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Claymont School District, DE. – 1973
The major objectives of the 3-year Claymont Behavior Modification Project, which involved 11 teachers and 270 students, were to: a) train teachers in operant procedures for use in an uncontrived natural setting; b) accelerate student academic performances, with a special view to achieving one year's academic growth in one chronological year for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Low Ability Students
Download full textHeater, Jim – 1974
Presented is a manual for parents of children in the Papillion (Nebraska) Title III elementary level "engineered classroom" program which stresses accomplishment of academic goals by emotionally disturbed students. Explained are the concept of behavioral modification, how children learn, practical aspects of negative and positive…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Rearing, Elementary School Students, Emotional Disturbances
Great Falls Public Schools, MT. – 1971
Presented is the final report of a 3-year Title III program which provided approximately 50 emotionally disturbed children (6- to 14-years-old) with special classes (10 pupils per class) utilizing behavior modification techniques and precision teaching. Explained are the project purpose of providing an instructional setting for children totally…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children
Spilker, George – 1972
Described are the curriculum, behavioral modification program, summer activities, and parent involvement in the Papillion (Nebraska) Title III elementary level "engineered classroom" program for emotionally disturbed students. Noted is program initiation after parents and teachers became upset over poor academic progress and behaviors of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Emotional Disturbances
Human Resources Research Organization, Dothan, AL. Div. 6. – 1974
A 3-year Title III project provided inservice training to 183 elementary teachers in methods of improving behavior, academic performance, and affective reactions of children with socio-emotional conflicts treatable in the regular classroom. The program included summer workshops and released-time training during the school year in indepth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV. – 1973
Presented is the end of project year (1972-1973) report of an interim program to improve the academic performance and behavior of 48 educable mentally retarded and educationally handicapped adolescents 12- to 17-years-old who had been excluded from special education classes. Reported are performance measures (such as teacher developed inventories…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Course Objectives, Curriculum
