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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"off-task behaviors"”.
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Effects of a tangible goal on students' perceptions and off-task behaviors
… the effects of a tangible goal on students' on-task behavior and the perception of their classroom climate. The tangible goal examined in this study was an audio CD. Also examined were the interactions of grade, group, gender, and time of test. The My Class Inventory was used to measure …
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Using background music to reduce off-task behaviors of students with learning disabilities
… as well as impulsive and physically aggressive behaviors (Hoy & Gregg, 1994). Thus, learning, for these students, is a great challenge and for teachers, providing effective instruction is a great challenge too. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of background music on the …
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Reducing Off-Task Behaviors in First Graders with Disabilities through an Adaptation of the Good Behavior Game
… as the Good Behavior Game, lead to decreases in off-task behaviors for first-grade students with disabilities during whole group instruction, and if the classroom teacher viewed the intervention positively. Three first grade, male students with disabilities, their first-grade teacher, and the …
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The effects of a personal accountability and personal responsibility model on urban elementary student positive social and off-task behaviors
… decades, the challenge of violent and disruptive behaviors among our children and youth has been on the rise. This study provides one intervention model focused on personal accountability and personal responsibility designed to reduce off-task and disruptive behavior in school settings, and …
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The effect of choice on the behavior of off task high school students in an alternative school setting
… was done to examine the effect of choice on off task behaviors in high school students attending an alternative school. The participants were from various backgrounds, ability levels, and presence of disabilities. The students were observed performing three target behaviors; specifically …
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The Effects of Tootling Combined with Public Posting in High School Classrooms
… on academically engaged, disruptive, and passive off task behaviors in four general education high school classrooms. The study employed an A/B/B+C multiple baseline design across classrooms. The primary focus of the study was to assess potential increases in academically engaged behavior across …
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Self-management of classroom transitions for students with attention disorders
… with ADHD in an inclusive classroom who display off-task behaviors, particularly during transitioning between instructional activities, can effectively utilize a self-monitoring plan to decrease these behaviors. In order for the rapidly growing number of special education students to integrate …
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The Classroom Password: An Independent Group Contingency Targeting Academic Engagement and Disruptive Behaviors In High School Classrooms
… to determine its effects on academically engaged behaviors, disruptive behaviors and passively off-task behaviors. This was done using a reversal design across three classes. The focal point of this study was to determine if the classroom password would increase academic engagement. The classroom …
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Improving classroom management skills in secondary school classrooms through the use of limit-setting, an incentive system, and structured teaching
… disruptions, decrease the number of student off-task behaviors, increase the number of students helped by the teacher, and reduce the amount of stress felt by the teacher. Since these claims have not been substantiated at the senior high school level, it was the purpose of this study to …
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An observational study of the Fast ForWord program and attention skills of students with learning and behavioral difficulties
… An attention rubric was used to determine off-task behaviors, as well as, on-task behaviors, during all three programs and then compared at the end of a 40 day period. On average, students made significant improvements in attention skills, while on the FFW program, compared to the …
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Using iPads to increase on-task behavior of students with autism
… ASD often exhibit behavior problems, of these; off-task behaviors are a concern. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of using an iPad for students with ASD to self-monitor their own behaviors. A boy and three girls with ASD participated. A single subject design with ABAB phases …
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Using an Apple iPad for self-monitoring of students with autism
… the effects on using an iPad to self-monitor the behaviors of middle school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Four students (12-13 years old, 4 male) participated in the study. A single subject design with ABAB phases was used. During the baseline, all students were observed to record …
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Engagement during animal-assisted therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders
… of engagement would increase as compared to off task behaviors, whether parents would observe functional social skill improvements, and whether parents would observe symptomatic improvements for children with ASD over the course of the social skills lessons within the summer camp programming. …
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The effects of self-management and positive reinforcement on the off-task behavior of students with ADHD
… with positive reinforcement to reduce the off-task behavior of children with ADHD. Three first and second grade students with ADHD and classified with a disability attending an elementary school participated in the study. Students were taught to self-monitor their behaviors in their special …
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The effect of adapted musical instruments on the participation of children with severe and multiple disabilities : a mixed methods study
… The four measures of participation were: 1) on- task behavior, 2) motivational behavior - smile, 3) motivational behavior - pleasure sounds and 4) performance. Six children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old participated in: eight music therapy sessions over a 14-week period. The sessions …
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Study of the effectiveness of instant activities on student behavior in elementary physical education
… use of instant activities reduces the number of off-task student behaviors during a physical education class period. The research study focused on two fourth grade elementary classes that came to the physical education classroom twice a week for two months as part of this study. One class …
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Changing the tune of classroom behaviors : A case study in a rural Indiana middle school examining the effects of preferred ambient music in a special education classroom
… student-selected music to study their classroom behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine how the playing of student selected ambient music within a rural Midwestern middle school would affect the students’ classroom behaviors. In this study, behaviors are defined as noticeable student …
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Implementation of cross-disciplinary projects to improve student engagement: a leadership study in building capacity for collaboration between middle school teachers
… Disconnected and disinterested students exhibit off-task behaviors and apathetic attitudes toward school, which often result in student disengagement. The effects of disengagement manifest in the form of poor academic achievement, disciplinary problems, and poor attendance records (Lee & Smith, …
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Adolescents with Learning and Behavioral Handicaps as Behavior Modifiers
… behavior modification skills was examined across tasks and individuals. Assessment was made of the effectiveness of the adolescents' training as behavior modifiers in terms of (a) their ability to teach a simple classification skill to a preschool child, (b) their ability to teach the same …
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The concept of flow in preschool children
… to match their skills to the challenges of the task in a choice condition. In Phase II, one group of 12 children again played the game under the choice condition. Two other groups of 11 and 12 children were required to play the game under conditions in which the challenges of the task were …