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USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

2020

Disruptive behavior

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Implementing The Class Pass Intervention Within Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions And Support, Nicole Harris Mar 2020

Implementing The Class Pass Intervention Within Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions And Support, Nicole Harris

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Disruptive behavior is a challenge to classroom management for many teachers. Behavior such as calling out, getting out of seat, and off-task during instructions interfere with instructional time and have negative impacts on student learning. The Class Pass Intervention (CPI) is an antecedent-based intervention that has proven effective in decreasing disruptive behavior and increasing academic engagement for students of various ages and skill levels. This study aimed to expand the literature on CPI as a Tier 2 intervention within Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports by targeting three elementary age students with or at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders, who …


Pre-Class Physical Activity: Does Choice Expand Its Effect On Disruptive Behavior?, Olivia Mulligan Mar 2020

Pre-Class Physical Activity: Does Choice Expand Its Effect On Disruptive Behavior?, Olivia Mulligan

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Disruptive behaviors in the classroom have a negative impact on academic engagement and are related to teacher burnout (Abel & Sewell, 1999). Antecedent-based interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing disruptive behaviors (Watson, Timperio, Brown, Best, & Hesketh, 2017) without the need to interrupt academic instruction (Rosenthal-Malek & Mitchell, 1997). Physical activity is an example of an effective antecedent intervention (Lang, et al., 2010), however its efficacy may be related to the type of physical activity (Kern, Koegel, & Dunlap, 1984). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-class physical activity on disruptive classroom …