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Fujiki, Martin; Brinton, Bonnie; Isaacson, Ted; Summers, Connie – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2001
This pilot study examined the playground social behaviors of eight children (ages 6-10) with language impairments (LI) and their typical peers. Analysis of videotape recordings found LI children spent significantly less time interacting with peers and demonstrated significantly more withdrawn behaviors than did their peers, with group membership…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Language Impairments
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Butler, Deborah L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
This commentary on C. Addison Stone's paper on the scaffolding metaphor for the learning disabilities field concludes that the scaffolding metaphor is fundamentally flawed. The author proposes an alternative model, Strategic Content Learning, which is seen as more successfully promoting correspondence between instructional activities and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Interaction Process Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Metaphors
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Baird, Samera M.; Ingram, Rebecca; Peterson, JoEllyn – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 1998
In this study of maternal interpretations of infant behaviors, seven mothers of infants with Down syndrome identified 18 of 22 subcategories of potentially meaningful infant behavior previously identified by mothers of typically developing infants. These seven mothers also identified an additional category: developmental status-abilities.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Downs Syndrome, Early Intervention, Infant Behavior
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Siller, Michael; Sigman, Marian – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
Comparison of caregiver behaviors of children with either autism, developmental delay, or typical development found no difference between groups in caregiver synchronization with the child's focus of attention. Also, caregivers of children with autism who showed higher levels of synchronization during initial play interactions led to superior…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role
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Salt, Jeff; Sellars, Val; Shemilt, John; Boyd, Sheila; Coulson, Tracey; McCool, Susan – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2001
This article describes the early intervention program developed at the Scottish Centre for Autism. Intervention aimed at improved social communication and social interaction skills is delivered through 1:1 intensive treatment by trained therapists and parent training. Treatment incorporates a child led approach, use of imitation, language use…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries
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Horton, S.; Byng, S.; Bunning, K.; Pring, T. – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2004
Background: Terms such as 'clinical intuition' have often been applied to the practice of speech and language therapy. Various authors have aimed to make the process of therapy practice more explicit, and it is argued that recently developed descriptive/analytic frameworks have the potential to engender the critical mindset necessary for student…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Therapy, Student Attitudes
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Biro, Melinda – Physical Education and Sport, 2007
Study aim: To evaluate verbal and non-verbal behaviour of teachers and pupils in elementary swimming education and their impact on pupils' achievements. Material and methods: A total of 77 swimming lessons were videorecorded and coded with the modified Cheffers' Adaptation of Flanders Interaction Analysis System (CAFIAS); 46 PE teachers, swimming…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Interaction Process Analysis, Physical Education, Student Behavior
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Kasari, Connie; Freeman, Stephanny; Paparella, Tanya – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Delays and deficits in joint attention and symbolic play constitute two important developmental problems in young children with autism. These areas of deficit have been well studied in autism but have rarely been the focus of treatment efforts (see Kasari, Freeman, & Paparella, 2001). In this study, we examine the efficacy of targeted…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Play, Early Intervention, Mothers
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Kutnick, Peter; Brighi, Antonella; Avgitidou, Sofia; Genta, Maria Luisa; Hannikainen, Maritta; Karlsson-Lohmander, Maelis; Ruiz, Rosario Ortega; Rautamies, Erja; Colwell, Jennifer; Tsalagiorgou, Eleni; Mazzanti, Chiara; Nicoletti, Sandra; Sansavini, Alessandra; Guarini, Annalisa; Romera, Eva; Monks, Claire; Lofqvist, Monica – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
This study sought to identify and compare the characteristics of the social pedagogic context of cognitive activities in a sample of early education settings in six European countries (England, Finland, Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden). Previous research concerning the social context within which cognitive/learning activities take place has…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Social Development
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Scribner, Jay Paredes; Sawyer, R. Keith; Watson, Sheldon T.; Myers, Vicki L. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2007
Purpose: This article explores distributed leadership as it relates to two teacher teams in one public secondary school. Both situational and social aspects of distributed leadership are foci of investigation. Methods: The qualitative study used constant comparative analysis and discourse analysis to explore leadership as a distributed phenomenon.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Leadership, Demography, Discourse Analysis
Lougeay-Mottinger, Janice; And Others – 1991
This study examined the effect of various intervention contexts on the ability of young children (ages 3 and 4 years) with language impairments to effectively direct communications to a partner and to vary communicative intentions. The six children in the study were either nonverbal or in the early stages of developing verbal communication and all…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Context Effect, Early Intervention, Interaction Process Analysis
Kuo, Sai-hua – 1994
This study investigated verbal play, including teasing and self-mocking in a naturally occurring conversation, among four Chinese female friends. The study illustrates how these speakers engage in teasing activities and then discusses the implications and significance of verbal play. Examples are taken from a casual, playful conversation…
Descriptors: Chinese, Females, Foreign Countries, Interaction Process Analysis
Ponton, Michael K. – 1996
This paper synthesizes Birnbaum's collegial model for describing academic institutions. In this model administrators, faculty, and students comprise a community of colleagues a collegium. Typically, institutions that fit the collegial model have a small enrollment of full-time on-campus students who follow a liberal arts curriculum. Since faculty…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction
Marston, Paul T.; Clements, Richard O. – 1979
It was hypothesized that individual differences in observer attitudes might affect the way observers code teacher behavior. A questionnaire assessing educational attitudes was given to 22 subjects who were trained on 3 classroom observation systems: the Flanders Interaction Analysis, the Classroom Observation Scales, and the Classroom Observation…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Criteria, Experimenter Characteristics
Floody, Dale R.; Weiberg, Jeanne – 1982
Group and family day care settings were compared with respect to 16 child, teacher, and environmental variables. A total of 25 children, ranging in age from 3 to 5 years, served as representatives of group day care; 16 children, also ranging from 3 to 5 years in age, served as representatives of family day care. Child variables of interest were…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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