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An Evaluation Of The Pair Discussion Component Of Interteaching, Rocio Rosales, James Soldner, Libin Zhang
An Evaluation Of The Pair Discussion Component Of Interteaching, Rocio Rosales, James Soldner, Libin Zhang
School for Global Inclusion and Social Development Faculty Publications
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the impact of the pair discussion component of interteaching on student quiz performance for two sections of an introductory undergraduate course in behavior analysis with a total of 49 students. An alternating treatment design was used whereby the pair discussion was alternated in a quasi-random fashion with a whole class discussion throughout the semester. In both experimental conditions, all other components of interteaching were in effect. Feedback on quiz performance was provided immediately upon quiz submission. Results show a slight advantage for the pair discussion condition, but no statistically significant differences …
Vocational Rehabilitation And Business Relations: Preliminary Indicators Of State Vr Agency Capacity, Kelly Haines, James Soldner, Libin Zhang, May-Lorie St. Laurent, Barbara Knabe, Kathy West-Evans, Linda Mock, Susan Foley
Vocational Rehabilitation And Business Relations: Preliminary Indicators Of State Vr Agency Capacity, Kelly Haines, James Soldner, Libin Zhang, May-Lorie St. Laurent, Barbara Knabe, Kathy West-Evans, Linda Mock, Susan Foley
School for Global Inclusion and Social Development Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: State vocational rehabilitation agencies (SVRAs) have been developing business relations capacity for decades, as part of a dual-customer approach. The literature to date explores “demand-side” strategies in VR, but little is known about what infrastructure is being built to sustain demand-side approaches.OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe SVRAs’ efforts to build capacity in business relations through current policies and practice, staffing and organizational structures, marketing and outreach, and other related strategies.METHODS: Researchers conducted a web-based survey of the population of SVRAs (n = 80). The target respondent was the National Employment Team (NET) “single point of …
University Of Massachusetts Boston: Rehabilitation Counseling Program, James Soldner
University Of Massachusetts Boston: Rehabilitation Counseling Program, James Soldner
School for Global Inclusion and Social Development Faculty Publications
The Rehabilitation Counseling Program at theUniversity of Massachusetts Boston, the #1-rankedrehabilitation counseling program in New Englandby U.S. News and World Report, has a long historyof providing innovative graduate training to adiverse range of rehabilitation professionals, bothregionally and nationally. UMass Boston is a minority-serving institution, with federal designationas an Asian American and Native AmericanPacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).It is Boston’s only public research university,and located in the economic and cultural hub ofNew England.UMass Boston, one of the five campuses of theUniversity of Massachusetts system, was establishedin 1964 to make public higher education available tothe people of the greater Boston metropolitan area.The …