Aggressive Classroom Behavior and School Achievement

1Investigation supported by Public Health Service, NIMH, Research Grant MH14961-01. A child who persistently misbehaves in the classroom presents serious problems for teachers and guidance personnel. Such behavior is essentially aggressive in character in that it involves the humbling, harassment, humiliation, or hurting of someone. The orderly accumulation of knowledge and the acquisition of skills in the classroom become virtually impossible if the teacher and students