Instructs educators to create positive learning environments that prevent discipline problems from occurring. Explains why classroom management approaches that rely on rewards and punishments actually prolong behavior problems; how to turn misbehavior into teaching opportunities; and why changing curriculum can solve discipline problems.

Available online at: http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=9781416605614&userGroupName=tdsb_ascd&version=1.0. Electronic reproduction: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2002. Title from e-book home page (viewed March 29, 2011).

The nature of children -- Blaming the kids -- Bribes and threats -- Punishment lite : "consequences" and pseudochoice -- How not to get control of the classroom -- A classroom of their choosing -- The classroom as community -- Solving problems together -- Afterword -- Ten Questions -- Assertive Discipline: A Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index.