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Kendra E. Guinness; Philip N. Chase; Kylan S. Turner; Judah B. Axe – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2024
Graphing is a complex and critical skill for behavior analysts. We evaluated the effects of conceptual training modules and feedback checklists on verbal behavior about graphing conventions and adherence to graphing conventions with graduate students in behavior analysis. In Experiment 1, conceptual training increased the accuracy of verbal…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Check Lists, Sequential Approach, Concept Formation
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Hinton, Vanessa; Buchanan, Alice M.; Rudisill, Mary – Preventing School Failure, 2016
Schools implement Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) as a way of meeting students' needs in classrooms. PBIS focuses on tiered instruction. Tiered instruction is a teaching strategy in which the educator implements incremental changes that increase supports based on students' needs--academic or behavioral. Yet, tiered instruction…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Models, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
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Schünemann, Holger J.; Tugwell, Peter; Reeves, Barnaby C.; Akl, Elie A.; Santesso, Nancy; Spencer, Frederick A.; Shea, Beverley; Wells, George; Helfand, Mark – Research Synthesis Methods, 2013
The terms applicability, generalizability, external validity and transferability are related, sometimes used interchangeably and have in common that they lack a clear and consistent definition in the classic epidemiological literature. However, all of these terms generally describe one overarching theme: whether or not available research evidence…
Descriptors: Intervention, Randomized Controlled Trials, Literature Reviews, Comparative Analysis
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Misquitta, Radhika – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
Fractions are an essential foundational skill for future mathematics success (NMAP, 2008). The purpose of this article was to review current instructional practices for teaching fractions to struggling learners and to examine the quality and effectiveness of contemporary research with a view to indicating directions for future research. A…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
The "Wilson Reading System"[R] is a reading and writing program developed by Barbara Wilson and distributed by Wilson Language Training. It provides a curriculum for teaching reading and spelling to individuals of any age who have difficulty with written language. The program directly teaches the structure of words in the English…
Descriptors: Written Language, Learning Disabilities, Reading Programs, Instructional Effectiveness
Kundert, Deborah K. – Evaluation Consortium, 2012
The New York State Education Department, in partnership with the New York City Department of Education, developed a "Striving Readers project" to address the literacy needs of early adolescent struggling readers in middle school. The goal of the project was to implement and examine the impact of a one-year comprehensive supplemental…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Partnerships in Education, Literacy, Early Adolescents
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David A. Wilder; Renee Saulnier; Gracie Beavers; Kimberley Zonneveld – Education and Treatment of Children, 2008
Noncompliance with instructions is among the most common behavior problems exhibited by preschoolers. Although three-step guidance compliance procedures have been shown to be effective to increase compliance among some children, they may require that a child be exposed to a number of trials before compliance begins to increase. In this study, a…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Preschool Children
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Spring, Bonnie; Pagoto, Sherry; Pingitore, Regina; Doran, Neal; Schneider, Kristin; Hedeker, Don – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
The authors compared simultaneous versus sequential approaches to multiple health behavior change in diet, exercise, and cigarette smoking. Female regular smokers (N = 315) randomized to 3 conditions received 16 weeks of behavioral smoking treatment, quit smoking at Week 5, and were followed for 9 months after quit date. Weight management was…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Behavior Modification, Health Behavior, Dietetics
Martin, David S. – 1987
Ninety-one hearing-impaired students entering Gallaudet University received systematic cognitive instruction focusing on specific generalizable skills, in the contexts of their regular college classes. The students were given practice in skills of organization, comparisons, analysis, classification, following instructions, temporal relationships,…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Deafness