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Peer reviewedBretherton, Diane – Peabody Journal of Education, 1996
Explores some of the research that describes the process of growing up to be violent, reviews a typical conflict-resolution program in the schools, and describes an action research project that provides some pointers on the development of conflict-resolution programs that address the problem of violence in greater depth. (SM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBeane, Allan L.; Jacobs, Martin J.; Miller, Thomas W. – 1998
The purpose of this study was to use three public school action research teams to identify the most desirable, feasible, and effective system-centered strategies, peer-centered strategies, personnel-centered strategies, and child-centered strategies for promoting a sense of belonging. One hundred and sixty four strategies were examined. Eight…
Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Problems, Bullying, Classroom Techniques
Cameron, Catherine Ann; And Others – 1996
Three action research projects were conducted with the intention of creating peaceful learning environments in Canadian schools from kindergarten to twelfth grade. The first project focused on social skills development, especially conflict management, for elementary school students in a rural New Brunswick school. Staff used Washington state's…
Descriptors: Action Research, Anger, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis
Blake, Rebecca; Fairfield, Scott; Paxson, Lynne – 1999
This action research project implemented and evaluated a program to improve student motivation through the use of cooperative learning and multiple intelligences. The targeted population consisted of students in fourth, sixth, and tenth grade in a consolidated school district located in a rural area in the Midwest. The problems of low academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedMalone, Linda Duncan; Tulbert, Beth L. – Contemporary Education, 1996
To succeed in 21st-century schools, teachers must dynamically respond to the ever-changing environment through a continually reflexive stance. Centered teachers are flexible and active participants in school decision making. They develop personal missions and participate in school missions, resolve conflict in appropriate ways, and use effective…
Descriptors: Action Research, Conflict Resolution, Diversity (Student), Educational Change
Gordon, David, T., Ed. – Harvard Education Letter, 2001
This document is comprised of the six issues in volume 17 of the Harvard Education Letter, a bimonthly newsletter addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in this volume include the following: (1) January-February--"Charters and Districts: Three Stages in an Often Rocky Relationship" (Kelly) and "'We…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Behavior Problems, Bullying
