Explores the problem of violence in the schools, relates the research, shares historical viewpoints, and examines the peculiar difficulties of the schools by utilizing interviews with the chief of security and five junior high and two senior high school principals in the Baltimore City public schools. (Author/RK)

Examined were consistencies over time of maternal reports, observations of nursery and elementary school behavior, and teacher ratings of problems for 20 hyperactive Ss and 21 controls (2 year followup) and 15 hyperactive Ss and 16 controls (3 year followup). (Author/CL)

A sample of 39 Spanish bilingual teachers were asked to rate behavioral differences between Anglo and His panic children. Although differences among the ethnic groups' behavioral ratings were noted, socioeconomic variables may have been more pervasive than ethnicity in accounting for most of the negative perceptions about Mexican children.…

Several hypotheses were tested: (1) task behavior in a Montessori classroom and an experimental activity are correlated; (2) teacher criticism causes low task persistence in both situations; and (3) praise causes higher involvement in both situations. Results confirmed all hypotheses except that between classroom reward and experimental…

The influence of the peer group upon the task behavior of pupils was examined using a simulated classroom group task situation. Predicted behaviors were the tendency to perform in a manner consistent with the friendship group's norms and to resist attempts by others to influence his task behavior. (Editor/RK)

This article reviews and clarifies the problems of antisocial student behavior in schools, ranging from talking out of turn to violent attacks upon fellow students or teachers. It focuses on the high school and junior high school, and attempts to identify causes while examining programs and procedures for remediating or preventing such behavior.…

After defining "docility" this research considers some factors affecting it, specifically, the effects on Student docility of age and sex, together with the effects of the social structure of the school and of the family. (Author/RK)

A questionnaire survey of secondary schools in Nigeria is reported that examined the following offenses: stealing, dishonesty, sex offenses, disobedience, truancy, assault and insult, drug offenses, "wickedness" (oppression of juniors and destruction of property), and strikes and mass demonstrations. (LBH)

Uses data from a longitudinal study of drug abuse in adolescence to discuss strategies in the study of transitions into various developmental stages. Compares advantages and disadvantages of strategies based on a decomposed sample with strategies based on a pooled sample. (Author/AV)

Students who were allowed to pursue topics that they were genuinely interested in developed reading and writing skills and broadened the scope of their interest. (JD)

Attempts to develop a system for gathering more accurate and comprehensive information about the act of teaching. Such an instrument could then be used through longitudinal studies to research which teacher competencies produce certain pupil learning. Instead of limiting research strategy to pretesting and posttesting, this study examines how…

Three of four scales from Maloney, Ward, and Braucht's revised or short-form ecology inventory were administered to college students, and were further validated. Unlike earlier findings, knowledge about ecology, the environment, and pollution was found to be predictive of actual behavior related to improving the environment. (Author/JKS)

Students from California to Florida to New York are behaving as they please, assaulting their teachers, avoiding any serious penalty, and, in some cases, committing murder in their schools. Some changes are being initiated. (RK)

The relationships between the delinquency rate of a school and the perceived behavior of its teachers and pupils were compared. The findings were discussed in the context of parental choice of school and questions concerning the tasks and activities offered to pupils and the nature of teacher/pupil relationships within the schools. (Author/RK)

Given that the learning environment in which the student was placed would influence aggression on the playground, it was felt that students would display less aggression on the playground of a pluralistic school, that is a school which offers several distinct learning environments and attempts to place students appropriately, than on the…