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Trumbull, Leon – 1987
Counselors at one middle school would see the same students repeatedly for disruptive behavior in the classroom. The counselors' efforts did not appear to reduce these repetitive referrals. This study used group counseling to address the maladaptive behavior of the students and to improve their self-esteem. Students were selected by six teachers…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Schnobrich, Janice – 1985
This paper describes a social studies unit which addresses the problem of cultural dissonance in black, inner city kindergarten children who enter school without adequate classroom social interaction skills. In order to avoid using extensive academic time to orient children toward cooperative behavior and discipline procedures throughout the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Black Youth, Discipline, Inner City
Flynn, Gina M. – 1991
This practicum report describes a program in which strategies for improving self-managing behavior skills of second graders were designed and implemented. The goals of the Self-Management and Responsibility Training (SMART) Program were to improve students' behavior and encourage development of students' critical thinking skills. The four basic…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking
Stetson, Carol – 1988
This practicum was designed to reduce the frequency of disruption occurring in a class of emotionally disturbed students, aged 6-10. Objectives were to have the students remain on task and attentive to teacher instruction during 80 percent of a morning classroom session and to reduce the need for crisis intervention outside the classroom. Three…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Benton-Murray, Janet M. – 1994
A practicum was conducted at a small, private elementary school to introduce strategies that would reduce kindergarten classroom disruptions and playground disturbances due to fighting, verbal confrontations, and disregard for authority and rules. A survey conducted at the school revealed that kindergarten teachers handled a daily average of 10…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Conflict Resolution, Interpersonal Competence
Forbes, Reginald D. – 1996
A practicum project implemented a program designed to reduce negative behavior in the hallways and cafeteria of an urban middle school. The objectives of this program were to reduce by 15% the number of infractions in the cafeteria and in the hallway and to reduce by 15% the number of students suspended out of school. The target population was a…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Discipline Policy, Intermediate Grades
Cialdella, Keri; Herlin, Christine; Hoefler, Alecia – 2002
This action research project implemented and evaluated a 12-week program using cooperative learning and Multiple Intelligences to increase student motivation for learning. The targeted population consisted of elementary and middle school students in a low-socioeconomic community in northern Illinois. The problem of motivation was documented in the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
Linde, Dorri B. – 1997
A practicum project was developed and implemented to reduce the incidents of aggressive behavior and impulsive actions among kindergarten students by means of win-win situations for conflict resolution. The objectives for the program were to achieve: (1) a 25 percent decrease of impulsive and aggressive behavior; (2) 50 percent of the target group…
Descriptors: Anger, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
Abdul-Latif, Deatema L. – 1998
This practicum project addressed the need to improve antisocial behavior in disruptive elementary school children, using a skill deficit perspective. Six student participants were selected on the basis of a high number of school suspensions and their identification as disrespectful, confrontational, and self-absorbed, as well as behaviors that…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
Masters, Janice – 1991
This study examined the effect of a social skills training intervention on the behavior of 18 noncompliant second graders who exhibited poor study skills and experienced academic failure. Teachers selected students for intervention and rated them on the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist before and after the intervention. Pre- and post-test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Psychology)
Everett, Paul J. – 1991
This practicum was designed to decrease the number of at-risk high school students who were being transferred to alternative school sites because of disruptive behavior. One strategy implemented for this project involved having the program participants stay in one class all day while the teachers came into the classroom to teach their particular…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Community Colleges, High Risk Students, High School Graduates
Anderson, Stanley D. – 1987
This practicum was designed to enhance methods and procedures used with 15 low-achieving, disinterested, and disruptive seventh grade students assigned to a middle school's alternative education program. The primary goal of the practicum was to increase students' responsibility for their own actions and their attention to learning. A secondary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education
Vogelmann-Peper, Marcella – 1990
This practicum was designed to establish behavioral and assessment criteria for dealing with seriously emotionally disturbed elementary students enrolled in self-contained emotionally handicapped (EH) units. A primary goal was to provide out-of-field EH teachers with an objective tool for continuously assessing students' individual behavioral and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Sthair, Vincent L. – 1995
A plan to de-escalate fighting behaviors at an inner-city elementary school was implemented. It is believed that factors contributing to the problem were: low socio-economic status; a lack of parental supervision at home; a lack of parental involvement at school; a high level of criminal activity surrounding the schools; overcrowded class areas;…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Modification
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Ahrens, Susan; Barrett, C. Elise; Holtzman, Debi – 1997
This research project implemented and evaluated a program in interpersonal skill development designed to increase the use of applied social skills at a middle school located in northeast Illinois. Evidence of inappropriate interpersonal skills was gathered by using observation checklists, teacher and student surveys, and discipline referrals.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment
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