Motivating Classroom Discipline

This book,originally published by Macmillan in 1981, is the result of a large number of investigations into classroom discipline. Based on a simplified model of human motivation, this is a guide to securing and maintaining the cooperation of students in the classroom. Contents: Disruption in Algebra I: An Introduction; Achieving Classroom Discipline: A Motivational Model; Problem Teachers: Avoiding Ineffective Leadership; The Disruptive Student: Why Can't Johnny/Jenny Behave; Making Effective Rules: Defining Misbehavior; Avoiding Misbehavior: Classroom Management; Antiseptic Control Techniques and Punishment; Teaching Discipline and Self-control: Behavior Modification; Discipline and the Exceptional Student.

William J. Gnagey is Professor of Psychology at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.