As a new school year begins, teachers want to make sure it is a positive experience for students. A big part of that comes ...

“Positive teacher-student relationships change student behavior, and in this study, we found building those positive relationships actually leads to better teaching, too.

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 ...

What to do about challenging behavior Survey data indicate that toddlers in the pandemic era are more prone to both externalizing and internalizing behaviors.

Culturally responsive teachers understand that all students, regardless of race or ethnicity, bring their culturally influenced cognition, behavior, and dispositions to school.

Determining teachers’ impact on test scores isn’t enough to measure effectiveness—policymakers must also look at how teachers affect their students’ behavior, a new study suggests. In fact ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...