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School-Based Mentoring: An Effective Intervention With Students At Risk For Ebd, Paul Caldarella, Shauna Valentine, K. Richard Young, Michael Adams Nov 2007

School-Based Mentoring: An Effective Intervention With Students At Risk For Ebd, Paul Caldarella, Shauna Valentine, K. Richard Young, Michael Adams

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Relationships with non-parental adults are vital assets for positive youth development (Scales, 2003). Studies of resilience among youth from at risk backgrounds alerted scholars to protective functions that can be fulfilled by relationships with non parental adults (Werner, 1995).


Adapting The Ssbd For Secondary School Pbs Interventions: Student And Parent Correlates, Michael Richardson, Paul Caldarella, Ben Young, Ellie L. Young Nov 2007

Adapting The Ssbd For Secondary School Pbs Interventions: Student And Parent Correlates, Michael Richardson, Paul Caldarella, Ben Young, Ellie L. Young

Faculty Publications

One of the most difficult challenges teachers and administrators face is behavior and emotional problems in students. However, some problems are difficult to clearly specify. Screening allows for a better match of treatment with individual needs. Screening allows for prevention and early intervention efforts, which reduce the need for more intensive services.


School-Wide Screening And Programs Of Pbs: Informing Universal Interventions, Michelle Marchant, Darlene Anderson, Paul Caldarella, Ben Young, K. Richard Young, Adam Fisher Nov 2007

School-Wide Screening And Programs Of Pbs: Informing Universal Interventions, Michelle Marchant, Darlene Anderson, Paul Caldarella, Ben Young, K. Richard Young, Adam Fisher

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Overriding Purpose – to describe a data driven process that can be used to (a) identify areas of school-wide concern (b) aid in the identification and design of universal interventions.


School-Based Mentoring: Drawing Strength From The Community To Help At-Risk Students, Shauna Valentine, Paul Caldarella, Adam Fisher, Jennifer James, Janet Young, Michael Adams Oct 2007

School-Based Mentoring: Drawing Strength From The Community To Help At-Risk Students, Shauna Valentine, Paul Caldarella, Adam Fisher, Jennifer James, Janet Young, Michael Adams

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What is a mentor? Someone with greater wisdom or experience; Someone who offers guidance or instruction intended to facilitate growth and development; A guide, teacher, friend, tutor, advocate, motivator, role model, link to another generation.


The Effects Of Peer Praise Notes On Socially Withdrawn Adolescents: A Classroom Intervention, Julie Nelson, Natalie Webb, Paul Caldarella Oct 2007

The Effects Of Peer Praise Notes On Socially Withdrawn Adolescents: A Classroom Intervention, Julie Nelson, Natalie Webb, Paul Caldarella

Faculty Publications

Research has shown that those students who are socially withdrawn or isolated have difficulty learning appropriate social conduct which places them at risk for difficulties later in life (Oden, 1980; Patterson, Reid, & Dishion,1992). Children who were avoided, neglected, or teased were at high risk for developing behavioral and emotional disorders (Gresham, MacMillan, & Bocian, 1998).


Effective Positive Behavior Interventions For Students With Internalizing Behavior Problems, Lynnette Christensen, Michelle Marchant, Paul Caldarella Mar 2007

Effective Positive Behavior Interventions For Students With Internalizing Behavior Problems, Lynnette Christensen, Michelle Marchant, Paul Caldarella

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Purpose: To compare the methods and outcomes of three second tier PBS studies designed to address internalizing behavior problems in elementary school students.


Teaching One Way And Testing Another: An Interview With Scott Howell, Scott L. Howell, James L. Morrison Feb 2007

Teaching One Way And Testing Another: An Interview With Scott Howell, Scott L. Howell, James L. Morrison

Faculty Publications

I first met Scott Howell in 2005 in Jekyll Island, Georgia at the annual Distance Learning Administration (DLA) conference, which was sponsored in part by the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration (OJDLA). Scott is co-editor of the three-volume book series Online Assessment and Measurement (2005) published by IDEA group and is this year's chair of the University Continuing Education Association's (UCEA) Distance Learning Community of Practice (DLCoP). His keynote speech at the DLA conference featured a number of assessment issues and best practices. However, when I sat down to interview him, he quickly focused on one topic for which …


Creating Mathematics Performance Assessments That Address Multiple Student Levels, Damon L. Bahr Jan 2007

Creating Mathematics Performance Assessments That Address Multiple Student Levels, Damon L. Bahr

Faculty Publications

In recent times there has been considerable commentary regarding the need to enhance mathematical assessment as evidenced by Numeracy, A Priority for All: Challenges for Australian Schools (2000). This emphasis on assessment is timely because although the mathematical reform movement has produced much-needed improvements in both curriculum and instruction, changes in assessment have not kept pace (Firestone & Schorr. 2004; Morgan, 1998). As Ridgeway (1998, p.2) states, "As an issue of policy, the implementation of standards-based curricula should always be accompanied by the implementation of standards-based assessment. In fact, incremental change in assessment systems will foster concurrent improvement in professional …