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Teaching Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies to Elementary School Students.
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Beidel, Deborah C.; Turner, Samuel M.; Taylor-Ferreira, Jill C. – Behavior Modification, 1999
Presents and evaluates a pilot program to reduce test anxiety and related social-evaluative concerns. The Testbusters program teaches effective study habits, study skills, and test-taking strategies for children in grades 4 through 7. Results indicate that Testbusters decreased general levels of test anxiety and improved overall grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Schizophrenia: A Cognitive Model and Its Implications for Psychological Intervention.
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Hemsley, David R. – Behavior Modification, 1996
Proposes a cognitive model of schizophrenia stating that schizophrenic behavior is caused by a disturbance in sensory input and stored material integration. Cites research to support this model. Outlines the manner in which a disturbance in sensory input integration relates to schizophrenic symptoms and discusses the model's relevance for…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Epistemology, Experimental Psychology