The study found that when middle school teachers praised students at least as often as they reprimanded them, class-wide on-task behavior improved by 60–70%. Students at high risk for emotional and ...

Given a frustrating situation (e.g., demand, undesired peer behavior), the student will use a coping strategy with one prompt and return to the task for at least 10 minutes, achieving an average ...

The paper suggests teachers can use these findings to help improve students’ behavior in the classroom and to keep kids focused on the task at hand. “Behavior that is reinforced tends to increase, so ...

(The Center Square) — Mental health experts on Wednesday provided numerous recommendations to a legislative task force focused on addressing Louisiana’s student behavior and mental health crisis.