By identifying the environmental conditions associated with alcohol abuse and alcohol use in moderation, staff can help students develop effective strategies for change. Stimulus control methods are recommended as effective behavioral change strategies. (RC)

Discusses basic sources of legal authority to control student behavior and court cases relating to improper discipline. Suggestions are made for counselor and teacher action to achieve desired classroom goals while still protecting student and parental rights to freedom from unlawful interference with the person or invasion of family privacy.…

Presents results of a study of the influence of school climate and the level of students' conflict behavior in terms of open and closed climate schools. Concludes that the level of conflict is lower in open climate school and describes characteristics of such schools. (KC)

Assesses an evaluation model, employing an objectives rating system and a two-dimensional matrix to display the ratings, which was applied to 145 behavioral course objectives for a general chemistry course at Northern Virginia Community College to judge the appropriateness and adequacy of the course objectives. (AYC)

Uses a Transactional Analysis (TA) model to analyze destructive classroom interaction patterns between teacher and student. Suggests ways that teachers can prevent manipulative interpersonal games from allowing the learning situation to deteriorate. (GC)

Examines the effect of classroom environment on teaching and learning behaviors of children. Second-, third-, and fourth- grade elementary school classrooms were selected for this study. (MP)

It was hypothesized that similar testing situations would reveal consistent behavior in 20 preschoolers. No significant correlations were found when the intersession interval was three to four days, but significant correlations were noted when the interval was 12 to 14 days, apparently due to perceived novelty of the second situation. (RL)

Over 100 systems have been developed that permit the recording and categorizing of teacher and student behavior. The cognitive processes of practicing teachers' decision making must be studied in order to deduce a common base whereby teaching decisions could be improved. (Author/JKS)

A review of 20 United States studies of adolescent sexual behavior was undertaken to integrate data accumulated over the past three decades. Several methodological incongruities made comparisons difficult, so suggestions are made for future research. Available data suggest a gradual evolution, not a revolution, in adolescent sexual behavior.…

The coincidence of increased student violence with increased student court victories indicates that there may be a causal relationship between the two. (LH)

Grade level and sex of student are important variables determining teacher attitudes and responses. (JD)

The history and utility of category observation instruments are briefly traced; category observation instruments are defined and their essential properties stated; and a sequential strategy for their construction is discussed. (MM)

Self concept development in the child and the child's later ability to cope with life stress are inextricably related. Defines self concept and its three components: perceptual, conceptual, and attitudinal. Discusses the teacher's role in developing the student's self concept. (Author/RK)

Discusses a case history of a student with a disability, an adolescent with epilepsy, and the teacher's potential involvement in helping the child learn to cope with the disability. (Author/RK)

A cohort survival model of student attendance provides primary and secondary benefits in accurate student information not before available. At Berkeley the computerized Cohort Survival History File, in use for two years, has been successful in assessing various aspects of students' academic behavior and student flow problems. (Editor/LBH)