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Self-Regulated Strategy Development (Srsd) For Writing: A Tier 2 Intervention For Fifth Grade, Christina A. Flanders Psyd
Self-Regulated Strategy Development (Srsd) For Writing: A Tier 2 Intervention For Fifth Grade, Christina A. Flanders Psyd
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) for writing could be used as a Tier 2 intervention to improve the writing of fifth grade students identified as performing below the 50th percentile on AIMSweb curriculum-based measures of correct writing sequences (WE-CBM CWS). Results of RMANOVA indicated that students in the SRSD Group made significant improvements in their WE-CBM mean score compared to the Control Group from pre- to post-test. Additional analyses using a modified WE-CBM that added one minute for students to organize their writing thoughts (EWE-CBM) did not show significant improvements to mean …
Evaluating The Effects Of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (Pals) In Mathematics Plus An Anxiety Treatment On Achievement And Anxiety Of Third Grade Students, Kelly Ann Hugger Psyd
Evaluating The Effects Of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (Pals) In Mathematics Plus An Anxiety Treatment On Achievement And Anxiety Of Third Grade Students, Kelly Ann Hugger Psyd
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an adaptation of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) in mathematics on achievement and anxiety of third grade students. Four intact classrooms were randomly assigned to experimental or control condition groups. Experimental teachers implemented one of three interventions: PALS, a relaxation technique (RT), or PALS+RT twice weekly for 12 weeks. Outcome measures included AIMSweb’s curriculum based measure for math computation (MCOMP) and the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Edition (RCMAS-2). Within the classrooms, baseline, pre-test, and post-test data were collected on 79 students. The study did not reveal statistically significant …
Functional Analysis Of Ear Plugging And Treatment Analysis Of Noise Dampening Headphones, Erin M. Beardsley Psyd
Functional Analysis Of Ear Plugging And Treatment Analysis Of Noise Dampening Headphones, Erin M. Beardsley Psyd
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This current study presents a single case comprehensive functional behavioral assessment of ear plugging behavior that began with the application of traditional functional analysis technology and followed the function based treatment recommendations through a systematic treatment analysis. Results of the functional analysis indicated that the behavior was maintained by automatic positive reinforcement (i.e. ear plugging behaviors produced a reinforcing sensory consequence). These data were in contrast to prior clinical impressions that the individual’s ear plugging behaviors were maintained by automatic negative reinforcement (i.e. ear plugging served to block aversive auditory stimuli). To test hypothesis that headphones were functionally equivalent with …
Effects Of Peer Tutoring On The Reading Fluency And Comprehension Of Seventh Grade Students, Meaghan Opuda Swan Psyd
Effects Of Peer Tutoring On The Reading Fluency And Comprehension Of Seventh Grade Students, Meaghan Opuda Swan Psyd
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This study examined the efficacy of peer tutoring, specifically Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS), as supplemental instruction for middle school students with reading difficulties. A multiple baseline across individuals design was used to demonstrate changes in oral reading fluency and reading comprehension. The results of this study suggest that students who participated in PALS did not substantially increase reading fluency or comprehension when analyzed on the basis of non-overlapping data points. Nonetheless, two of the three underperforming students improved their reading skills such that they were no longer in the at-risk range by the end of the study. The third …
The Effect Of Peer-Coaching On Social Skills Performance Of Middle School Students With High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder, John Potter Psyd
The Effect Of Peer-Coaching On Social Skills Performance Of Middle School Students With High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder, John Potter Psyd
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Students with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often face significant social challenges in the middle school setting. For example, as students move beyond elementary school social interactions between peers typically become more complex and less predictable. When social demands begin to exceed the performance levels of students with autism in middle school, students may become isolated and experience increased behavioral and mental health issues. In middle schools, class-wide interventions are often not individualized enough for students with this condition and adult-mediated, office-based, interventions show low generalization to other settings (Reichow & Volkmar, 2010 ). The current study researched peer-coaching, …