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A Systematic Review of the Evidence Base for Instructional Choice in K-12 Settings
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Royer, David J.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Cantwell, Emily D.; Messenger, Mallory L. – Behavioral Disorders, 2017
We conducted this systematic literature review to explore the current evidence base of instructional choice, a low-intensity, teacher-delivered strategy to support academic engagement and decrease challenging behaviors. Specifically, we focused on school-based settings, applying quality indicators (QIs) and evidence-based standards of the Council…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement
A Meta-Analysis of Class-Wide Interventions for Supporting Student Behavior
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Chaffee, Ruth K.; Briesch, Amy M.; Johnson, Austin H.; Volpe, Robert J. – School Psychology Review, 2017
Off-task and disruptive classroom behavior impedes the learning of the children emitting these behaviors as well as the delivery of instruction to the entire class, which may lead to decreased academic achievement and more severe behavior problems. A meta-analysis of the single-case literature was conducted to understand the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Meta Analysis, Intervention
Updated Meta-Analysis of Learner Control within Educational Technology
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Karich, Abbey C.; Burns, Matthew K.; Maki, Kathrin E. – Review of Educational Research, 2014
Giving a student control over their learning has theoretical and intuitive appeal, but its effects are neither powerful nor consistent in the empirical literature base. This meta-analysis updated previous meta-analytic research by Niemiec, Sikorski, and Walberg by studying the overall effectiveness of providing learner control within educational…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Student Participation
Teaching-Learning Patterns of Expert and Novice Adapted Physical Educators
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Everhart, Brett; Everhart, Kim; McHugh, Heather; Newman, Chelsea Dimon; Hershey, Kacie; Lorenzi, David – Education, 2013
This study was intended to provide a description of teaching and learning patterns seen in the lessons taught by experts and novices in Adapted Physical Education. Two experts who had won previous state teaching awards and served in leadership positions in state associations were filmed and their lessons were analyzed first to develop a systematic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physical Education Teachers, Adapted Physical Education, Video Technology
Superheroes Social Skills: A Study Examining the Effects of Using an Evidence-Based Approach to Teach Social Skills to Children with High-Incidence Disabilities
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Hood, Julia Ann Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The current study evaluated the use of a manualized social skills program, Superheroes Social Skills, to increase the use of prosocial behaviors and decrease the use of aggressive behaviors for children with externalizing behaviors. The training was implemented by a school psychologist in a pullout group with four children with high-incidence…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
Observing Students in Classroom Settings: A Review of Seven Coding Schemes
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Volpe, Robert J.; DiPerna, James C.; Hintze, John M.; Shapiro, Edward S. – School Psychology Review, 2005
A variety of coding schemes are available for direct observational assessment of student classroom behavior. These instruments have been used for a number of assessment tasks including screening children in need of further evaluation for emotional and behavior problems, diagnostic assessment of emotional and behavior problems, assessment of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Psychometrics, Student Evaluation