This reprinted 1979 article with a 1988 update discusses ways to help gifted children learn to competently manage and direct a substantial part of their own learning. It discusses goals for self-directed learning, developing the necessary skills, the characteristics of five different instructional styles, and resulting changes in student behavior.…

This book presents stories from teachers nationwide who tackled specific discipline challenges. Chapter 1, "Taking the Total Quality Road" (Judi Call, Beth Ziecheck, Janice Wright, and Kenneth Rigsby), discusses the use of Total Quality Management (TQM) in developing classroom management systems, explaining how Florida elementary…

Junior Great Books discussions were used to teach critical thinking skills and independent learning behaviors to learning-disabled 5th-grade students. In baseline observations, the seven learning-disabled students exhibited active off-task behaviors and disruptive behavior causing dismissal from the group, while seven students in a…