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School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Student Surveys Of Expectations And Safety, Lisa Anne Fisher
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Student Surveys Of Expectations And Safety, Lisa Anne Fisher
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School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) is a plan based on broad assessments of schools and their climate that can be implemented to create classrooms and schools that are focused on community and positive behavior (Horner, Sugai, Todd, & Lewis-Palmer, 2005). SWPBS involves creating and explicitly stating expectations, teaching those expectations, encouraging appropriate behavior, and defining ways to handle inappropriate behavior. Current tools that are suggested for use in conducting an assessment of school climate are: the Best Behavior School Discipline Assessment (BBSDA) also known as the Best Behavior Self-Assessment Survey (BBSAS), the School-Wide Evaluation Tool (SET), the Oregon School Safety …
The Effects Of Gosolve Word Problems Math Intervention On Applied Problem Solving Skills Of Low Performing Fifth Grade Students, Jessica Lynn Fede
The Effects Of Gosolve Word Problems Math Intervention On Applied Problem Solving Skills Of Low Performing Fifth Grade Students, Jessica Lynn Fede
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This research investigation examined the effects of GO Solve Word Problems math intervention on problem-solving skills of struggling 5th grade students. In a randomized controlled study, 16 5th grade students were given a 12-week intervention of GO Solve, a computer-based program designed to teach schema-based instruction strategies (SBI's) to solve math word problems and 16 control students continued with the standard school-based mathematics curriculum. A subset of items from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) as well as the Group Mathematics Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GMADE) was used to measure student test performance. Examiner-made probes were given to both the …
Providing Parents With Young Children's Performance Feedback Information: Effects On Vocabulary And Pre-Literacy Development, Amanda Alexandria Nnachetam
Providing Parents With Young Children's Performance Feedback Information: Effects On Vocabulary And Pre-Literacy Development, Amanda Alexandria Nnachetam
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This study examined the effects of performance feedback information on parenting practices that contribute to development of vocabulary and pre-literacy skills. Fifty-one dyads of parents and their pre-school aged children were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups. Group one received full treatment including a workshop and feedback. Group two, designated as the control group, did not receive the feedback portion of the treatment; and group three, designated as a wait list control group, received neither the workshop nor performance feedback. All participating parents were administered a survey of parenting practices that lead to vocabulary and pre-literacy development. Treatment …