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Merrell, Christine; Styles, Irene; Jones, Paul; Tymms, Peter; Wildy, Helen – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2013
This paper uses the Rasch measurement model to analyse data collected on children's attention, activity and impulsiveness at the end of their first year at school by teachers in England, Scotland and Australia. The analysis offers insights into differences in teachers' perceptions of children's behaviour between countries and changes with age. The…
Descriptors: Young Children, Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Demirer, Veysel; Bozoglan, Bahadir; Sahin, Ismail – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2013
The aim of this study is to investigate pre-service teachers' Internet addiction in terms of gender, Internet accessibility, loneliness and life satisfaction. Statistical analyses were completed on the data by the 247 preservice teachers that filled the surveys completely. According to findings, pre-service teachers' level of loneliness and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Internet, Gender Differences, Access to Information
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Tuncer, Murat; Dogan, Yunus; Tanas, Ramazan – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
With the advent of the computer technologies, we are increasingly encountering these technologies in every field of life. The fact that the computer technology is so much interwoven with the daily life makes it necessary to investigate certain psychological attitudes of those working with computers towards computers. As this study is limited to…
Descriptors: Investigations, High School Students, Vocational High Schools, Anxiety
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Carter, Erik W.; Asmus, Jennifer; Moss, Colleen K.; Biggs, Elizabeth E.; Bolt, Dan M.; Born, Tiffany L.; Brock, Matthew E.; Cattey, Gillian N.; Chen, Rui; Cooney, Molly; Fesperman, Ethan; Hochman, Julia M.; Huber, Heartley B.; Lequia, Jenna L.; Lyons, Gregory; Moyseenko, Kerrie A.; Riesch, Lindsay M.; Shalev, Rebecca A.; Vincent, Lori B.; Weir, Katie – Exceptional Children, 2016
Enhancing the social and learning experiences of students with severe disabilities in inclusive classrooms has been a long-standing focus of research, legislative, and advocacy efforts. The authors used a randomized controlled experimental design to examine the efficacy of peer support arrangements to improve academic and social outcomes for 51…
Descriptors: High School Students, Severe Disabilities, Randomized Controlled Trials, Peer Relationship
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McKown, Clark; Gumbiner, Laura M.; Johnson, Jason – Journal of School Psychology, 2011
Social rejection is associated with a wide variety of negative outcomes. Early identification of social rejection and intervention to minimize its negative impact is thus important. However, sociometric methods, which are considered high in validity for identifying socially rejected children, are frequently not used because of (a) procedural…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Social Status, Sociometric Techniques, Identification
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Erford, Bradley T.; Clark, Kelly – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2011
The reliability and validity of scores on the Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale-second edition-teacher version (DBRS-II-T) was analyzed. The DBRS-II-T was designed to assess teacher observations of students referred for behavioral difficulties. The five-factor model fit the data poorly, but convergent and diagnostic validities were excellent.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Teachers, Reliability, Validity
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Rosch, David – Journal of Leadership Education, 2015
Engineering students (N = 285) enrolled in either a first-year or senior-year design course that consisted entirely of team-based collaborative learning projects reported few gains in their overall leadership development. First-year students made moderate gains in transformational leadership skills and social-normative motivation to lead. Peer…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Design, Cooperative Learning
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Moss, Philippa; Howlin, Patricia; Savage, Sarah; Bolton, Patrick; Rutter, Michael – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Data on psychiatric problems in adults with autism are inconsistent, with estimated rates ranging from around 25% to over 75%. We assessed difficulties related to mental health in 58 adults with autism (10 females, 48 males; mean age 44?years) whom we have followed over four decades. All were of average non-verbal intelligence quotient when…
Descriptors: Autism, Mental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adults
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Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Briesch, Amy M.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Christ, Theodore J.; Black, Anne C.; Kilgus, Stephen P. – Journal of School Psychology, 2010
A total of 4 raters, including 2 teachers and 2 research assistants, used Direct Behavior Rating Single Item Scales (DBR-SIS) to measure the academic engagement and disruptive behavior of 7 middle school students across multiple occasions. Generalizability study results for the full model revealed modest to large magnitudes of variance associated…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Generalizability Theory, Research Assistants, Teachers
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Wilson, Sue – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2013
Engaging successfully in the modern technological society requires a command of mathematics. Hence, successfully engaging with mathematics has social, economic and political implications. There has been a history over a long period of time of significant numbers of people not forming productive relationships with learning mathematics. Failure in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Rural Areas, Preservice Teachers, Investigations
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Volpe, Robert J.; Briesch, Amy M. – School Psychology Review, 2012
Direct behavior rating (DBR) has been described as a hybrid of systematic direct observation and behavior rating scales. Although single-item (DBR-SIS) and multi-item (DBR-MIS) methods have been advocated, the overwhelming majority of research attention has focused on DBR-SIS. This study employed generalizability theory to compare the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Behavior Rating Scales, Student Behavior, Graduate Students
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Schultz, Betsy L.; Richardson, Rita Coombs; Barber, Catherine R.; Wilcox, Daryl – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2011
Social-emotional learning in early childhood sets the stage for students' future behaviors in schools. The current study examined the effects of a social-emotional skills curriculum on the behavior of students in an early childhood program. The children received instruction in social and emotional skills using the "Connecting with Others: Lessons…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Change, Student Behavior
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Nett, Ulrike E.; Goetz, Thomas; Hall, Nathan C. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
The present study explored students' use of boredom-related coping strategies at trait and state levels. Two trait-based dimensions of coping relevant to boredom were considered, namely approach--versus avoidance-oriented and cognitively--versus behaviorally-oriented coping strategies. The two dimensions were assessed in a self-report…
Descriptors: Coping, Grade 11, Questionnaires, Cognitive Measurement
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Mellor, David; Wong, Jessica; Xu, Xiaoyan – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
This article reports on the first study to investigate interparent agreement when the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is used to assess school-aged children. It is also the first study conducted in China on agreement between parents reporting on their child. Both parents of 380 girls and 320 boys completed the Strengths and…
Descriptors: Females, Hyperactivity, Predictor Variables, Behavior Rating Scales
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Carroll, H. C. M. – Educational Studies, 2013
Two complementary studies of poor and better attenders are presented. To measure emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) different teacher-completed rating scales were employed, and to determine social difficulties, the studies used sociometry and some items from the scales. One study had a longitudinal design. It revealed that, after…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students
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