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Utlilty of School Psychologists' Recommendations: Perception of Elementary Teachers.
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Noble, Betty; Dickinson, Donald J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1988
Investigated perceptions by elementary school teachers (N=28) of the usefulness and ease of implementation of traditional recommendations that attribute the cause of referral problems to the individual student's characteristics or environmental conditions, as compared to recommendations that address a student's problem with varying degrees of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Psychological Evaluation
School-Age Care and After-School Programs: Developing a Responsive Curriculum--Revisited 25 Years Later
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Scofield, Rich – Child Care Information Exchange, 2004
In 1979 and 1980 "Child Care Information Exchange" ran a series of five articles about what was then called school-age day care: "Getting It Off the Ground," "Designing an Effective Structure," "Developing a Responsive Curriculum," "Selecting and Motivating Staff," and "Managing the Money." These articles from 25 years ago captured the essence of…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Child Development, After School Programs, Curriculum Development
Research Identifies Effective Programs for Students At Risk of School Failure.
Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, Baltimore, MD. – 1987
If schools improved the academic performance of at-risk students beginning in the early years and continuing through the elementary grades, this improvement would have multiple positive effects on student dropout, delinquency, pregnancy, substance abuse, and other behaviors. Early improvement of poor academic performance could greatly alleviate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Learning, Early Intervention
Temperament Clusters and Individual Differences in the Elementary Classroom: A Summary.
Barclay, James R. – 1978
This study examines the interaction of individual differences in pupils' temperament and ability with variations in educational strategies used in elementary school classrooms. This interaction was analyzed by re-examining the data from 2 previous studies of the effects of various educational strategies on social and academic behavior problems.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Behavior Change, Behavioral Sciences, Comparative Analysis
Advancing the Pro-Social Skills in At-Risk Elementary Students through Curricular Interventions.
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Barnstable, Ranae; Cargill, Linda; Gehlbach, Susan; Workman, Howard – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated a program to enhance students' prosocial behaviors. The targeted population consisted of students in two second and one third-grade classrooms in a declining urban area of a large midwestern city. The problem of inappropriate behaviors was documented through discipline reports, anecdotal…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment
Using Multiple Intelligences, Cooperative Learning, and Higher Order Thinking Skills To Improve the Behavior of At-Risk Students.
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Dare, Mitzi; Durand, Sonya; Moeller, Lorraine; Washington, Mary – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated an intervention program to reduce disruptive behavior interfering with students' academic growth. The targeted population consisted of students in four primary classrooms in a large urban center in central Illinois. The problem of disruptive behavior was documented by means of a behavior…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies