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Stacy N. McGuire; Yan Xia; Hedda Meadan – Behavioral Disorders, 2024
Students with mental health needs, behavioral support needs, and/or emotional disturbance can engage in internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, or both. Preservice and induction phase elementary general education teachers are reported to have limited education in providing evidence-based behavior management strategies, especially for…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Knowledge Level, Behavior Modification, Student Behavior
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Doré R. LaForett; Ximena Franco-Jenkins; Adam Winsler; M. Taylor Eron; Kaitlyn Mumma; My V. H. Nguyen – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This study examined teachers' adherence to the language of instruction in dual language education (DLE) programs among teachers in 19 kindergarten through 3rd grade Spanish-English two-way DLE immersion classrooms (n = 5, 90/10 model; n = 14, 50/50 model). Teachers were observed toward the beginning and end of the school year to determine…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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McLennan, John D.; Sampasa-Kanyinga, Hugues; Georgiades, Katholiki; Duku, Eric – School Mental Health, 2020
Teachers' use of evidence-informed classroom management and behavioral health strategies may improve student behavior and classroom function. However, little is known about the extent to which teachers employ various strategies and whether strategy use varies across grades. This study aimed to determine the frequency distribution of reported use…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Evidence Based Practice, Teacher Behavior, Preschool Teachers
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LaBrot, Zachary C.; Dufrene, Brad A.; Whipple, Heather; McCargo, Morgan; Pasqua, Jamie L. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2020
School-based consultation is effective for improving teachers' use of evidence-based classroom management strategies. However, teachers often respond differentially to varying types of consultation strategies. This study utilized a multiple baseline design across four teachers (i.e., two preschool and two elementary) to examine the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Positive Reinforcement, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Andrew Kwok; Amy Van Schagen; Katrina Ventura; Gabrielle Laufty – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2019
This mixed methods study explores one urban elementary classroom's use of stability ball chairs. Through surveys, interviews, and video observation, we investigated the teacher and her students' experiences in changing from traditional chairs to more active furniture. Results indicate that students' preferences for using the stability ball chairs…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Urban Schools, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Whitney, Todd; Lingo, Amy S.; Cooper, Justin; Karp, Karen – Remedial and Special Education, 2017
The primary focus of this study was to examine the effects of Shared Story Reading (SSR) during mathematics instruction on the behavioral outcomes of four elementary students with academic difficulty and challenging behaviors. In addition, the study examined the effect of implementing SSR during mathematics instruction on the teacher's use of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Behavior Problems, Low Achievement
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Wendy M. Reinke; Melissa Stormont; Keith C. Herman; Ze Wang; Lori Newcomer; Kathleen King – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2014
Even with the use of effective universal classroom management practices, some students will need additional behavioral supports. However, to translate implementation of new strategies into the classroom, professional development programs need to be adaptive to the complexities teachers face in providing instruction and managing classroom behaviors…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
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Reddy, Linda A.; Fabiano, Gregory A.; Dudek, Christopher M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
The present study is an initial investigation of the concurrent validity of a new assessment, the Classroom Strategies Scale (CSS version 2.0) for Elementary School--Observer Form. The CSS assesses teachers' use of instructional and behavioral management strategies. In the present study, the CSS is compared to the Classroom Assessment Scoring…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Educational Assessment, Instruction, Validity
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Warren, Jeffrey M.; Gerler, Edwin R., Jr. – Professional Counselor, 2013
Consultation is an indirect service frequently offered as part of comprehensive school counseling programs. This study explored the efficacy of a specific model of consultation, rational emotive-social behavior consultation (RE-SBC). Elementary school teachers participated in face-to-face and online consultation groups aimed at influencing…
Descriptors: School Counselors, School Counseling, Consultation Programs, Beliefs
Aaron-Stanton, Desiree – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This ethnographic study of language shows the importance of educators' appropriate use of linguistic, nonlinguistic, and paralinguistic communication techniques when working with elementary students within two classrooms who have behavioral and emotional disorders. This study focused on communication techniques used by teachers and…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Elementary School Teachers, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Elementary School Students
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Reinke, Wendy M.; Lewis-Palmer, Teri; Merrell, Kenneth – School Psychology Review, 2008
School-based consultation typically focuses on individual student problems and on a small number of students rather than on changing the classroom system. The Classroom Check-Up was developed as a classwide consultation model to address the need for classroom-level support while minimizing treatment integrity problems common to school-based…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Classroom Techniques, Student Problems, Teacher Behavior
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Guzicki, Joseph A.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1980
Examined efficacy of cue-controlled relaxation in reducing anxiety of two elementary school teachers. Both teachers exhibited significant reductions in motoric manifestations of anxiety. Both showed increases in rewarding behavior. They reduced disapproving behavior to zero on most days. Training in self-management of stress significantly affected…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Elementary School Teachers
Jones, Frederic H. – Learning, 1996
The Positive Classroom Management program trains teachers to mean business without being dragged into fruitless power struggles and student backtalk. The program helps teachers learn to take control of the situation by remaining calm, thinking before speaking, and using effective body language. (SM)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Language, Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems
Lombardo, Bennett J. – 1980
A study was made to determine the effects of long-term, daily supervision which employed interaction analysis procedures on the teaching behavior and interactions of four elementary school physical education teachers. Repeated, daily, multiple observations were recorded for each subject's teaching behavior and interaction patterns in the movement…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Modification, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education