Identifies three styles of sibling rivalry and three parent leadership styles, discussing parental mediation of sibling disputes through contracting and providing examples of group discipline techniques that facilitate development of less negative forms of rivalry and that support positive sibling bonding. (RH)

Examines the humanistic and artistic interest within the speech communication field. (PD)

A successful inschool suspension program is described that brings together a professional staffer knowledgeable in counseling and a variety of subject areas, an unpleasant image among students, and a reasonable length of the student's day. Guidelines and rules are listed. (MJL)

Parents of adolescents are urged to listen with attentiveness, reflect and restate their child's feelings, set appropriate limits for their children and themselves, and set aside time for family fun and communication. (CL)

Describes the use of a committee of teachers and administrators to counsel students with attendance problems at Westfield (New Jersey) High School. Details procedures followed when students continue to violate attendance rules and when they avoid appearing before the committee. A sample of the class absence reporting form is included. (PGD)

Responses by 100 primary and secondary teachers on behavior and management problems of bright pupils suggested that while bright pupils are generally well behaved, those problems which do arise are often related to insufficient stimulation. Suggestions on effective management are provided. (Author/CL)

Discusses views of various scholars regarding the current difficulties of history as an academic discipline. Particular emphasis is placed on the works of Don Karl Rowney (Bowling Green State University) and Timothy Donnovan (University of Arkansas) who stress that history's form reveals history's function. (DB)

A survey of all school employees in three Cook County (Illinois) schools asked how they view student discipline. Principals reviewed survey results for their schools and then met with faculty members to work out solutions. Because of positive public and staff response, similar surveys will be conducted every two years. (MLF)

Kipling's view of the child, as expressed in his writings, focused on the vision of growth or becoming, fostered by activity. Action was to be directed by a firm and conservative moral code, with initiative allowed on some occasions so that change could occur. (MSE)

Describes the administrative policy developed to deal with student truancy at Harlem South High School in Rockford, Illinois. The policy calls for intensive monitoring of attendance and involves parents as well as school officials. It is said to be successful in reducing truancy rates. (GC)

Presents a strategy for simplifying the problem of how to approach important questions in the philosophy of science as they apply to sociology. Specifically, the article outlines an axial model for studying and teaching about relationships among various epistemological positions in contemporary sociology. (Author/DB)

Discusses problems associated with the disciplinary status of speech communication stemming from the absence of consensus on the appropriate classification of the field, inadequately specified properties of the concepts on which research is conducted, failure to develop a coherent organizational structure for assessing advances in knowledge, and…

Argues that the item of first priority in general semantics research is to come up with a coherent framework for the overall organization of general semantics studies, and offers a few thoughts on beginning the search for a solution to this problem. (GT)

Examines speech communication as a discipline that addresses questions of "how" things happen across contexts rather than questions of "what" happens within any one context. Highlights the potential this view presents for cooperation between scholars in speech communication and scholars in other disciplines. (JMF)

Investigates the effects of child controllability on adult assertiveness, as moderated by adult control perceptions. Four boys (aged seven to nine), trained to be responsive or unresponsive, interacted in adult-child dyads on a toy construction task with 32 women. (Author/SS)