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Teaching Students With Maladaptive Behaviors In Special Education, Giselle Valdez Tejeda
Teaching Students With Maladaptive Behaviors In Special Education, Giselle Valdez Tejeda
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Thousands of students engage in maladaptive behaviors in Special Education classrooms throughout the world every single day. It is very important for parents and others related to the field to know and get an understanding of how teachers teach students effectively according to their functional skills and understanding. This senior capstone examines how teachers teach students with maladaptive behaviors in Special Education. Through the use of literature review and interviews with three specialists in Special Education, the findings reveal that by finding ways to keep their maladaptive behaviors to interfere with their learning is by providing one-to-one support in classroom …
An Examination Of The Golden Ratio In General Education Classrooms, Carrie Mclaughlin
An Examination Of The Golden Ratio In General Education Classrooms, Carrie Mclaughlin
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A large body of research indicates use of praise as a response to appropriate behavior is an effective classroom management strategy to increase appropriate behavior and decrease problem behavior. Since prior research also suggested that teachers tend to have more negative interactions with students than positive ones, use of a specific praise to reprimand ratio is commonly recommended in teacher preparation programs and professional development. However, recommendations regarding the optimal ratio vary and there is limited evidence to support use of any specific ratio. There have also been relatively few studies examining naturally occurring rates of teacher praise, reprimands, and …
Increasing Independence In Students With Disabilities Through The Use Of Visual Activity Schedules Within The General Education Classroom, Natalie Stevens
Increasing Independence In Students With Disabilities Through The Use Of Visual Activity Schedules Within The General Education Classroom, Natalie Stevens
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Individuals with disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often require more prompts and specialized instruction than their peers in the school setting. These individuals often benefit from using Visual Activity Schedules (VAS) to learn to complete routines and increase independence while decreasing the needs for adult help and prompts. This study uses VAS plus prompting to increase independence in three children with ASD within the general education elementary classroom. During the study, VAS were introduced and paired with specific prompts aimed to help students become more independent at completing a given routine throughout their school day. Results from the …
Exploring The Special Education Classroom Context And Experiences Before And During Covid-19, Claire E. Smith
Exploring The Special Education Classroom Context And Experiences Before And During Covid-19, Claire E. Smith
Masters Theses
During the last two and half years, school districts and special education programs have experienced a situation that turned the world of education upside down: the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, teachers, administration, families, and students had to maneuver a new way of education and achieving student success with different learning modalities, such as remote learning. This thesis focuses on a functional life skills classroom and how the context of the classroom changed after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic using autoethnographic methods. This paper was written to display how students in special education and their teachers adapted to …
The Effect Of Brain Breaks On Student Outcomes Of School-Aged Children In K-12 Classrooms: A Meta-Analysis, Teron H. Schaeffer
The Effect Of Brain Breaks On Student Outcomes Of School-Aged Children In K-12 Classrooms: A Meta-Analysis, Teron H. Schaeffer
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
BACKGROUND: Integrated physical activity in the classroom has been shown to affect K-12 students’ development positively. Students of all abilities benefit from multimodality learning. PURPOSE: This study investigates the relationship between classroom brain breaks and school-aged students' classroom behaviors. METHODS: The Meta-analysis search process consisted of 3 Phases: (1) Screen the titles, (2) Screen the abstracts, and (3) Retrieve the Full Text. Literature searches were conducted in eight electronic academic journal databases: SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Cochrane Database, Web of Science/Web of Knowledge, ProQuest, Child Development and Adolescent Studies, and ERIC. Students (N) are enrolled in schools serving students from kindergarten …