The present study investigated the mental health needs of a Modern Orthodox Jewish High School. The researcher sought to find out what types of emotional, social, and behavioral issues students present in a Modern Orthodox High School, what types of strategies and interventions are currently being used to address these issues, and how effective…

An accurate and agreed upon evaluation of preschoolers' behavior is crucial for young children's positive development. This study explores possible cultural differences in cross-informants' evaluations. The premise is that informants who are from different cultures tend to give different evaluations of preschoolers' adjustment and/or that the…

Substantial empirical data indicates that elementary school teachers are disturbed by student behavior problems in a classroom. The current study was conducted in order to determine which behaviors teachers report to be most disturbing, whether there are any teacher gender differences, and what teachers report as being most effective in handling…

The paper reports on the first year of an eighth grade social studies unit, "Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior" (ED 152 670). The unit focuses on the question of individual responsibility in society. During the first year of the program, experimental and control groups were pre- and posttested in four domains:…