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Walte, Samantha; Brown, Christerralyn; Wallace, Theresa – Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education, 2017
The National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention (NCLII), a consortium funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), prepares special education leaders to become experts in research on intensive intervention for students with disabilities who have persistent and severe academic (e.g., reading and math) and behavioral…
Descriptors: Intervention, Special Education, Prompting, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Christenson, Sandra L., Ed.; Reschly, Amy L., Ed.; Wylie, Cathy, Ed. – Springer, 2012
For more than two decades, the concept of student engagement has grown from simple attention in class to a construct comprised of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components that embody and further develop motivation for learning. Similarly, the goals of student engagement have evolved from dropout prevention to improved outcomes for lifelong…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Research, Learning Motivation, Educational Indicators
Haring, Norris G., Ed. – 1988
The first section of this book presents an overview and history of the problem of skill generalization among students with severe handicaps. Researchers review empirically based strategies proposed to remedy the problem, discuss the characteristics and foundations of decision rules which can be used to determine which strategy will work best in a…
Descriptors: Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Severe Disabilities, Skill Development
Hopper, Christopher A.; Davis, Michael S. – 1988
This handbook presents practical advice for the soccer coach. The first section contains an explanation of soccer and how to teach individual offensive and defensive skills. The coaching points, teaching progressions, illustrations, and practice activities are designed to help the coach understand and plan how to teach and develop those skills.…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Instructional Effectiveness, Planning, Skill Development
Rice, Gwenda A.; Bulman, Teresa L. – 2001
Fieldwork provides an opportunity to reinforce previous class-based learning and presents students with an opportunity to encounter new ideas and practice new skills. In the K-12 classroom, however, the rhetoric-reality gap between the declared need for fieldwork and doing fieldwork is striking. This project seeks to narrow the gap between…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Studies, Geography Instruction, Inquiry

Jackson, M. W. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1991
It is argued that college students can learn to improve their writing by being taught a number of basic strategies. A distinction is made between weak and strong strategies, and a number of each are identified and discussed. Classroom instructional procedures supporting improvement of skills are outlined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Mazer, Joseph P.; Hunt, Stephen K.; Kuznekoff, Jeffrey H. – Journal of General Education, 2007
This study examined critical thinking instruction in a required introductory communication course (N = 324). Experimental group participants received enhanced instruction using various active learning strategies, activities, and assignments. Results indicate significant improvement in their critical thinking skills. Implications for pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Education Courses, General Education, Learning Strategies
Reppert, James E. – 1994
This paper presents 10 units in an introductory oral communication course which utilize instructional techniques necessary for student success in attaining 15 course objectives. Each unit consists of a goal statement and sections on objectives, content description, enabling activities, and instructional resources. The time frame for instruction…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Introductory Courses
McWilliams, Renee; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1990
Three adolescents with moderate mental handicaps were taught bedmaking skills through a technique which involved dividing the entire chain into sections, teaching the first section in a total cycle fashion, and adding instruction on subsequent sections in a forward chaining manner. The technique promoted skill acquisition and substantial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Chaining, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Effectiveness

Peterson, Carla A.; McConnell, Scott R. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1993
This paper highlights the need for effective social skills interventions for preschool children with disabilities, reviews available intervention procedures and packages, discusses factors affecting the impact of social skills interventions in early childhood special education, and reviews research efforts to increase the impact of these…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Design

Lalli, Joseph S.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Five adults with developmental disabilities were trained on six interactional skill areas using the "Sorry" game format. The study involved natural environment training, role playing, and modeling of correct responses only as an error correction procedure during training. All participants increased their use of trained behaviors during…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
Hirschstein, Miriam K.; Edstrom, Leihua Van Schoiack; Frey, Karin S.; Snell, Jennie L.; MacKenzie, Elizabeth P. – School Psychology Review, 2007
This study examined relationships between teacher implementation of a comprehensive bullying prevention program and student outcomes. Implementation in third- through sixth-grade classrooms (N = 36) was measured by observation and teacher report. Student outcomes were measured by student surveys and teacher ratings of peer social skills (N = 549)…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Student Surveys, Classrooms
Heath, Wanda; Carlson, Sarah – 1993
"Phonics with Feeling" is a teacher-written phonics-based literature series promoting student self esteem and self expression. The 4- to 6-week project has been used with first and second grade students for 2 years. "Phonics with Feeling" is a series of four books, each reinforcing a specific phonetic skill while integrating…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Phonics, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Gibbs, Leonard E. – Informal Logic, 1985
Nine studies of teaching critical thinking in universities are reviewed. A table summarizes the methodological features of the nine studies, describing each study's merits and allowing comparison across studies by criterion. A second table summarizes findings and measures used to quantify those findings. Findings are discussed in terms of measures…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Pearson, Margot; Smith, David – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1986
Considers nature of debriefing, its central importance in experience-based learning, and its relationship to briefing, as well as debriefing's purposes, their relationship to different types of knowledge being processed, and various ways to organize the process. Suggestions to make the debriefing experience more effective are presented. (MBR)
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Instructional Effectiveness