Article discusses the needs of the quiet child and the responsibility of the teacher to be alert and sensitive to this type of elementary school student. (GB)

Second-grade teachers ranked their students according to the extent to which they exhibited problem behavior in the classroom. Boys who were behavior problems were found to interact with their teachers significantly more than boys who were not behavior problems and more than girls regardless of their classroom behavior. (Author)

Describes a method for helping children with learning disorders to improve their academic performance. (RK)

The present study involved four classrooms that were experimenting with the open-classroom system. Although most children were making adequate progress there were some children who consistently failed to engage in academic activities. For these youngsters, a behavior modification procedure that motivated them to partake in academic tasks was…

This study is organized as follows: first, students' attitudes to their college environment are measured; second, objective indices are calculated using factual information; third, the measured changes in students in variables such as achievement, attitudes and values, are related to the environments in terms of the previous two scales (subjective…

The purpose of the present study was to investigate relationships between college students' ratings of classroom behavior and variables concerning student perceptions and teachers' personality traits. (Author/RK)

Examines direct observation procedures which can be used to measure classroom behavior variables. (Author)

Guidelines in handling student discipline problems. (SP)

Author examines the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung with his students and challenges them to objectively evaluate the work. (RK)

Advantages of the system described include the minimal cost, the simplicity of operation and minimal training required, the change in classroom atmosphere from negative-defensive to positive-receptive, and the opportunity to teach arithmetic and money skills. (Authors)

This article presents four strategies children use in the classroom to avoid learning; remedies for these situations are given. (BB)

The paper's principal concern is to examine the intended and unintended consequences of sport and particularly of team games in secondary education. (Author)

Two court decisions illustrate that school personnel have responsibilities and rights in the area of student control; but courts also are cognizant of the fact that teachers, like other human beings, may err. (Author/MF)

Describes improvement in students' use of language laboratory as a result of procedural innovations. (RS)

An evaluative survey of the influences shaping student beliefs to the left, particularly during the years of student activism. (JB)