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Bruggink, M.; Goei, S. L.; Koot, H. M. – Educational Research, 2013
Background: Traditionally, special educational needs (SEN) were often defined in terms of child deficits. Recently, there has been a tendency to define SEN in terms of (additional) support needed in the classroom. However, little is known about how teachers define students with special educational needs. To close this gap, characteristics of…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Elementary School Students
Lantz, Christine; McKenna, Barbara; Price, Brianne; Stralow, Duane – Online Submission, 2007
This report describes a program designed to increase students' on-task behavior. The students in the sample population consisted of kindergarten, first, and fifth graders. These classrooms are located in a community in northern Illinois. The problem of student behavior adversely affecting on-task behavior was well documented through a review of…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Time on Task, Listening Skills, Cooperative Learning
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Leondari, Angeliki; Syngollitou, Efi; Kiosseoglou, Grigoris – Educational Studies, 1998
Examines the relationships among possible selves, academic performance, motivation, self-esteem, and persistence on task by analyzing the questionnaires of 289 high school students. Reveals that the students who referred to positive selves outperformed the other groups in academic achievement as measured by grade point average and showed more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Higher Education, Motivation
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Veenman, Simon; Kenter, Brenda; Post, Kiki – Educational Studies, 2000
Examines teachers' use of and students' reactions to cooperative learning, and the quality of the group cooperation from a sample of Dutch primary schools. Reports that students' social skills, on-task behavior, and self-esteem improved, while students reported a positive attitude toward cooperative learning. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Kelly, Caroline R. – 1997
This action research project evaluated the impact of an intervention for reducing the inappropriate student behavior of primary school students. Participating were kindergartners in a large metropolitan area in northern Illinois. Inappropriate behaviors, such as physical aggression and using inappropriate words for self-expression, were documented…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Childrens Literature
Peck, Robert F.; And Others – 1982
The Teaching-Learning Interaction Study tested the separate and interactive effects of teacher and student entry characteristics on their subsequent classroom behavior, and the effect of that behavior on students' regressed gain, over a school year, in achievement, attitudes toward school, self-esteem, and coping skills. Fifty-three tri-ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Elementary Education