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Keith Smolkowski; Brion Marquez; Jessie Marquez; Claudia Vincent; Jordan Pennefather; Hill Walker; Lisa A. Strycker – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Student behavior problems in general-education classrooms present a major barrier to effective teaching. Behavior challenges, such as disruptions, noncompliance, and peer conflicts, reduce instructional time, whereas prosocial behaviors, such as paying attention, being ready to work, asking for help, participating in class, and completing…
Descriptors: Self Management, Elementary School Students, Program Effectiveness, Student Behavior
Keith Smolkowski; Brion Marquez; Jessie Marquez; Claudia Vincent; Jordan Pennefather; Hill Walker; Lisa A. Strycker – Grantee Submission, 2022
Student behavior problems in general-education classrooms present a major barrier to effective teaching. Behavior challenges, such as disruptions, noncompliance, and peer conflicts, reduce instructional time, whereas prosocial behaviors, such as paying attention, being ready to work, asking for help, participating in class, and completing…
Descriptors: Self Management, Elementary School Students, Program Effectiveness, Student Behavior
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Glenn D. Israel; Halil I. Sari; Nicole Owens Duffy; Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez; David C. Diehl; Saul J. Abarca Orozco; Elder Garcia Varela; Lauren H. Sweeney – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2020
Programs utilizing research-tested evaluation tools can help identify effective educational strategies and document program effectiveness and impact. Using the case of the UF/IFAS Extension Family Nutrition Program (FNP), this article illustrates steps for conducting a rigorous assessment of the measurement properties of evaluation instruments.…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Intervention, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
Thompson, Aaron M.; Wiedermann, Wolfgang; Herman, Keith C.; Reinke, Wendy M. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Prevention scientists recognize that implementing effective prevention practices and programs responsive to the needs of individuals but based solely upon the findings from variable-centered methods presents several limitations due to numerous risk factors, pathways, and unobserved influences. One such understudied influence that is masked by…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Motivation, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Smith, Jason A.; Quick, Marilynn – Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, 2023
Most teachers are not trained on how to support students who struggle with trauma. Childhood trauma not only impacts a teacher's ability to teach, but also threatens their students' futures. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate teachers' perceptions and actions when they participated in trauma professional development.…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Teacher Response, Child Behavior
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Liu, Jia; Liu, Shan; Yan, Jin; Lee, Elizabeth; Mayes, Linda – School Psychology International, 2016
A randomized controlled experimental pilot study was conducted in order to investigate the effect of life skills training on behavior problems in left-behind children (LBC) in rural China. Sixty-eight LBC were recruited from a middle school in rural China. The intervention group took a ten-week-long life skills training course. The Child Behavior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Daily Living Skills, Rural Population
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Evans, Steven W.; Sibley, Maggie; Serpell, Zewelanji N. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: The objectives of this study were to identify the relationships between caregiver strain among parents of young adolescents with ADHD and child characteristics during a 1-year period. Method: Parents of 52 middle-school-aged youth with ADHD participated in this study and completed two evaluations 1 year apart. Results: Ratings of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Child Behavior, Early Adolescents