Guidelines in handling student discipline problems. (SP)

This replication of earlier research tests a mathematical model for examining the conditions under which individuals innovate. By raising costs from zero -- as validated in earlier research -- to .25, this replication defines an innovation boundary at which individuals behave as predicted by their position with respect to that boundary. (Author/JH)

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)

Fourteen leading behavioral scientists explore the relationship between environment and health with a focus on the following question: As we look at health care as people receive it in their communities and the realities of America today, what can we do to improve it?'' Philosophical, scientific issues discussed in round table fashion. (LK)

Methods suggested by opponent-process theory of acquired motivation in helping smokers to quit the habit include use of antagonistic drugs, total cessation from tobacco, and decrease in intensity and frequency of tobacco use. (DS)

This article analyses possible treatment for hyperkinetic or hyperactive children after a complete physical examination. Possible aids discussed are drugs, change of environment or curriculum. (JA)

The data collected in this study provide some evidence that parent and teacher intervention, both at home and at school, can result in a greater reduction in the frequency of an inappropriate behavior than can parent or teacher intervention alone. (Author)

Study investigates changing the behavioral self-confidence of low self-confident elementary school students within a classroom setting. (Editor)

Intended for management trainers, article includes business-oriented techniques and exercises. (SP)

Although both genetic and situational factors are implicated in criminality, the thesis here is that the latter may well be more important and more frequently encountered than many criminologists have acknowledged to date. (JB)

The results of this study indicated that a basic encounter group experience had no effect as measured by the Personality Orientation Inventory either on the participant supervisory teachers or on the teacher trainees with whom they subsequently worked in small groups. (Author)

Results of experiment showed that the use of an FM wireless microphone and an FM radio were effective in modifying the behavior of student interns within the context of the classroom itself. (Author)

Authors hypothesized that many teachers have classroom behavior management skills in their repertoires but lack techniques for using them as systematically as possible; conventional postgraduate courses are a vehicle for introducing experienced teachers to these skills. (Editor)