Reviews current legal interpretations regarding discipline of handicapped students. Proposes a model for fostering compliance with legal mandates when considering disciplinary procedures for such students. Principals should employ behavior management options (such as time-out techniques, use of school counseling and social workers, in-school…

This article recounts the case of a gifted French adolescent girl whose life, characterized by family problems and lack of support, resulted in her tragic suicide at the age of 17. (DB)

Teachers can help students "find" problems by brainstorming potential research ideas connected to interests they already have. Students of all ages can do descriptive, historical, experimental, correlational, and developmental research. Case, field, causal, and comparative research might be more successful with older students. Conducting real…

Intervention strategies for use with students with mild learning and behavior problems were rated by 232 teachers and were factor analyzed, resulting in 5 factors for intervention use (principal involvement, teacher intervention, special education, teacher consultation, and parent involvement) and 5 for reasonability (teacher intervention,…

Presents Life Space Interview (LSI) or Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) with second-grade student from threatening home environment. Uses Reality Rub Intervention Interview, focusing on five variations: distorted perceptions, tunnel vision, faulty thinking, avoidance, and alibi. Describes incident that led to intervention, interview itself,…

Focuses on family coping with adolescent's diabetes. Reviews literature on interplay between family processes and psychological features of adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes. Examines how family may influence adjustment and metabolic control of diabetic child and considers impacts of adolescent's diabetes on individual parents and on…

Shares different students' solutions for a problem entitled Food for Thought from Jay's Dinner, which appeared in the March-April 1998 issue of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. The problem involves determining the maximum area to be fenced in by 60 feet of fencing. (ASK)

Parents (N=67) and siblings (N=71) of children with and without learning disabilities (LD) and/or behavior problems were interviewed. The primary indicator of the impact of a child with LD on siblings and parents was whether the child also had behavior problems. Results also indicated that LD children and siblings differed in perceptions of…

Explored externalizing behavior problems in suburban Head Start children. Found parents identified almost one-quarter of children as having externalizing problems in the borderline/clinical range, with twice as many girls as boys having borderline/clinical levels of behavior problems. Found children with parent-identified externalizing problems…

This study examined the first year of placement of 61 boys and girls who joined permanent, unrelated families during middle childhood. Most had experienced abuse, neglect and discontinuity in their lives. Psycho-social functioning assessment indicated that a third of the children showed a reduction of problems following adoptive placement. Factors…

Focuses on problem-based learning (PBL). Explains ill-defined problems of PBL and compares PBL with the typical problem solving approach. Lists 10 steps to involve students in constructing understanding for use with PBL. (YDS)

Argues that standardized academic programs are seldom effective with students in detention facilities who have a wide range of academic skills, leaning problems, cultural backgrounds, and languages. Recommends an individualized and self-paced method of instruction that has proven successful in meeting the needs of this diverse group of learners.…

Discusses mathematics education in Korea, describes problems with computer software for math, and introduces a problem-solving model using the computer as a tool. Discusses visualization, problem solving, and examines how effectively the model integrates mathematics instruction of problem solving into a regular math program of quadratic minimum…

Results of this longitudinal study (7 years) suggested that the stress attributed to a specific child (including a child with an intellectual disability) by parents (N=93) may be an indicator of more general family stress. Although the strength of parental worry decreased, the pattern of worries did not change over time. (Contains references.)…

Interviews with 58 nursing students over age 25 showed that they experienced financial, child care, relationship, and family problems. Many had considered dropping out in response to pressures of their multiple roles. (SK)