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Universal Screening for Behavioral Risk in Elementary Schools Using SWPBS Expectations
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Burke, Mack D.; Davis, John L.; Lee, Yuan-Hsuan; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Kwok, Oi-man; Sugai, George – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
In this study, the authors examined the concurrent validity, predictive validity, and concurrent and predictive classification accuracy of using schoolwide behavior expectations as a universal behavioral screener. Three elementary schools implementing schoolwide positive behavior supports (SWPBS) participated. Within each school, the entire school…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior
Relations of Children's Effortful Control and Teacher-Child Relationship Quality to School Attitudes in a Low-Income Sample
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Silva, Kassondra M.; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Sulik, Michael J.; Valiente, Carlos; Huerta, Snjezana; Edwards, Alison; Eggum, Natalie D.; Kupfer, Anne S.; Lonigan, Christopher J.; Phillips, Beth M.; Wilson, Shauna B.; Clancy-Menchetti, Jeanine; Landry, Susan H.; Swank, Paul R.; Assel, Michael A.; Taylor, Heather B. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of children's effortful control and quality of relationships with teachers to school attitudes longitudinally in an ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged sample. Data were collected as part of a larger intervention project during mid-fall, winter, and late spring…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, School Attitudes, Low Income, Structural Equation Models
Testing Predictive Models of Technology Integration in Mexico and the United States
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Velazquez, Cesareo Morales – Computers in the Schools, 2008
Data from Mexico City, Mexico (N = 978) and from Texas, USA (N = 932) were used to test the predictive validity of the teacher professional development component of the Will, Skill, Tool Model of Technology Integration in a cross-cultural context. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the model. Analyses of these data yielded…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Technology Integration, Predictive Validity, Foreign Countries
Modeling Fear of Crime in Dallas Neighborhoods: A Test of Social Capital Theory
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Ferguson, Kristin M.; Mindel, Charles H. – Crime & Delinquency, 2007
This study tested a model of the effects of different predictors on individuals' levels of fear of crime in Dallas neighborhoods. Given its dual focus on individual perceptions and community-level interactions, social capital theory was selected as the most appropriate framework to explore fear of crime within the neighborhood milieu. A structural…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Social Support Groups, Crime, Safety
The Short-Term Effect of Grade Retention on Peer Relations and Academic Performance of At-Risk First Graders
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Gleason, Katie A.; Kwok, Oi-man; Hughes, Jan N. – Elementary School Journal, 2007
Using latent variable structural equation modeling, we tested a theoretical model positing that grade retention has a positive effect on children's teacher- and peer-rated academic competencies and on sociometric measures of peer acceptance. We also expected that the positive effect of grade retention on peer acceptance would be mediated by…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Peer Acceptance, Grade Repetition
Influence of Student-Teacher and Parent-Teacher Relationships on Lower Achieving Readers' Engagement and Achievement in the Primary Grades
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Hughes, Jan; Kwok, Oi-man – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Participants were 443 (52.6% male, 47.4% female) ethnically diverse, 1st-grade, lower achieving readers attending 1 of 3 school districts in Texas. Using latent variable structural equation modeling, the authors tested a theoretical model positing that (a) the quality of teachers' relationships with students and their parents mediates the…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), African American Students, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement