This study showed an association between early independence training and internal locus of control in a cross-sectional, relatively diffuse, low- to middle-class subject population. (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)

Architectural education has three choices, according to the author: to seek more collaborative possibilities with the behavioral sciences (multi-disciplinary) to establish a new framework for defining the relationship between man, environment, and built space (the ideal); or to find some medium ground between the two (interdisciplinary). (JT)

The role and needed skills of the academic department chairman are examined: (1) planning, (2) communicating, representing, negotiating, coordinating, and facilitating functions, (3) problem solving (including committee selection), and (4) organizing and administering (including schedules and recruitment, faculty involvement, and staff…

The author advises teachers on ways to alter their own attitudes and behavior that will improve classroom discipline and prevent students from taking advantage of them. (SJL)

The call for a return to corporal punishment grows out of frustration. Students are more defiant now and authority figures are weaker and shaken. It is tempting to strike out in anger, but corporal punishment is not, and never has been, a real solution. (Author/SJL)

The author describes a meeting at which he and his students jointly set classroom roles agreeable to everyone. He used the no-lose method of problem solving, posited by Dr. Thomas Gordon, author of Parent Effectiveness Training. The six steps of the method are elucidated. (SJL)

A grammar school in England is compared to a private school in the United States. Among other things, the author finds the English students better trained in their disciplines and the American students more open to diversity of class, race, and background, and more aware of the world around them. (KC)

Although the "rhetoric of concern" which surrounds talk about desegregation in this southern urban public high school works to some degree in balancing the demands associated with controlling student behavior and developing trust among the community, it seems to be dysfunctional for efforts in dealing with race relations in the school. (Author/EB)

Although the United States Supreme Court has extended certain constitutional rights to students, the Court has nevertheless held that school administrators may adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations to ensure the maintenance of a disruptive-free learning environment. (PKP)

Principals' efforts to ensure that students develop a positive attitude toward their school may be organized into four areas: developing a school climate conducive to learning; providing for students' individual success; facilitating positive communication; and having a multifaceted approach to discipline. (Author/MLF)

Teacher preference may well be the underlying element that determines the association between instructional formats and control activities. (Author)

Student rights advocates have learned again that sweeping victories do not always emerge from the Supreme Court, even with the most compelling evidence. They must redouble their efforts--lobbying, educating the public, counseling students--to ensure that no student has to endure a school like Drew High School. (Author/WI)

Outlines the feminist perspective within political science and evaluates the influence of the feminist point of view on mainstream political science teaching. Concludes that additional dialogue is necessary between feminists and their teaching colleagues to alleviate stereotypes and biases regarding womens' political behavior and theoretical…

Examines the interaction between the teacher and the student who is a discipline problem. Describes how a teacher can determine if he is contributing to classroom discipline problems by his teacher-learner interaction. (Author/RK)