results are reported from a study which found that specific verbal praise was effective in reducing off-task behavior of second grade students (N=3) in physical education. (IAH)

The major themes of three books based on behaviorist psychology are examined critically, noting that behavior modification has significant limitations. Four of these limitations are identified and briefly discussed. Teachers must realize that discipline approaches must increase the transfer value of behavior learned in school and foster…

Data from a study involving 369 children (K-3) suggests that the activity patterns during recess and physical education classes are similar. Children do not voluntarily engage in sufficient aerobic activity during recess, nor do physical education programs provide sufficient appropriate activities to adequately promote fitness. (IAH)

Palatine High School in Chicago, Illinois, honors average students who try hard. Teachers are urged to look beyond the high-profile students and seek out the quiet achievers. (MLF)

Examined verbal behavior of college students (N=46) which indicated the internal-external control construct must be more clearly studied before definitive correlates of locus of control orientation can be derived. Cautions internality should not be linked necessarily to strong inclinations toward the control of classroom situations. (Author/ABL)

This study examined whether human sexuality and general health courses were negatively affecting college students'"moral fiber," hypothesizing that there would be no differences in sexual attitudes and behaviors before and after taking the courses. Questionnaires indicated the only change was that students had more positive safer sex behaviors…

Reexamines freedom of expression and campus dissent from historical and legal perspective, highlighting the changes that have occurred over the past 30 years. Concludes that university administrators should prepare for increasing student activism and campus dissent in coming years. Notes that much can be learned from reviewing administrative…

Reviews the application of expectancy theory to student motivation. Describes tenets of the theory (motivation depends on estimation of the likelihood of success, the likelihood that particular behaviors will result in the outcome, and the value of outcomes). Identifies instructor actions related to each tenet that can enhance student motivation.…

Examined college student (n=552) drinking behavior and explored underlying reasons for continued excessive drinking. Results revealed alcohol-related physical symptoms, negative behavioral outcomes, and high incidence of driving while alcohol impaired. Students who were frequent drinkers showed little, if any, concern for their own drinking…

A matriarch who puts strong stock in good manners and even better behavior, Linda Bates Transou is a no-nonsense Denver principal committed to dismantling her high school's two-tier, segregated system. Transou wants all students to have the opportunity to attend college. Since 1986, the number of minority students in accelerated courses has…

Categorized 179 college students as masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated. Found gender orientations related to overall quantity-frequency index of alcohol consumption and beverage type. Androgynous respondents consumed less total alcohol than other groups; undifferentiated subjects drank more than feminine or androgynous subjects;…

Reports on two studies conducted to determine whether the length of assignments or the nature of grading practices (relative or absolute) influenced the amount of homework teacher education students were motivated to complete. Revealed that the quantity of work produced was greater for short assignments than long ones. (DMM)