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Mrazek, Alissa J.; Mrazek, Michael D.; Carr, Peter C.; Delegard, Alex M.; Ding, Margaret G.; Garcia, Daniel I.; Greenstein, Jenna E.; Kirk, Arianna C.; Kodama, Erika E.; Krauss, Miel J.; Landry, Alex P.; Stokes, Crystal A.; Wickens, Kyla D.; Wong, Kyle; Schooler, Jonathan W. – Education Sciences, 2020
During academic activities, adolescents must manage both the internal distraction of mind-wandering and the external distraction of digital media. Attention training has emerged as a promising strategy for minimizing these distractions, but scalable interventions that can deliver effective attention training in high schools are still needed. The…
Descriptors: Attention Control, High School Students, Adolescents, Public Schools
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Hunter, William; Williamson, Robert L.; Jasper, Andrea D.; Casey, Laura Baylot; Smith, Clinton – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2017
Researchers have found that English teachers in the United States of America (USA) perceive providing writing instruction to students with emotional behavioral disorders (EBD) as a difficult task. This could be associated with the fact that students with EBD often work below skill level in the content area of writing compared to same age peers.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Wills, Howard P.; Mason, Benjamin A. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2014
Technological innovations offer promise for improving intervention implementation in secondary, inclusive classrooms. A withdrawal design was employed with two high-school students in order to assess the effectiveness of a technologically delivered, self-monitoring intervention in improving on-task behavior in a science classroom. Two students…
Descriptors: Intervention, High School Students, Inclusion, Program Effectiveness
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Perry, David R.; Steck, Andy K. – Computers in the Schools, 2015
Teachers are increasingly integrating mobile digital technology into the classroom. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of incorporating iPads in a secondary-level geometry course on academic achievement, student engagement, self-efficacy, and meta-cognitive self-regulation. Students in the iPad-using classroom experienced lower…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Self Efficacy