This annotated bibliography describes journal articles, books, and papers covering five areas of student discipline: the relationship between discipline and learning, attitudes toward behavior problems and discipline, corporal punishment, the role of the disciplinarian, and solutions to discipline problems (including behavior modification, the…

Four sections of introductory psychology were involved in a study of aptitude-treatment interactions. Two sections were taught with a high-structure curriculum, and two with a low-structure curriculum. Students' preference for structure was measured with the Inventory of Beliefs (IOB). During eight weeks of instruction, observers recorded…

Outlines some alternatives to disciplinary exclusion from school that need not interfere with the educational rights of other students and discusses some problems involved in developing such alternative programs. (Author)

Discusses classroom structure, focusing on ways of structuring a space to a given end; different ways of structuring time to specific ends; and the kinds of relationships among the children and between the teacher and the children which the teacher may attempt to set up. (JM)

The author spent four months as a participant observer in an urban, integrated, and innovative high school in order to explore the social world and the social realities of its students. (Author)

Part of the Saturday Review supplement, EDUCATION IN AMERICA, sponsored by the Charles F, Kettering Foundation.

Part II of a 2-part article, "Personality in Primary School Children.

A longer version of this article was presented at the convention of the American Educational Research Association (Los Angeles, February 5-8, 1969).

Students in a study skills class at City University of New York keep a journal as a regular record of the process of their learning to be college students: studying, attending classes and lectures, taking notes, navigating textbooks, and preparing for tests. They make four entries per week, one for each class, each focusing on detailed, concrete…

This bulletin traces the history of Oregon's Child Development Specialist (CDS) program, desribes development of the program model, discusses the qualifications and role of the specialist, presents a brief overview of the implementation of the CDS program in Salem (Oregon), provides evidence of the state program's success, and suggests methods for…

The Classroom Interaction Analysis Index (CIAI) was developed to categorize the actions of teachers and students as they interact in classroom situations. The CIAI rating system is easy to learn and easy to use. Experience has shown that the average teacher or supervisor can use it effectively after three or four one-hour sessions. The purpose of…

The five chapters of this report describe the development of a descriptive model of writing instruction in grades three through six. Data reported came from a study that included observations of 160 classes of writing instruction in eight classrooms throughout one school year. Following the first two chapters, which offer an overview of the study…

Presented is a summary of the 1977-80 Project LEO studies, which focused on science teaching strategies and learning outcomes for disruptive elementary school children and on more refined application of the "student-structured learning in science" (SSLS) teacher behavioral pattern in secondary school science classrooms. Included within…

This report presents findings from a national survey of the 1975-80 high school classes, focusing on drug use and related attitudes of American high school seniors. The materials highlight data on grade of first use, usage trends at earlier grade levels, intensity of drug use, attitudes and beliefs about various types of drug use, and students'…