Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2013 in the subject Didactics - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: Secondary, Nova Southeastern University, course: Peer Mediation, language: English, abstract: The problem addressed in this study was the inappropriate behavior of students at the target middle school located in a southeastern state. Teachers were concerned about the behavior of students in the classrooms and elsewhere in the school. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Make Your Day (MYD, 2012) school-wide citizenship program on student academic achievement, attendance, and short-term behavior suspensions at the target middle school.