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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Behaviors in the Classroom"”.
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Instructor Response to Uncivil Behaviors in the Classroom: An Application of Politeness Theory
This study examines levels of politeness in real time instructor responses to classroom incivility behaviors. Student participants were randomly assigned to view a video of an instructor responding to either passive or active student incivility behaviors in various ways. The responses were based on …
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Effects of Anxiety Treatment Using Coping Cat on Problem Behaviors in the Classroom
… with comorbid anxiety disorders and externalizing problem behaviors and disorders pose an interesting challenge for clinicians. These children are at the greatest risk for the poorest outcomes in several areas of functioning including academics, interpersonal relationships, and emotional …
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Evaluating the influence of TESA training on teacher behavior in the classroom
During the 1984-85 school year, a metropolitan school system investigated the research on effective schools to determine which program, once put into place, would serve the system in the remediation of low academic achievement. The program chosen for implementation was the Teacher Expectations and …
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Dance Education in an Urban Kindergarten Classroom
<p>Incorporating arts education can be a valuable intervention for students in an urban setting. Teaching through the arts can act as an initial, Tier One intervention, for students who exhibit disruptive behaviors in the classroom, due to trauma, as well as benefit the overall classroom culture. …
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Using Behavior BINGO to Increase Academically Engaged Behavior in a General Education Elementary School Population
<p>Spending instructional and work time addressing disruptive behaviors in the classroom is a common complaint of many teachers. The literature suggests that group contingencies are beneficial for improving behavior on a classwide and individual level. The current study investigated Behavior BINGO, …
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Team Building Activities
This study sought to determine the potential impact of team building activities on anti-social behaviors in an urban fifth grade classroom. Team building activities are a pleasurable way to engage students in meaningful learning that has benefits on social, emotional, and academic development. The …
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The Effects of Adult Interaction on Toddler Behavior in the Classroom.
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of positive adult-to-child physical interactions and negative toddler behaviors in the classroom. Twenty-one licensed childcare centers participated in this study. One center was used to field-test the researcher-created tally …
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The treatment of depression in children with learning disabilities.
Research indicates that a relationship exists between depression and impaired cognitive functioning. When depression is treated, improvements occur in cognitive functioning, both for children and adults. A great many children with LD evidence coexisting symptoms of depression, yet research is …
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Leading change in a traditional teaching environment: establishing positive student behaviors through proactive classroom management
Disruptive student behaviors in the classroom jeopardize the learning environment in schools across the United States (Conroy, Sutherland, Snyder, & Marsh 2008; Crum, 2004). Presently, most schools apply a reactionary punitive discipline system in hopes of changing these disruptive student …
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Evaluating teacher stress and its effect on student behaviors in an alternative school
<p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate teacher stress and its effect on negative student behaviors in an alternative school setting. Teacher stress is defined as a negative state held by a teacher that includes unpleasant emotions, such as anger or sadness, as a result of their work and it …
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You Don't Have to Get Hit to Get Hurt: Social Aggression on Television and Its Relationship to Children's Aggression in the Classroom
The purpose of the present dissertation was to examine the amount and nature of social aggression in programs popular with children and to assess whether exposure to socially aggressive content was related to similar behaviors in children. Two studies were conducted to comprehensively explore this …
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The Quiet Classroom Game with an Indiscriminable Contingency in a High School
<p>The Quiet Classroom Game (QCG) is an interdependent group contingency utilized to decrease classroom noise levels, increase student engagement, and decrease disruptive behaviors in the classroom setting. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of the QCG in three high …
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A beneficiary analysis of the communication process relative to the teacher-pupil paradigm of the preadolescent student
Teacher-student relationships are an increasingly important component of middle school education. Evidence suggests that teachers who care for their students often exhibit communication behaviors that facilitate positive relationships. This study focused on teacher-student interactions in the …
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Group Behavioral Skills Training to Promote Preschool Teachers' Use of PRIDE Skills
<p>Early childhood educators report that challenging behavior is a common concern and report low levels of training and confidence in utilizing behavior management strategies to prevent and decrease instances of disruptive behavior. The literature demonstrates that Teacher Child Interaction …
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Self-efficacy, efficacy appraisal and social skills in children
According to the current literature, dysfunctional social behavior in children is purported to be strongly related to adult behavior problems. Hersen and Bellack (1977) reported that deficits in children's social skills are generally the result of "a deficient learning history, wherein the …
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The Relationship Between Academic Entitlement, Academic Performance And Satisfaction With Life In A College Student Population
… (AE) has become a popular topic of discussion in the media, it has received very little scholarly focus in the higher education literature to date. AE has been defined as a belief held by students that they deserve high grades in school despite a lack of effort put forth into their work …
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A causal comparative investigation into transactional versus transformational instructional delivery style in two freshman-level humanities courses at a Southeastern American university
The purpose of the study was to utilize a causal comparative approach to compare two contrasting instructional delivery styles to determine if there was any difference in final grade outcome between students whose instructors used transactional instructional delivery techniques and students whose …
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Linking Assessment to Intervention: Teacher Awareness and Training Needs Related to Students with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Despite the efforts of private and federally funded research, which have led to a prodigious accumulation of information concerning the assessment and diagnosis of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and interventions for students diagnosed with ADHD, a minimal amount of research focus has …
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A Statewide Survey Linking Assessment to Interventions: Assessing Teacher Awareness and Training Needs Related to Students with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
The present study, using a survey questionnaire developed by Luckett (1996), was completed by 211 kindergarten through sixth grade teachers in 33 school districts across Kentucky. The sample consisted of regular education, special education, and Title One teachers with one to thirty-one years of …
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