Researchers 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 ...

“My students really liked the technology piece of it,” including the instant graphing of their progress ... developmental disability fragile X syndrome) increased his on-task behavior from 19 percent ...

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 ...

After about 30 days of the intervention, the student in math (also diagnosed with the developmental disability fragile X syndrome) increased his on-task behavior from 19 percent to 63 percent.

That came among other suggestions from DSEA to the Student Behavior and School Climate task force convened this year. That body's first report is now out. In this weekly roundup, we'll catch you ...