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Crumpton, Howard – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many young children exhibit aggressive and disruptive behaviors at early ages. However, while aggressive behaviors are normative and serve as a way to communicate needs in the midst of developing verbal abilities, continued disruptive behavior can lead to stable or increasing levels of behavioral dysregulation, oppositionality and aggression.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Young Children, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment
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Benner, Gregory J.; Nelson, J. Ron; Sanders, Elizabeth A.; Ralston, Nicole C. – Exceptional Children, 2012
This article examined the efficacy of a primary-level, standard-protocol behavior intervention for students with externalizing behavioral disorders. Elementary schools were randomly assigned to treatment (behavior intervention) or control (business as usual) conditions, and K-3 students were screened for externalizing behavior risk status. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Nebraska Department of Education, 2010
The WWC practice guide "Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade" presents a set of evidence-based practices that teachers and other educators can use to successfully teach reading comprehension to young readers. The guide, developed by a panel of experts, presents a set of evidence-based practices that teachers…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Primary Education, Elementary School Students
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Bierman, Karen L.; Coie, John D.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Lochman, John E.; McMahon, Robert J.; Pinderhughes, Ellen – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: This article examines the impact of a universal social-emotional learning program, the Fast Track PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) curriculum and teacher consultation, embedded within the Fast Track selective prevention model. Method: The longitudinal analysis involved 2,937 children of multiple ethnicities who remained…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Intervention, Disadvantaged Schools, Aggression
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Reagan, Emilie Mitescu; Pedulla, Joseph J.; Jong, Cindy; Cannady, Mac; Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Educational Research Quarterly, 2011
This study used the Teaching for Social Justice Observation Scale (TSJOS) of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol-Plus (RTOP+) to examine the extent to which twenty-two novice elementary teachers implemented practices related to teaching for social justice in their mathematics instruction. In addition, this study sought to examine the extent…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Social Action, Social Justice
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Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca J.; Fantuzzo, John W. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
Relations between classroom behavior problems early in the preschool year and elementary school literacy and language outcomes were examined for an entire cohort of four-year-old Head Start children (N=2682). A cross-classified random effects model was used that controlled for the variance in literacy outcomes attributed to: (a) child-level…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Disadvantaged Youth, Disability Identification
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Stuhlman, Megan W.; Pianta, Robert C. – Elementary School Journal, 2009
In the present study, we present analyzed profiles of observed classroom experiences in terms of emotional and instructional dimensions of quality. Over 800 first-grade classrooms across the United States were included, selected by virtue of having a student participating in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of…
Descriptors: Class Size, Observation, Child Health, Educational Quality
Archibald, Michele – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Writing is an essential component of young children's early literacy development, and active participation in writing instruction contributes to their growth as writers. Providing engaging writing instruction to meet the academically diverse needs of young learners, however, can challenge early childhood teachers. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Student Surveys, Writing Workshops, Social Change
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Fletcher, Jason – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010
Over the last decade, the federal government has directed schools to provide educational instruction for students with special needs in general education settings to the extent possible. While there is mixed evidence on the effects of these inclusion policies on the students with special needs, research examining potential spillovers of inclusion…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Scores
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Wiley, Andrew L.; Siperstein, Gary N.; Forness, Steven R.; Brigham, Frederick J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
Variability in the social and behavioral characteristics of students with emotional disturbance (ED) in the public schools may impact special education effectiveness; yet very little evidence exists on how such variability may express itself from school to school. One place to begin such investigation involves school context as expressed by income…
Descriptors: Poverty, Income, Emotional Disturbances, Disabilities
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Meyer, James A.; Mann, Mary Beth; Becker, Jennifer – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study was to replicate previous research about teachers' perceived benefits of home visits to determine if they remained stable. Furthermore, the investigation sought to find out whether home visits impacted variables often associated with improved school success (i.e., school attendance, academic performance, parent…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Home Visits, Program Effectiveness, Grade 2
Snyder-Hogan, Lindsey E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The educational plight of Latino students in the U.S. is an increasing concern given the low achievement and attainment status of this population. Although many risk factors associated with underachievement are difficult to alter, parent educational involvement has been shown to positively impact learning outcomes. In this study, parental home-…
Descriptors: Environment, Disabilities, Parent Participation, Hispanic Americans
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Buldu, Mehmet; Shaban, Mohamed S. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2010
This study portrayed a picture of kindergarten through 3rd-grade teachers who teach visual arts, their perceptions of the value of visual arts, their visual arts teaching practices, visual arts experiences provided to young learners in school, and major factors and/or influences that affect their teaching of visual arts. The sample for this study…
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Art Activities, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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McGregor, Debbie; Precious, Wendy – Science and Children, 2010
The setting: the science classroom. The characters: you and your students. The scene: Your students acting out scientific discoveries, modeling a frog's life cycle, mimicking the transition from liquid to solid. This is "dramatic science", a teaching approach that uses acting techniques to explore and develop young children's ideas about…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Teaching Methods, Classroom Environment, Science Instruction
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Fisher, Julie Arline – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2009
In English schools, transition from the Foundation Stage (at age five) into Year 1 (the first year of "primary school") has been identified as lacking continuity. A range of government initiatives has led to marked differences in the pedagogy that underpins classroom practice in these two consecutive year groups, which, in turn, has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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