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Paul Caldarella; Ross A. A. Larsen; Leslie Williams; Howard P. Wills – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2023
Middle school teachers frequently struggle with positively managing student behavior. However, praise-to-reprimand ratios (PRRs) have received little research attention. PRRs studied in elementary school have been positively associated with improvements in on-task and prosocial behavior, but limited research has been conducted on optimal PRRs in…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Correlation, Prosocial Behavior, At Risk Students
Howard P. Wills; Paul Caldarella; Leslie Williams; Kandace Fleming; Pei-Yu Chen – Grantee Submission, 2021
Middle school is a cornerstone for success in high school. However, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral engagement of adolescents often decline as they transition from elementary to middle school, resulting in lower school grades and more challenging behaviors, especially for adolescents with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Classroom Techniques, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
Paul Caldarella; Ross A. A. Larsen; Leslie Williams; Howard P. Wills – Grantee Submission, 2021
Middle school teachers frequently struggle with positively managing student behavior. However, praise-to-reprimands ratios (PRRs) have received little research attention. PRRs studied in elementary school have been associated positively with improvements in on-task and prosocial behavior, but limited research has been conducted on optimal PRRs in…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Correlation, Prosocial Behavior, At Risk Students
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Howard Wills; Joseph Wehby; Paul Caldarella; Debra Kamps; Rebecca Swinburne Romine – Exceptional Children, 2018
The present study examined the effects of the Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Team (CW-FIT) program, a group contingency intervention addressing the on-task and disruptive behavior of students with or at risk for emotional behavior disorders (EBD). Twenty-one elementary schools, 155 general education teachers, and 324 students…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Program Effectiveness, Replication (Evaluation), Randomized Controlled Trials