A study in the journal Child Development suggests one possible role for teachers in curbing classroom aggression. Researchers studied genetic and environmental influences on aggressive behavior in 217 ...

Passive aggressive behavior occurs on a continuum, from everyday acts of procrastination, selective hearing, and convenient forgetting to extraordinarily destructive acts of personal vengeance and ...

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 are used to dealing with the occasional class clown—but what happens when most of the class requires that level of handling? Classroom disruptions and poor behavior have been on the rise, ...

One of the most vexing dilemmas for teachers is finding the best way to respond to students who misbehave. Experts argue over whether the best classroom-management approach is a consistent, strict ...

Student behavior in the classroom is not improving, and teachers want parents to do more. An Education Week survey released this month found 64 percent of teachers reporting classroom behavior has ...

Faculty members are tasked with setting the tone at the beginning of the course to foster a respectful learning environment. Distracted and disruptive behavior in the classroom should be addressed ...

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 ...

Overcrowded classrooms, schools operating in crisis mode and mounting aggression in classes are only some of the key issues highlighted in the province’s anticipated aggression and complexity report.

IRISH teachers have demanded reform of the assault leave scheme given that 58pc of teachers have experienced physical aggression such as scratching, biting and thrown objects in classrooms. The Irish ...