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Cheney, Douglas; Jewell, Kelly – Advances in Special Education (MS), 2012
The 1990 reauthorization of PL 94-142, the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), emphasized the need for applied research in schools to prevent the development of emotional disturbance. Prevention research then led to mandates in IDEA 1997 that schools must develop positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) for children and youth…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Educational Objectives
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Ocak, Sakire – Infants and Young Children, 2010
Early positive relationships between children and adults are critical in the acquisition of children's problem-solving skills. The early teacher-child relationship has an important role in how a child negotiates the conflicts and manages relationships with peers. Our purpose was to evaluate the effect of the teacher-child relationship at…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Kindergarten, Teacher Student Relationship, Skill Development
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Buzzelli, Cary A.; Eastwood, Jennifer – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2010
This paper describes research that compares preservice early childhood teachers' cultural values and the values they believe are held by scientists. Using the Schwartz Values Inventory (SVI) (Schwartz (1992) "Adv Exp Soc Psychol" 25:331-351) preservice early childhood teachers cultural values were assessed, followed by an assessment of…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Social Behavior, Early Childhood Education, Young Children
Obiozor, Williams Emeka – Online Submission, 2010
This article discusses the teaching of life skills to urban American youths who are highly fascinated with the hip-hop culture--songs, raps, miming, lyrics, dressing and musical rhythms, especially individuals with emotional disabilities in the public schools. This is an instructional curriculum strategy to encourage positive and active…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Music, Attendance, Individualized Instruction
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Lo, Adrienne – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2009
This paper examines the ideologies and practices surrounding respect at a Korean American heritage language school in California. It illustrates the interaction between locally circulating metadiscourses about children's dispositions, intentions, and identities and the enforcement of classroom norms of respect. In some cases, teachers accommodated…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Ideology, Korean Americans, Language Acquisition
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Podell, David M.; Tournaki, Nelly – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2007
This study compared the influence of teacher and learner characteristics on general and special educators' predictions of student success. Two groups of teachers, 384 general educators and 384 special educators, reported year of experience and responded to case studies describing a student for whom gender, reading achievement, social behavior, and…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Prediction