This process model for individualized curriculum design and development is being used to produce extramural, self-instructional courses at the University of Pittsburgh. The model emphasizes curriculum analysis skills, making it particularly suited to complex subjects. It is an individualized, structured-curriculum model incorporating four…

In this speech, the author describes how one school developed discipline guidelines with the cooperation of staff, parents, and students. Due process procedures, types of discipline, and an alternative out-of-school program for adjustment students (those who have experienced chronic or serious disciplinary problems in the school) are described.…

This is a booklet in the Project IDEALS series concerning personal development/social behavior. The first section details the various aspects and innovations concerning student discipline. Sections two and three deal with student-parent relationships and peer relationships respectively. A fourth section discusses teacher effectiveness in the…

This booklet, one in a series entitled "What Research Says to the Teacher," deals with controlling classroom misbehavior. Introductory sections deal with the definitions of classroom discipline and related research problems. Control technqieus are also mentioned, as are their effects. The bulk of the document, however, is a discussion of the…

The mother of a 3-year-old girl who showed "autistic-like" behavior was cued via a FM wireless microphone to systematically approve and disapprove of her child's behavior. After baselines were taken on two categories of problem behavior (Pre-Academic and Social Behavior) the social contingencies were applied successively to each category. The…

This paper provides the teacher with a brief introduction to the principles of behavior modification. Major areas of concern deal with the history of behavior modification, implications for the concept of mental health, the teacher's role, the difference between behavior modification and other forms of control, reinforcement, the role of…

The Pre-School Conference Program has four parts--selection, information gathering, August Conference, and follow-up. In the first phase, faculty, custodians, secretaries, administrators, and guidance counselors are surveyed to determine which students are frequent discipline problems. In the information-gathering phase, the student's previous…

The problem with suspensions is that they create a conflict of rights. On the one hand, there is the basic right of all students to obtain an education without violence, conflict, abuse, extortion, or intimidation. On the other hand, there is the right of the individual student to receive justice and due process. Recent court decisions support…

Article provided a summary of three effective techniques for developing better classroom discipline. (Author/RK)

The Marcus School staff feels that the best approach to discipline is a preventive one--the provision of a variety of educational and environmental alternatives that will interest, challenge, and motivate the pupil. (Author)

The author reexamines the status of literature as a form of knowledge and offers some suggestions designed to help improve the characterization of literature, against the background of Sartre's writings on the aesthetic enterprise. (Author/SJL)

Observational data and survey information were collected on student behavior problems and discipline policies in a large suburban high school. Analysis of the data indicated that many of the concerns of teachers and administrators centered more around adult behavior than student behavior. (Author)

This study of teacher behavior in four classrooms reveals that, in the dimension of management, teachers looked rather alike. Where differences did exist, they seemed to be determined by the individual personality and philosophy of the teacher rather than by institutional contraints, which dictated the management core. (Author/MC)