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Polat, Murat – Online Submission, 2017
The main purpose of this study is to determine the possible causes behind the tendency of students in Turkey to exhibit cheating behavior in the exams directly from the results of research conducted on the subject. This research is a meta-synthesis study that was planned in the qualitative research design. Within this scope; three master's theses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Cheating, Secondary School Students
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Dockerty, Kelly – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2019
This small study examines how one group (n = 59) of first-year undergraduate students developed their knowledge through co-construction using an online forum as a platform as part of a three-year Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme. Professional dialogue at the online interface supported them to cope with the challenges they faced during…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Undergraduate Students, Computer Mediated Communication
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Torsney, Benjamin M.; Symonds, Jennifer E. – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The Professional Student Program for Educational Resilience (PROSPER) was designed to increase students' ability to stay momentarily engaged in classwork, thus promoting educational resilience. Participants (N = 277, 51% male, 74% Irish) from two low-income schools in Dublin, Ireland (School A n = 158; School B n = 119), were assessed using the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Resilience (Psychology), Low Income, Intervention
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Chang, Lei; Lu, Hui Jing; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Skinner, Ann T.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Steinberg, Laurence; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Chen, Bin Bin; Tian, Qian; Bacchini, Dario; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Pastorelli, Concetta; Alampay, Liane Peña; Sorbring, Emma; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Oburu, Paul; Malone, Patrick S.; Di Giunta, Laura; Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe; Tapanya, Sombat – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Safety is essential for life. To survive, humans and other animals have developed sets of psychological and physiological adaptations known as life history (LH) tradeoff strategies in response to various safety constraints. Evolutionarily selected LH strategies in turn regulate development and behavior to optimize survival under prevailing safety…
Descriptors: Safety, Physiology, Psychological Patterns, Longitudinal Studies
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Nuske, Heather Joy; McGhee Hassrick, Elizabeth; Bronstein, Briana; Hauptman, Lindsay; Aponte, Courtney; Levato, Lynne; Stahmer, Aubyn; Mandell, David S.; Mundy, Peter; Kasari, Connie; Smith, Tristram – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Transitioning to a new school is often challenging for students with autism spectrum disorder. Few studies have examined the transition needs of students with autism spectrum disorder or the benefits of specific supports. This review synthesizes research findings on the "difficulties" that school transitions pose for students with autism…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Adjustment, Transitional Programs
American Psychological Association, 2019
Psychological science has much to contribute to enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom. Teaching and learning, in turn, are intricately linked to social and behavioral factors of human development, including cognition, motivation, social interaction, and communication. Psychological science also contributes to effective instruction;…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Instruction, Learning Processes
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Maravic, Milutin; Cvjeticanin, Stanko; Ivkovic, Sonja – World Journal of Education, 2014
The aim of this research was developed in order to determine and analyze the level of environmental awareness of students from primary and secondary schools. Environmental awareness is an essential product of environmental education. Conducted research included analytical and descriptive method. The research instrument was the survey designed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Consciousness Raising, Elementary School Students
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Kowalewicz, Eva A.; Coffee, Gina – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
This study is an examination of the effectiveness of the Mystery Motivator--an interdependent group contingency, variable-ratio, classwide intervention--as a tool for reducing disruptive classroom behavior in eight diverse general-education elementary school classrooms across seven different schools. The study was conducted using an ABAB, changing…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Intervention, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Harrison, Sayward E.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Chafouleas, Sandra M. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2014
Direct behavior rating (DBR) offers users a flexible, feasible method for the collection of behavioral data. Previous research has supported the validity of using DBR to rate three target behaviors: academic engagement, disruptive behavior, and compliance. However, the effect of the base rate of behavior on rater accuracy has not been established.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Accuracy, Learner Engagement, Behavior Problems
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Luczynski, Kevin C.; Hanley, Gregory P.; Rodriguez, Nicole M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
The preschool life skills (PLS) program (Hanley, Heal, Tiger, & Ingvarsson, 2007; Luczynski & Hanley, 2013) involves teaching social skills as a means of decreasing and preventing problem behavior. However, achieving durable outcomes as children transition across educational settings depend on the generalization and long-term maintenance…
Descriptors: Generalization, Maintenance, Skill Development, Prompting
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Pimperton, Hannah; Nation, Kate – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
Differing etiological explanations have been proposed to account for poor comprehenders' difficulties with reading comprehension, with some researchers emphasizing working memory deficits and others arguing for oral language weaknesses playing a key causal role. The authors contrasted these two theoretical accounts using data obtained from direct…
Descriptors: Children, Reading Comprehension, Individual Differences, Short Term Memory
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Scent, Camille L.; Boes, Susan R. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2014
Academic procrastination is a multifaceted problem with cognitive, behavioral, and motivational correlates. Considered from an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) point of view, these correlates relate to experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion. This article describes a brief ACT intervention for reducing procrastination.
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification
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Reuland, Meg M.; Mikami, Amori Yee – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
Peer victimization is a well-established risk factor for children's adjustment, but it has rarely been studied as a feature of classroom climate. This study examines the consequences of classroom victimization for children's social and academic adjustment. Classroom victimization, social functioning, and academic adjustment were assessed…
Descriptors: Victims, Peer Relationship, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior
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Kerton, Charles; Cervato, Cinzia – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
Taking online courses is becoming a more common part of the college experience, but very little is known about student behaviors and strategies related to online assessment. This article reviews how students in an online Earth and Space Science course interact with various online assessments. Our two main findings are that our students do not use…
Descriptors: College Students, Online Courses, Educational Assessment, Student Behavior
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Amanti, Cathy – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2014
This article provides an exposé of the ironic fact that students both learn to write and are punished for writing in schools. It explores and considers what type of student writing may precipitate a discipline event. These infractions consist primarily of unauthorized writing, such as text messages and writing on clothes, bodies, and walls, whose…
Descriptors: Discipline, Literacy, Socialization, Student Motivation
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