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Effect of Modifying Intervention Set Size with Acquisition Rate Data among Students Identified with a Learning Disability
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Haegele, Katherine; Burns, Matthew K. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2015
The amount of information that students can successfully learn and recall at least 1 day later is called an acquisition rate (AR) and is unique to the individual student. The current study extended previous drill rehearsal research with word recognition by (a) using students identified with a learning disability in reading, (b) assessing set sizes…
Descriptors: Students, Learning Disabilities, Memory, Recall (Psychology)
Patterns of Physical and Relational Aggression in a School-Based Sample of Boys and Girls
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Crapanzano, Ann Marie; Frick, Paul J.; Terranova, Andrew M. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
The current study investigated the patterns of aggressive behavior displayed in a sample of 282 students in the 4th through 7th grades (M age = 11.28; SD = 1.82). Using cluster analyses, two distinct patterns of physical aggression emerged for both boys and girls with one aggressive cluster showing mild levels of reactive aggression and one group…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Gender Differences, Males
"My Child Is Shy and Has No Friends: What Does Parenting Have to Do with It?"
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Miller, Scott R.; Tserakhava, Volha; Miller, Carlin J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Accumulating evidence suggests that parents may react differentially to children based on their children's temperament, children's gender, and the interaction of these factors. Furthermore, parents' differential reactions to their children have direct implications for their children's social success. The present study assessed the moderating…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Personality Traits, Friendship
Phonological Storage and Executive Function Deficits in Children with Mathematics Difficulties
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Peng, Peng; Congying, Sun; Beilei, Li; Sha, Tao – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
Children with mathematics difficulties suffer from working memory deficits. This study investigated the deficit profile of phonological storage and executive functions in working memory among children with mathematics difficulties. Based on multiple instruments and two assessment points, 68 children were screened out of 805 fifth graders. Of these…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Inhibition, Short Term Memory
Evaluation of Individual and Group Grief and Trauma Interventions for Children Post Disaster
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Salloum, Alison; Overstreet, Stacy – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This study evaluated a community-based grief and trauma intervention for children conducted postdisaster. Fifty six children (7 to 12 years old) who reported moderate to severe levels of symptoms of posttraumatic stress were randomly assigned to group or individual treatment. Treatment consisted of a manualized 10-session grief- and trauma-focused…
Descriptors: Grief, Intervention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression (Psychology)
The Representation of Multiplication Facts: Developmental Changes in the Problem Size, Five, and Tie Effects
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De Brauwer, Jolien; Verguts, Tom; Fias, Wim – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2006
In this study, we investigated the development of basic effects that have been found in single-digit multiplication arithmetic: the problem size, five, and tie effects. Participants (9-,10-, and 11-year-olds and adults) performed a production task on simple multiplication. The procedure replicated Campbell and Graham's (1985) study ["Canadian…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Reaction Time, Child Development, Child Psychology