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Chitiyo, Argnue; King, Seth A.; Krizon, Margaret D.; Ablakwa, Cephas N.; Markelz, Andrew M. – Behavioral Disorders, 2021
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) exhibit problem behaviors that potentially result in lower performance in reading and related content areas. Researchers and policy makers have increasingly emphasized the need for evidence-based practices (EBPs) in reading. However, conclusions made regarding the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Skiba, Russell; Casey, Ann – Behavioral Disorders, 1985
Results of three forms of meta-analysis on 41 studies involving behavior disorders revealed powerful effects of treatment: both interventions targeting classroom behavior and those attributable to a behavioral orientation were somewhat more powerful and robust. Methodological flaws, however, are cited. Recommendations for solidifying the research…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Literature Reviews
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Strain, Phillip S.; Kohler, Frank W.; Gresham, Frank – Behavioral Disorders, 1998
Discusses logic and interpretation problems inherent in doing quantitative syntheses of single-case research. Addresses the meta-analytic method of using percentage of nonoverlapping data, highlighting special concerns related to withdrawal designs, sensitivity to variability in behavior, social significance of behavior change, and variables that…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kavale, Kenneth A.; Mathur, Sarup R.; Forness, Steven R.; Quinn, Mary Magee; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr. – Behavioral Disorders, 2000
In this discussion of quantitative research synthesis, past criticisms of meta-analysis are reviewed along with the ways they have been addressed. Objections to single-subject synthesis methods are discussed, along with the advantages of using the percentage-of- nonoverlapping-data metric. The article concludes by questioning the veracity of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Instructional Effectiveness
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Maag, John W. – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
Teaching social skills to students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) has become an accepted practice. Literally hundreds of social skills training (SST) efficacy studies for students with EBD appear in the literature. As a result, many authors have published both narrative and meta-analytic reviews of the literature. Reviews have…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
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Gresham, Frank M. – Behavioral Disorders, 2005
Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) is based on the notion that thoughts, emotions, and actions are reciprocally linked and that changes in one of these necessarily will produce changes in the others. In CBT, thoughts, emotions, perceptions, and information processing styles all play a key role in the development and remediation of behavior and…
Descriptors: Integrity, Research Methodology, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
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Skiba, Russell J. – Behavioral Disorders, 1989
The quantitative synthesis of 89 correlations from 16 studies of behavioral ratings and classroom observations suggested significant problems in the areas of the construct of behavioral disorder and criterion-related validity of widely used measures of social behavior. A "components of variance" model is proposed to aid in educational decision…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Decision Making