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Educational Methods

Doctoral Dissertations

University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016

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Effect Of The Banking Time Intervention On Student-Teacher Relationships And Problem Behaviors In Early Childhood, Tara M. Strand Balunis Jul 2016

Effect Of The Banking Time Intervention On Student-Teacher Relationships And Problem Behaviors In Early Childhood, Tara M. Strand Balunis

Doctoral Dissertations

This study explored the role of the Banking Time intervention on student-teacher relationships and problem behaviors in early childhood. Ninety elementary students (5-7 year-olds) were placed in either an experimental or control group. Students in the experimental group participated in the Banking Time intervention with their classroom teacher. Students in the control group participated in one-on-one reading sessions. Students in both groups were evaluated pre- and post-intervention using the Student Teacher Relationship Scale (STRS; Pianta & Hamre, 2001), Teacher Report Form (TRF; Achenbach, 1991) and a behavior observation tally form. A sample of students from both groups were administered a …