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Rauenzahn, Crystal – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Recess is often a favorite part of students' days. Students use recess to release energy, socialize with peers, and give themselves well deserved breaks. In this study, teachers shared their perspectives on the impacts in the classroom of an additional recess in their daily schedule. The purpose was to determine if an additional recess period in…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Low Income Students
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Zoromski, Allison; Evans, Steven W.; Owens, Julie Sarno; Holdaway, Alex; Royo Romero, Angela S. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2021
Disruptive student behavior in middle school is associated with negative outcomes, including poor grades, low achievement scores, dropout, lost teaching time, teacher burnout, and societal expenditures. Classroom Behavior Management (CBM) strategies are effective at reducing disruptive behavior, decreasing teacher stress, and increasing…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Meza, Jocelyn I.; Friedman, Lauren M.; Dvorsky, Melissa R.; Kass, Peter; Chabbra, Divya; Pfiffner, Linda J. – School Mental Health, 2020
This study evaluated the effects of teacher adherence to behavioral treatment on student outcomes. Eighty-four children (ages 7-11) completed a 12-week, collaborative school-home behavioral intervention designed for youth with significant attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and impairment. Teacher adherence was assessed via school…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Behavior Modification, Family School Relationship, Student Behavior
Lina G. Kitson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Problem behaviors are prevalent in schools and may result in negative effects for the students exhibiting those behaviors, teachers, and other students. Increasing on-task behaviors has been shown to minimize disruptive behaviors. The current study utilized an interdependent group contingency-based intervention, Class-Wide Function-related…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students
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Gann, Candace J.; Kunnavatana, S. Shanun – Education and Treatment of Children, 2016
This preliminary study investigated the use of the Function-Based Intervention Decision Model (Decision Model; Umbreit, Ferro, Liaupsin, & Lane, 2007) to improve teacher treatment integrity for a function-based classroom management plan. The participants were a special education teacher and three elementary-age students receiving special…
Descriptors: Intervention, Classroom Techniques, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Self Contained Classrooms
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Sprague, Jeffrey; Perkins, Kindle – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2009
First Step to Success is a multicomponent behavioral program for at-risk children who show signs of antisocial behavior at the point of school entry. The program incorporates behavioral intervention techniques, including praise and feedback, positive reinforcement, social skills training, teacher and parent collaboration, and time-out/response…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, At Risk Students
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Utley, Cheryl A.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Douglas, Katherine – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2007
This pilot study examines the effects of the implementation of the Cool Tool, a social skills strategy, on the disruptive and problem behaviors of third-grade (n = 4) and fourth-grade (n = 6) African American students in an urban elementary school. Following the completion of the social skills intervention in both classrooms, the findings of pre-…
Descriptors: African American Students, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems
Evertson, Carolyn M. – 1988
A description is given of the Classroom Organization and Management Program, designed to help teachers in grades 1-9 and staff developers improve their overall instructional and behavioral management skills through planning, implementing, and maintaining effective classroom practices. It also seeks to improve student task engagement and reduction…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Rosenshine, Barak – 1982
Successful experimental programs, in which teachers have been trained to increase their students' academic achievement, were analyzed to identify common teacher functions. Six recent studies in which teachers implemented training and in which students had higher achievement were examined. Conclusions drawn from the analysis include: (1) Students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, Improvement Programs
Thieme-Busch, Carolyn A.; Prom, Sukai E. – 1983
A study evaluated an adaption of the Stallings Process of Teaching Reading in Secondary Schools in a large urban public school system. This inservice training program is designed to increase teachers' effective use of time. The program is composed of pre-training observations and resulting feedback on needed improvements in classroom behavior,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Sparks, Georgea Mohlman – 1984
Nineteen junior high school teachers of English, social studies, and mathematics for low-achieving students participated in a study of the process of teacher change resulting from inservice training in effective teaching techniques. The purpose of the training was to increase student time on task and interactive instruction. Participants were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools
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Squires, David A.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1981
This review of the literature highlights research-based ways to improve schools and classrooms. Emphasis is on student time-on-task, effective teacher behaviors, and positive teacher supervision. (JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
Halasz, Ida M. – 1984
A three-year project was undertaken by the National Center for research in Vocational Education (Ohio State University, OH) to investigate time on task in vocational and technical classes. During the first year of the project, researchers used the direct observation method to collect time-on-task data pertaining to 10 teachers and 186 students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques