Schools across the state are testing different strategies to improve behavior, and boost social and emotional well-being in the classroom Pennsylvania is getting into the business of teaching behavior ...

Most educators are great people who dedicate their lives to teaching the youth, but state records show there is a very small percentage who use their role as a way to prey on victims. The News 3 ...

(CNN) -- The more your child's elementary school teacher uses praise instead of punishment, the more your child will stay focused on their schoolwork and lessons in the classroom, according to a new ...

Teachers in the San Antonio area and around the nation have their hands full right now more than ever before. With the added stress of teaching students at school and at home, many educators have ...

Every parent has offered incentives: “If you’re patient while I get the tires rotated, we’ll get ice cream afterwards.” Or, “if you play nicely with your cousin, you can use the iPad before dinner.” ...

Research in Higher Education, Vol. 24, No. 2 (1986), pp. 115-127 (13 pages) This study tested for differences between instructors in three college faculties in the frequency with which they exhibited ...

Operant conditioning is a procedure for controlling behavior, explored and exploited most notably by B. F. Skinner, followed by many subsequent researchers. It involves shaping the behavior of an ...

A Virginia high school teacher posted a video criticizing the concept of students behaving themselves and sitting quietly in class as part of White supremacy. "I stated that PBIS is White supremacy ...

One can scarcely open the newspaper without finding examples of smart, well-educated people who have behaved in ethically challenged ways: for example, Bernard Madoff and the numerous investment ...

Many children who have known little other than a pandemic world are struggling to socialize and share and sit still. They’re shy or uncomfortable or fussy in playgroups and classroom activities. They ...

South Carolina teachers want lawmakers to enforce working condition protections, address student behavior issues and continue ...