How to disable split screen in windows 8/8.1

You are still not understanding the fundamental request here. Obviously you can't stop users from re-sizing applications in the desktop interface.

What I want to disable is the "docking" ability. The screenshot below shows how you can "dock" the desktop as if it is a single application. If you never use metro apps, this ability does not provide any value. You will never want to "dock" the desktop to split the screen with a metro app if you never use metro apps. This functionality is simply an annoyance.

Can this "docking" or "split screen functionality" be disabled?

I'm not trying to disable the ability to run multiple apps at once, or even the ability to run metro apps.  I'm talking about the feature in windows 8 that allows you to have a metro app on one section of your screen, and on the other section have your desktop.   I want people to be able to use the Metro apps, and I want them to be able to use the desktop.  I just don't want them to have the ability to have them on the screen at the same time.   I know if I lower the screen resolution, it will take this feature away.  I was wonder if there was an alternate method.  Some of my lab computers are for design students, and dropping the resolution would cause me more headaches than I want.

Sean Keene says....."if you don't want to split, don't do it." How do I NOT use split screen?

Any time I open a click on a link in a window, the new window opens in the right half of the screen, and the old window moves to the left half of the screen. I just want the new window to open in the full screen, and when I close it, it should go back to the original screen. How can I make that happen? I don't want the screen to split ever!

This conversation ended without a resolution to the initial question. Windows 8 introduced a split screen functionality that is only useful if you use Metro apps (i.e. you can split the screen between the regular desktop and a metro app, or between two metro apps). Yes, Windows 8.1 made this feature less obtrusive, but it did not resolve the issue. Out of the hundreds of business users I support, no one uses any metro apps. Can you please provide a solution to disable the split screen feature?

It's not like that at all.  You can maximize and minimize what ever you want.  The point is:  In Windows 8 and 8.1 demo, you can have two metro apps on your screen at one time, or you can have a metro app and and your desktop on your screen at the same time.  This is the feature that is causing me problems. 

I will try your solution and see if it works.