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Stenson, Victor J. – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1980
Survey recommends a treatment model that fosters latitude and allows for individual initiative within a framework. Group counseling in conjunction with an educational performance contract is advocated for serious behavior problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems, Grade 8
Download full textBerndt, Thomas J.; Keefe, Keunho – 1991
A short-term longitudinal study investigated theoretical perspectives on friends' influences and compared the influence of a student's closest friend with that of several close friends. Participants were 297 seventh and eighth graders in junior high schools in small towns or rural areas adjacent to a medium-sized city. Measures obtained in the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Discipline Problems
Hamm, William H.; Clawson, Kenneth – 1992
To investigate the effect of heterogeneous and homogeneous instructional groupings used in a middle school eighth grade on selected student behaviors, 120 students were assigned to a heterogeneous group and 120 students to a homogeneous group based on several factors. The heterogeneous group was comprised of all students enrolled in the school…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Attendance, Comparative Analysis
