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Get Fit with the Grizzlies: A Community-School-Home Initiative to Fight Childhood Obesity
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Irwin, Carol C.; Irwin, Richard L.; Miller, Maureen E.; Somes, Grant W.; Richey, Phyllis A. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Professional sport organizations in the United States have notable celebrity status, and several teams have used this "star power" to collaborate with local school districts toward the goal of affecting children's health. Program effectiveness is unknown due to the absence of comprehensive evaluations for these initiatives.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Intervention, Physical Activities
Improving Classroom Performance in Underachieving Preadolescents: The Additive Effects of Response Cost to a School-Home Note System.
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McCain, Alyson P.; Kelley, Mary Lou – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 1994
Compared the effectiveness of a school-home note with and without response cost on the disruptive and on-task behavior of three preadolescents. Inclusion of response cost was associated with marked improvements in attentiveness and stabilization of disruptive behavior as compared with that obtained with a traditional school-home note. (LKS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Anchor the Boat: A Classwide Intervention to Reduce Problem Behavior
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Lohrmann, Sharon; Talerico, Janet – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2004
Universal interventions are designed to systematically teach and reinforce consistent behavioral expectations. The purpose of this study was to provide an example of a group contingency classwide intervention called "Anchor the Boat" that operationally defined behavioral expectations, taught those expectations using teacher-directed…
Descriptors: Intervention, Role Playing, Grade 5, Interpersonal Competence
Employing Effective Counseling Strategies for Redirecting Unacceptable School Behaviors among Urban Boys in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Classes.
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Hill, Venola L. – 1994
This practicum was designed to decrease the number of times boys in third, fourth, and fifth grade classes met with the school guidance counselor for unacceptable behaviors and to improve the attitudes of the boys and their parents. Pre- and post-attitudinal and observational questionnaires were administered to 30 randomly selected third, fourth,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Development
Improving Self-Control in Upper Elementary Students through a Program of Character, Civic, and Social Education.
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Cassell, Joan R. – 1995
This practicum was designed to improve students' ability to determine appropriate behavior for various places within the school and to learn self-control to comply with expectations. Specifically, the practicum intended to decrease the number of referrals to administrators and the counselor for out-of-control student behavior and decrease the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Development
Using Goal Setting To Enhance Self Esteem and Create an Internal Locus of Control in the At Risk Elementary Student.
Sisco, Sharon S. – 1992
Extending over a 14-week period, this study examined the effects of a program designed to enhance the self-esteem of at-risk students by developing an internal locus of control in the students. The program consisted of six major components: (1) a specified vocabulary and format; (2) goal identification and description by students; (3) student…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification