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Efficacy Of A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Approach In Improving Academic Performance Of Low-Achieving Elementary-Age Children, John Brian Markey
Efficacy Of A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Approach In Improving Academic Performance Of Low-Achieving Elementary-Age Children, John Brian Markey
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Low-achieving students tend to be "externals," lack mastery orientation, and often do not "take responsibility" for learning. Through the cognitive behavioral approach in this study, the goal is to help the low achiever become better at self-monitoring and encoding information.;Low-achieving students from two elementary schools were pre- and posttested using the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test (to measure reading achievement), Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (to measure self-esteem), and the Children's Academic Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (to measure intrinsic motivation). The teachers completed, as both a pre and post measure, the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale II to measure student classroom behavior. Thirty …
The Effectiveness Of Cognitive Restructuring And Paradoxical Directives Counseling Interventions Of Adolescent Self-Esteem : A Comparative Study, David Alvin Hall
The Effectiveness Of Cognitive Restructuring And Paradoxical Directives Counseling Interventions Of Adolescent Self-Esteem : A Comparative Study, David Alvin Hall
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This study investigated the relative merits of the paradoxical directives (PD) counseling techniques to the more didactic cognitive restructuring (CR) intervention. It was hypothesized that subjects in the PD groups would show an improvement in self-esteem, a reduction in depression and anxiety, and a change reflective of a more internal locus-of-control orientation to a degree significantly greater than the CR and the control groups.;The sample consisted of sixty eighth grade volunteers, twenty from each of three middle schools in a local area school district. Six groups were formed of ten subjects each, two groups for each treatment and two groups …
An Analysis Of The Personal Need Systems Of Obese College Freshmen, Lila Louise Annaloro
An Analysis Of The Personal Need Systems Of Obese College Freshmen, Lila Louise Annaloro
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This study compared the personal need systems of obese, underweight, and normal weight college students. The Picture Identification Test (PIT) was mailed to the 1984 and 1985 entering freshmen classes at the College of William and Mary. From the 1984 class, 576 students completed the Picture Identification Test (PIT), and from the 1985 class, 505 students completed the PIT. The PIT data from those subjects who met the classification for the weight groups were included in the study. The criteria for the weight groups were set from the 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company weight tables. Height and weight measurements for …
An Investigation Of The Efficacy Of Group Counseling With Emotionally Disturbed Middle School Students, Michael Scott Grainer
An Investigation Of The Efficacy Of Group Counseling With Emotionally Disturbed Middle School Students, Michael Scott Grainer
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Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of group counseling on the self-concept of emotionally disturbed students in a public middle school. This study examined the efficacy of non-directive group counseling and structured group counseling and compared the two approaches.;Method. Thirty middle school students diagnosed as emotionally disturbed and enrolled in self-contained special education classes at four different schools were subjects in the study. Two classes were assigned to receive non-directive group counseling and the other two classes received structured group counseling. Both groups received their respective group counseling for ten weeks. Pre and posttesting was …
A Descriptive Investigation Utilizing A Family Systems Perspective To Study Elementary School Children Who Frequently Become Seekers Of Nurse Support (S.O.N.S.) And Their Families, David Bruce. Fletcher
A Descriptive Investigation Utilizing A Family Systems Perspective To Study Elementary School Children Who Frequently Become Seekers Of Nurse Support (S.O.N.S.) And Their Families, David Bruce. Fletcher
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It has been accepted that in order to maximize the educational growth of a child, the student should experience instruction in a consistent, uninterrupted fashion. Children who are disruptive, act-out, or otherwise obstruct the flow of knowledge may encounter problems when they must build upon information not learned at an earlier time. Students who frequently complain to their teachers of health issues or are sent to the nurse repeatedly, may suffer because of this break in their learning experiences. This research is directed toward exploring possible variables that may set children who frequent the nurse (Seekers of Nurse Support or …