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Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Catholic Library World, 1990
Discusses library staff training for microcomputer use. Topics discussed include size of training groups; trainer qualifications; length of time of instruction; resources; evaluation; media format, including audiocassette tapes, videocassette tapes, slides, and software programs; written documentation; and in-service training programs offered by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Media, Educational Resources
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Sharpe, Tom; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1995
This study implemented a physical education curriculum focusing on positive social skills in two urban elementary schools. Results showed an immediate increase in student leadership and independent conflict resolution, increased class time devoted to activity participation, and decreased time spent off task or on organizational tasks. Similar…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum Development
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Miller, Deborah L.; Kelley, Mary Lou – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This study, with 4 parent-child dyads in which the children (ages 9 to 11) exhibited substantial homework problems, found that goal setting and contingency contracting produced significant improvements in children's homework accuracy. Two of the subjects showed substantial improvements in on-task behavior. Parents rated the procedures highly.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Goal Orientation, Homework
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Jolivette, Kristine; Stichter, Janine Peck; McCormick, Katherine M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2002
A hypothetical case study is presented to show how a teacher might incorporate choice-making opportunities for a student with emotional and behavioral disorders who is failing math. Practical strategies are suggested that special and general educators may use in their academic curricula to encourage students to make appropriate choices. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Gaultney, Jane F.; Gingras, Jeannine L.; Martin, Mindy; DeBrule, Daniel – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors used the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence (J. F. Fagan, L. T. Singer, J. E. Montie, & P. A. Shepherd, 1986) to examine preferences for novelty and to evaluate several indicators of attention (off- and on-task indexes and durations) in 6- and 9-month-old infants who had been prenatally exposed to cigarette smoke only or to cocaine plus…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Cocaine, Infants, Age Differences
Research and Curriculum Unit, 2006
Secondary vocational-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Forestry, Agricultural Education
Fromboluti, Carol Sue – 1988
This paper summarizes a report entitled "Effective Programs for Students At Risk: A Sourcebook" by the Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools (CREMS) at Johns Hopkins University. Based on a survey of research on services to at-risk students, the CREMS report identified programs that improved the academic performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuous Progress Plan, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Fitzgerald, Martha; And Others – 1997
This report describes first year activities and results of a project comparing two early interventions with 102 children (grades 1 and 2) at risk for emotional or behavior disorders. Fifty-nine children received an intervention involving social skills lessons given on a whole-class basis at least twice a week with information sent home regularly…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Early Intervention
Kane, Cheryl M. – 1994
The Education Council Act of 1991 Established the National Education Commission on Time and Learning as an independent advisory body and called for a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in American schools. The commission's report, released in May 1994, found that school reform is destined to founder unless programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Selman, James W. – 1991
Time constraints often diminish college administrators capacity to address problems and concerns. The lack of time to accomplish administrative responsibilities can both produce and magnify stress. Perceptions of amounts of time spent on problems associated with 21 administrative activities were obtained from 373 public community, public…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration
Steele, Diana F. – 1993
Many students are not actively engaged in learning in mathematics classrooms. The purpose of this study was to develop understandings about student engagement with the mathematics curriculum and its influence on student engagement. The research was conducted in two seventh-grade classes taught by the same teacher, who used direct instruction. The…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Interviews, Junior High Schools, Lecture Method
Roelofs, Erik; And Others – 1991
This paper presents the results of a school improvement study (main field test) directed at schools with mixed-age classes in the context of inservice teacher education. A quasi-experimental treatment control group investigation was designed to test the effects of the staff development program "Dealing with Mixed-age Classes," and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Thieme-Busch, Carolyn A.; Prom, Sukai E. – 1983
A study evaluated an adaption of the Stallings Process of Teaching Reading in Secondary Schools in a large urban public school system. This inservice training program is designed to increase teachers' effective use of time. The program is composed of pre-training observations and resulting feedback on needed improvements in classroom behavior,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Barnes, Susan – 1983
This observer training manual was developed as a central component of a research effort, Changing Teacher Practice (CTP), which was designed to increase the frequency of effective teaching behaviors and staff development strategies in an ongoing school system. The observations focused on two major aspects of classroom teaching--instruction and…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Odden, Allan – 1982
The financial health of the education system of most states is not good; those seeking to improve educational quality will have to find inexpensive methods. Areas of the American educational system in which quality standards are not being met include time spent in learning, curriculum content, appropriate use of new technology, and personnel.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
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