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Greene, Irene; Mc Tiernan, Aoife; Holloway, Jennifer – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2018
The current study employed a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the use of peer tutoring and fluency-based instruction to increase mathematics fluency with addition and subtraction computation skills. Forty-one elementary school students between the ages of eight and 12 years participated in the 8-week study using cross-age peer tutoring, Say…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Randomized Controlled Trials, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems
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van den Berg, Y. H. M.; Stoltz, S. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2018
Inclusive education has brought new challenges for teachers, including the search for a suitable place in the classroom for children with externalizing problems. In the current study, we examined whether a careful rearrangement of the classroom seats could promote social acceptance and more prosocial behaviors for children with externalizing…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Inclusion
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Consuegra, Els; Engels, Nadine – British Educational Research Journal, 2016
There have been numerous studies investigating the extent to which teacher-student classroom interactions differ between boys and girls and the results of these studies suggest that teacher negative feedback is higher for boys, which in turn leads to lower levels of on-task behaviour. The article describes the results of a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Gender Differences, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests
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LaVigna, Gary W.; Willis, Thomas J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Positive behaviour support (PBS) is behaviour analysis applied in support of people with challenging behaviour. Questions have been raised as to PBS effectiveness, costs, and accessibility. Method: Outcome studies meeting specified criteria for PBS were selected for review. All told, 12 outcome studies encompassing 423 cases were…
Descriptors: Evidence, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement
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Hall, Scott S.; Hustyi, Kristin M.; Hammond, Jennifer L.; Hirt, Melissa; Reiss, Allan L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
We examined whether "discrete trial training" (DTT) could be used to identify learning impairments in mathematical reasoning in boys with fragile X syndrome (FXS). Boys with FXS, aged 10-23 years, and age and IQ-matched controls, were trained to match fractions to pie-charts and pie-charts to decimals either on a computer or with a…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mathematical Logic, Males, Genetic Disorders
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Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Hardy, Jessica K.; Schnitz, Alana G.; Adams, Jessie Morris; Kinder, Kiersten A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
Training and coaching with performance feedback has been effective for supporting teachers to use evidence-based instructional practices. However, coaching with performance feedback has primarily been used to support teachers to use discrete skills, and there has been little evidence of maintenance and generalization. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Best Practices
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Fein, Lance; Jones, Don – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2015
This study addresses the compromise skills that are taught to students diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and related social and communication deficits. A private school in the southeastern United States implemented an emergence theory-based curriculum to address these skills, yet no formal analysis was conducted to determine its…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teaching Methods, Skill Development
Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Hardy, Jessica K.; Schnitz, Alana G.; Adams, Jessie Morris; Kinder, Kiersten A. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Training and coaching with performance feedback has been effective for supporting teachers to use evidence-based instructional practices. However, coaching with performance feedback has primarily been used to support teachers to use discrete skills, and there has been little evidence of maintenance and generalization. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Best Practices, Check Lists, Coaching (Performance)
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McCrory, Cathal; Layte, Richard – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
This retrospective cross-sectional paper examines the relationship between maternal smoking during pregnancy and children's behavioural problems at 9 years of age independent of a wide range of possible confounders. The final sample comprised 7,505 nine-year-old school children participating in the first wave of the Growing Up in Ireland study.…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Risk, Smoking, Teaching Methods
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Luczynski, Kevin C.; Hanley, Gregory P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
We evaluated the effects of the preschool life skills program (PLS; Hanley, Heal, Tiger, & Ingvarsson, 2007) on the acquisition and maintenance of functional communication and self-control skills, as well as its effect on problem behavior, of small groups of preschoolers at risk for school failure. Six children were taught to request teacher…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Prevention, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills
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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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Ashdown, Daniela Maree; Bernard, Michael E. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
This study investigated the effect of a social and emotional learning skills curriculum, the "You Can Do It! Early Childhood Education Program" (YCDI), on the social-emotional development, well-being, and academic achievement of 99 preparatory and grade 1 students attending a Catholic school in Melbourne, Australia. One preparatory and one grade 1…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Direct Instruction, Control Groups, Catholic Schools
Ohakamnu, George N. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Due to an increase in behavior problems among school children, especially at-risk children who have problems staying on-task, there is a need for a teaching strategy that will enable children to be focused and on task in the classroom. This quantitative study investigated whether partner-check self-recording of on-task behavior will increase the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Mathematics Tests
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Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Harris, Karen; Graham, Steve; Driscoll, Steven; Sandmel, Karin; Morphy, Paul; Hebert, Michael; House, Emily; Schatschneider, Christopher – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
We examined the extent to which strategies instruction, using the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model, would enhance the writing, engagement during writing, and behavior of 44 second-grade students identified as having behavioral and writing difficulties. This study occurred within a comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered model of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Writing Difficulties, Writing (Composition), Intervention
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Leung, Chi-hung – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
Parents in Hong Kong believe that play is harmful to children's studies and socio-emotional development. However, the term "eduplay" was first introduced by Rao and Li, a form of play-based education with "Chinese characteristics". This term captures the beliefs of teachers and parents about how learning could happen through…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Play, Early Childhood Education
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