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Therrien, William J.; Taylor, Jonte C.; Watt, Sarah; Kaldenberg, Erica R. – Remedial and Special Education, 2014
This review examined classroom science instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). A total of 11 group and single-subject studies were analyzed. Across all group studies, a conservatively calculated mean effect size of 0.471 was obtained indicating the interventions as a whole had at least a small to moderate impact on…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Emotional Problems, Behavior Disorders, Effect Size
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Koglin, Ute; Petermann, Franz – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
This study investigated the short-term effects of behavioural training for preschool children. The goals of this programme were to reduce disruptive behaviour as well as shy and withdrawn behaviour, and to promote social-emotional competencies. In young children, insufficient emotional competencies and difficulties concerning adequate conflict…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Emotional Problems, Preschool Children, Conflict Resolution
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Milani, Anna; Lorusso, Maria Luisa; Molteni, Massimo – Dyslexia, 2010
The objective of the present research study was to understand what benefits the use of audiobooks (both school-books and books of various genres, recorded on digital media) could bring to preadolescents and adolescents with developmental dyslexia. Two groups, each consisting of 20 adolescents, were compared. The experimental group used the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, School Activities, Dyslexia
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van Goozen, Stephanie H. M.; Snoek, Heddeke; Matthys, Walter; van Rossum, Inge; van Engeland, Herman – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Patterns of low heart rate, skin conductance and cortisol seem to characterise children with disruptive behaviour disorder (DBD). Until now, the startle paradigm has not been used in DBD children. We investigated whether DBD children, like adult psychopaths, process emotional stimuli in an abnormal way. Method: Twenty-one DBD and 33…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Teaching Methods, Behavior Disorders, Investigations