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American Educator, Winter 2003-2004

Volume 27, no. 4

Notebook

From AFT

Snowflake Science

Heading Off Disruptive Behavior

How Early Intervention Can Reduce Defiant Behavior—and Win Back Teaching Time
Hill M. Walker, Elizabeth Ramsey, Frank M. Gresham

Prevention Begins with Screening

Hill M. Walker, Elizabeth Ramsey, Frank M. Gresham

Good Behavior Needs to Be Taught

How a Social Skills Curriculum Works
Hill M. Walker, Elizabeth Ramsey, Frank M. Gresham

Dealing with Jimmy the "Terror"—How an Intensive Intervention Works

Hill M. Walker, Elizabeth Ramsey, Frank M. Gresham

Resources for Finding Effective Programs

How Disruptive Students Escalate Hostility and Disorder—and How Teachers Can Avoid It

Hill M. Walker, Elizabeth Ramsey, Frank M. Gresham

Teaching Poor Students: How to Make It a Prestigious, Desirable Career

A Title I for Teacher Pay Act?
Matthew Miller

Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Why Students Think They Understand—When They Don't

Daniel T. Willingham

How to Help Students See When Their Knowledge Is Superficial or Incomplete

Daniel T. Willingham

Mayday at 41,000 Feet—Watch Those Units!

Steve Silverman