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Ruiz, Alberto; Ruiz, Grace V.; Sherman, Nestor W. – Rural Educator, 2012
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of a school wide positive behavior initiative designed to improve student behavior. Researchers analyzed the last 3 years (2005-2008) of student discipline referral data for grades 7 and 8. Implementation resulted in a significant reduction in the number of discipline referrals. Data revealed a…
Descriptors: Prevention, Discipline, Student Behavior, Middle Schools
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Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Hagermoser Sanetti, Lisa M.; Jaffery, Rose; Fallon, Lindsay M. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2012
The effectiveness of an intervention package involving self-management and a group contingency at increasing appropriate classroom behaviors was evaluated in a sample of middle school students. Participants included all students in each of the 3 eighth-grade general education classrooms and their teachers. The intervention package included…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Intervention
Weisling, Nina Fitzsimmons – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study describes the classroom practices of middle school general education teachers working with students with and without emotional disturbance (ED), including the predictability of those teacher behaviors for both groups of students. The data collected in this study describe the ways in which the beliefs and experiences of this group of…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, General Education, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Behavior
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Swinson, J.; Knight, R. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
There is a body of evidence that has linked teachers' verbal feedback to pupils with pupil behaviour. In this study teacher verbal behaviour that was directed towards those pupils that the teachers had nominated as being especially difficult to teach was examined. A series of lessons was observed in a secondary school. The quality and quantity of…
Descriptors: Feedback, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Classroom Communication