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Download full textWarger, Cynthia – 1999
This Digest summarizes what is known about the use of positive behavioral support (PBS) and functional analysis (FA) to change the behaviors of students with a variety of disabilities. The paper notes that both PBS and FA differ from traditional behavioral management in focusing on systems, settings, and lack of skill. The 1997 reauthorization of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Burke, Daniel L. – 1997
"Looping" is an essentially simple concept: a teacher moves with his or her students to the next grade level, rather than sending them to another teacher at the end of the school year. This Digest explores the practitioners' perspectives on looping, the experience of European school systems, and research on looping. Practitioners report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Stage, Frances K.; Muller, Patricia, A.; Kinzie, Jillian; Simmons, Ada – 1998
This Digest of a larger report with the same title examines the application of learning theory to the quality of learning in undergraduate college classrooms. Relevant theories are identified, including theories which address college students' attributions for success or failure, self-efficacy, social constructivism, conscientization, multiple…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
