The problem in the study was that at-risk elementary school students had too many classroom disruptive behaviors. The purpose was to investigate the effect a Professional Development Classroom Management Model would have on reducing these students' misbehaviors. The study implemented a classroom management model to improve the classroom management…

A model suggesting that dissatisfaction unfolds into a hierarchical arrangement is presented. The hierarchy begins with unease/disgust and proceeds upward with conscious awareness/articulation, active solution/action orientation, frustration/concern, and concludes with despair/fear/depression. (JC)

Many students believe that math is something one learns about, but they do not understand that it is a tool for learning about other concepts. Mathematics is a language used to describe the relationship between objects, events, and time. Learning math requires that a student interacts with a system of symbols just as a person interacts with…

Addresses itself to the problem of managing disruptive student behavior in the public classroom. Three major models for handling behavior are identified: the disciplinarian approach, the behavior modification approach and the therapist approach. (Editor/RK)

Presents model aimed at resolution of discrepancies between group objectives and individual behavior under certain conditions using step-by-step analysis based on game theory. May be applied by administrators or managers to educational, industrial, or bureaucratic situations where these "people problems" are present. (NEC)

Because assessment of creative potential is important in the selection of leaders, it is recommended that the critical activities of any occupational assignment should be examined in connection with the whole range of abilities of the structure-of-intellect model. (CM)