From a sample of eighth-grade pupils, 96 class clowns were identified and compared to a sample of 237 nonclown classmates. Clowns were predominantly males, and were seen by their teachers to be higher than nonclowns in Asserting, Unruliness, Attention Seeking, Leadership, and Cheerfulness, and to be lower in Accomplishing. (Author/CP)

Teachers use punishment for undesirable behavior more frequently in response to male students than female students. (JD)

Both technical health words and common health words produce communication blockages in college sex education classes. (MM)

Measures the relative effectiveness of a short-term punishment versus a snort-term positive reinforcement contingency system for reducing the frequency of specific inappropriate behaviors of a group of senior elementary students. Students were directly involved in identifying the different types of discipline so that they might help determine the…

Students are capable, at least in part, of acting upon their environment, of controlling their own destiny. They are self-organizing, integrating, thinking individuals who are capable of making decisions and following through on these decisions in an effort to guide their own lives. (Author)

Three observational techniques are illustrated in a comparison of verbal disciplinary techniques--managing, threatening, and describing behaviors--as used by a regular teacher and a student teacher. Modeling of classroom teacher's behaviors is also discussed. (RAO)

In order to explore the relationship between moral reasoning and conduct, 38 grade six students, deemed by their teachers to display "delinquent" or "non-delinquent" characteristics, were administered Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Instrument and an IQ test. Findings indicated that "delinquents" and "non-delinquents" differed significantly on moral…

Examines the conflicts which arise for students in the university setting as a result of having ethnic backgrounds different from the middle-class norm. Discusses the impact of ethnic differences upon psycho-social development and some issues regarding the role of psychologists working in the university and dealing with ethnic students. (Author/RK)

How fair and effective are the ways in which adults try to settle disputes between school students? A teacher proposes a new kind of arbitration in which students themselves would play a major role. (Editor)

Repeated measures of the frequency of paper towel litter, unflushed toilets, dirty sinks, and running water faucets were used to evaluate effectiveness of contingent teacher praise for appropriate bathroom use by preschool children. Contingent praise for appropriate bathroom behaviors resulted in markedly decreased frequencies of four target…

This speech, presented at the NASPA convention, Dallas, 1976, maintains that the "quiet" on college campuses is isolating Congressmen from students at a time when input is essential. (Author)

The relative efficacy of training in self-monitoring, self-reward, and planning as aids to self-control was examined. Subjects received training in a standard study method and received degrees of training in self-control. The group that received training in self-monitoring, self-reward, and planning strategies significantly outperformed other…

This study determined if interaction effects of selected psychosocial variables could be utilized as indicators of subsequent smoking behavior among youth having never smoked. Results support the hypothesis. Presented at the 49th annual convention of the American School Health Association, Denver, Colorado, 1975. (Author)

One way for business students to improve their job interview skills is to help them become more aware of how others view them. The authors present a self-rating sheet with a list of behaviors for the student to rate himself on and also to have a friend and someone in authority rate him. Guidelines for the teacher, in-class exercises, and followup…

If the problems of student violence and other forms of misbehavior are to be solved, educators must refocus attention on each student as an individual. (Author)