A time-out technique is described which enables disruptive students to learn both how to control their behavior and why it is important to do so. (MT)

If a quick-tempered student is helped to deal with anger, she or he has learned an important lesson. Sixteen strategies to teach self-control are presented and discussed. (MT)

Presents 6 short articles in which teachers and counselors share their techniques for helping children develop self-reliance, self-confidence, and self-discipline. (JMB)

What determines an individual's capacity to control his own behavior? Article provided eight skill-clusters for emphasis in teaching children self-control. (Author/RK)

In an interview, Amitai Etzioni, a social scientist and director of the Center for Policy Research at George Washington University, discusses his ideas for stronger schools, at the heart of which are self-motivated students who are self-disciplined and responsible. (JMK)