Disruptive classroom behavior or failing to meet reasonable behavioral expectations set forth by instructors have the potential to harm the learning environment for other students and to create unsafe ...

In The Angry Smile: The Psychology of Passive Aggressive Behavior in Families, Schools and Workplaces, 2nd ed., we propose that the passive-aggressive student seems to derive genuine pleasure out of ...

Teachers and educators across the country are having to deal with more behavioral challenges in the classroom than ever before, all of which cause a variety of obstacles toward creating and ...

When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students in the classroom, they typically respond by focusing on the negative behavior. When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students ...

A sign in a classroom at Lead Elementary encourages children to take a break when feeling big emotions. Teachers across the country say student behavior is still challenging post-pandemic, and more ...

Millions of classrooms throughout the U.S. and internationally have begun adopting computerized apps (e.g., ClassDojo) to provide students with rewards and punishments as a part of classroom ...

Teachers describe rising gaps in student skills and behavior, pointing to reduced academic support and accountability at home ...

Setting expectations, modeling good behavior and establishing classroom norms contribute to the creation of a safe learning environment. At the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and ...

For individuals with autism and related intellectual and developmental disabilities, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) provides evidence-based tools to navigate their education, engage with their peers, ...

The first few days of classes in Gwinnett won’t just cover core subjects and syllabuses for the upcoming school year. Georgia’s largest school district is starting a new effort that will focus on ...

The number of times a teacher compliments or recognizes a student’s good behavior, compared to how often the teacher reprimands the student, the more likely that student is going to stay focused on ...

In classrooms, educators have long relied on experience and gut instinct to gauge student understanding and classroom dynamics. Intuition will always be a valuable tool for teachers, but the rise of ...