This report describes a project for improving classroom behavior through positive discipline. The action research will take place from September 2001 to December 2001. The targeted 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students live in the suburbs and are composed of low income, middle class, and high income communities. The problem was noted by researchers who…

This paper explains that an in effective classroom discipline program, students are taught self-discipline, students know what the classroom standards are, and teachers' standards for behavior fit the occasion and environment. It offers eight steps for teachers having problems with an entire class (e.g., look at oneself, talk to the department…

This study is designed to determine if there are significant differences among "talkaholic" groups in rating reticence variables, in rating Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA) variables, and in rating Willingness to Talk in Class variables, as well as to determine if there are significant differences among Willingness to…

This book examines issues of school safety and how safety issues have developed in recent years, presents in-depth discussions of each of seven standards of school safety, and raises a variety of legal, policy, and specific safety questions that educators and citizens might ask. The book examines six perspectives or ways to think about school…

This guide describes six prevention practices that K-8 administrators have found to accelerate school performance, increase readiness for learning, and reduce problem behaviors. It shows that to create a safe school environment, preventive measures for children's behavior and emotional problems must be in place. It advocates positive behavior…

The author explores the concept of behavior modification through self-reinforcement. This concept allows for greater responsibility for one's own behavior than other strategies. General techniques to alter behavior are presented, along with a detailed case history. (RP)

The present study was the first in a series designed to investigate the functional relationship between levels of academic survival skills and academic reading achievement of low-functioning children in regular classrooms. (Author)

By using analogies, artists and engineers have made many imaginative creations; moreover, when ninth-grade vocational students received training in synectics (an analogy-based technique) there was a highly significant increase in their originality and elaboration (Torrance creative-thinking tests), and their approach to shop projects and careers…

The purpose of this article is to offer a design for a project conducted by the school counselor that incorporates principles of behavior modification in dealing with classroom misbehavior in a traditional public junior high school setting. (Author)

Suggested a positive approach for teachers in confronting the problems of students afflicted with epilepsy. (RK)

The present research effort was directed toward exploration of the formulation of teachers' biases. (Author)

Article presented a number of questions designed to diagnose methods for assisting underachievers to help themselves to learn effectively. (RK)

a questionnaire on marijuana was completed by 460 students; one on alcohol was completed by 465 students. Results reveal that the relationship between the use of these two drugs is complex. Students' attitudes toward their parents are related to their use of marijuana but not to their use of alcohol. The use of alcohol is a pattern of continuity…

Discussed the need and implementation of ecology in the curriculum as well as its meaning for students. (RK)

A test for use as a preliminary screening device for learning difficulties of first graders had results which indicated a strong relationship between students' scores on the test and teachers' year-end evaluation of students' academic progress. (Author/KM)