This abstracted bibliography lists 35 documents retrieved from the ERIC collection, Dissertation Abstracts and the journal literature, covering the defined civil rights of students, and legal decisions in the area of student-school relationships. (CJ)

Collected are reports of experimental instructional projects and educational programs generated by teachers at the Big Ten universities. The purpose is to exchange information among college teachers, administrators, and educational researchers about ways to improve the conditions for learning. The focus is on changes in a particular discipline…

A plan was devised to improve the behavior and attitudes of selected junior high school students who, as a result of continual classroom misbehavior, had been frequently referred by classroom teachers to the assistant principal. The program involved organization and use of resource persons already available in the school (including guidance…

Describes the Dorm 5 experiment at Windham College, Putney, Vermont, designed to create a living environment to assure individual rights and intellectual values through positive reinforcement techniques following operant conditioning. Problems of vandalism and noise were solved as physical space was utilized to meet student needs for social and…

This paper attempts a description of some of the problems principals face, along with suggestions for solving them. The main focus is on discipline and dealing with student misconduct, but relations with parents, teachers, and police are also considered. (Author/SJL)

Changing social values, recent court decisions, inconsistency in thought and action, and consolidation of schools into massive factories are some of the factors that relate to the problem of student discipline. Some solutions are suggested. (Author/MLF)

Examines teacher's beliefs and behavior regarding pupil control and their impact on fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students' perceptions of classroom life. Research indicates that humanistic teacher pupil-control behavior is associated with students' reports of high classroom robustness. Inconsistencies between male ideology and behavior are…

A disciplinary hearing must be a growth-producing experience for the student. Student Affairs professionals can make it such. (Author)

Teachers use punishment for undesirable behavior more frequently in response to male students than female students. (JD)

The thesis that knowledge falls into a limited number of logically distinct categories--the discipline thesis"--has been particularly influential in curriculum theory in recent years. Examines the implications of this thesis for mathematics and for curriculum design. (Author/RK)

Discusses the differences that girls have from boys in the perception of their school situation. Looks at their attitudes toward teachers, the school, their classmates, academic interests, and discipline policy. (RK)

Three observational techniques are illustrated in a comparison of verbal disciplinary techniques--managing, threatening, and describing behaviors--as used by a regular teacher and a student teacher. Modeling of classroom teacher's behaviors is also discussed. (RAO)

Describes 17 attributes of excellent teachers identified in a recent study by Ruth Tschudin. (JMB)