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Craig J. Cullen; Lawrence Ssebaggala; Amanda L. Cullen – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
In this article, the authors share their favorite "Construct It!" activity, which focuses on rate of change and functions. The initial approach to instruction was procedural in nature and focused on making use of formulas. Specifically, after modeling how to find the slope of the line given two points and use it to solve for the…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Generalization
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Chelsea Marelle; Claire Donehower Paul – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2022
Of all the tasks that special education teachers are charged with completing, managing classroom behaviors has been reported as one of the most challenging and one of the top reasons the teachers are leaving the field. The task of providing effective support in classroom management is also daunting for leadership personnel in school systems. This…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Faculty Development, Behavior Modification, Skill Development
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McClure, Erica B.; Burt, Jonathan L. – Beyond Behavior, 2023
Functional communication training (FCT) is a strategy to address problem behavior for students with various disabilities that is supported by a broad evidence base. Despite this support, multiple factors continue to dissuade educators from utilizing FCT in their classrooms. This article outlines the process of developing and implementing FCT plans…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Students with Disabilities, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice
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Avendano, Sarah M.; Cho, Eunsoo – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
Parent involvement in a child's education has been demonstrated to increase child maintenance and generalization of skills taught in early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) settings to their home environments, improve parent-child relationships, and decrease parent stress. Parent coaching is a way to support parents' development of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Stress Variables, Parent Teacher Cooperation
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Alzrayer, Nouf M.; Banda, Devender R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties in communication that limit their opportunities to participate in daily living and educational activities. Augmentative alternative communication is one of the strategies used to strengthen the communication skills of students with limited communication skills. Students with ASD…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Communication Skills, Handheld Devices
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Yazdanpanah, Ramin – English Teaching Forum, 2019
Teaching in Vietnam recently, I had opportunities to work with some amazing students and teachers. Being in such a position lent itself well to cultural exchanges inside and outside the classroom. However, it was clear to me, to my colleagues, and I believe to the majority of students that there was a need to dig deeper--to move beyond the…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Foreign Countries, Active Learning, English (Second Language)
Greenan, James P. – 1984
A project provided teachers and other school personnel with a set of practical instruments for assessing students' generalizable mathematics skills in the secondary vocational training programs in Illinois. The major accomplishments of the project were advisory committee identification and selection; population and sample identification and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Generalization, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills
Fox, Lise; Hanline, Mary Frances – 1993
This final report discusses the outcomes of a federally funded study of nine toddlers and preschoolers (ages 29-63 months) with a variety of disabilities. The project investigated the effectiveness of embedding systematic instruction within inclusive, developmentally appropriate practice (DAP), play-based environments to teach young children with…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Environmental Influences
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Butterfield, Nancy; Arthur, Michael – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1994
A professional development project was designed to support teachers in planning communication interventions with students having moderate/severe mental retardation. Special emphasis was on systemic and personal factors in adopting change and on training activities to foster application of skills. A program evaluation instrument focusing on teacher…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Communication Skills, Evaluation Methods, Generalization