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A Literacy Based Intervention to Increase the Pretend Play of Young Children with Visual Impairments
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Greeley-Bennett, Catherine – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a literacy-based intervention on the conventional pretend play skills of preschool children who are visually impaired. The intervention involved experience books, real objects, story-reading, and role-play, which are common strategies used to teach children with visual impairments. A…
Descriptors: Literacy, Intervention, Imagination, Play
The Effects of Customized Individual Counseling Interventions on the Career and College Readiness of Adolescents in the Foster Care System
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Williams, Regina Gavin – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of customized individual counseling interventions on the career and college readiness of adolescents within foster care. An intervention program, consisting of customized individual interventions, entitled "Students That Are Reaching Success" ("S.T.A.R.S.") was created by the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Intervention, College Readiness, Foster Care
Function-Based Responding to Check In/Check Out for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in a Residential Facility
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Swoszowski, Nicole Cain – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Check in/Check out (CICO) strategy is a secondary tier intervention designed to address those students who are not responsive to universal tier, school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SW-PBIS), and require more targeted support. The present study extended the implementation of the CICO strategy to a residential facility.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Emotional Disturbances
Investigating the Justifiability of an Additional Test Use: An Application of Assessment Use Argument to an English as a Foreign Language Test
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Wang, Huan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Multiple uses of the same assessment may present challenges for both the design and use of an assessment. Little advice, however, has been given to assessment developers as to how to understand the phenomena of multiple assessment use and meet the challenges these present. Particularly problematic is the case in which an assessment is used for…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing Programs, Program Effectiveness, Test Construction
A Longitudinal Study of Achievement Goals for College in General: Predicting Cumulative GPA and Diversity in Course Selection
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Durik, Amanda M.; Lovejoy, Chelsea M.; Johnson, Sara J. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2009
This correlational longitudinal study examined how college students' achievement goals for college in general predicted overall grade point average and diversity in course selection. During their first semester of college, students (N = 214) reported their performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and mastery-approach goals for college and…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Course Selection (Students), Academic Achievement, Achievement Need
Proceedings of the Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (30th, Prague, Czech Republic, July 16-21, 2006). Volume 1
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Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction