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Jaquett, Caroline M.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Moore, Tara; Ryan, Kyle; McCurdy, Merilee; Cihak, David – Behavioral Disorders, 2021
An alternating treatments design was used to evaluate and compare the effects of two interdependent group contingencies on the academic performance, on-task behavior, and disruptive behavior of eighth-grade students in a social studies class. All students were enrolled in a self-contained alternative school for students with behavior problems.…
Descriptors: Rewards, Group Behavior, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement
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Ennis, Robin Parks; Jolivette, Kristine; Losinski, Mickey – Behavioral Disorders, 2017
In this study, we investigated the effects of choice of writing prompt on the number of story elements included in written narratives. The investigation took place in a residential facility for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Participants included six female students in a mixed-grade-level course (students had just completed…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Prompting, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Cramer, Anne Mong; Mason, Linda H. – Behavioral Disorders, 2014
A multiple baseline alternating treatment (A-B-C-D) design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a writing and peer revision intervention. Eight middle school students enrolled in an alternative program for students with emotional and behavioral disorders received Self- Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) for 10-minute quick writing and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Writing Instruction
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Gage, Nicholas A.; Wilson, Joshua; MacSuga-Gage, Ashley S. – Behavioral Disorders, 2014
Students with emotional and/or behavioral disabilities (E/BD), including students with emotional disturbance and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, receiving special education services perform significantly worse on academic performance measures than same age peers. Researchers have focused on reading and math performance while less is…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Hauth, Clara; Mastropieri, Margo; Scruggs, Tom; Regan, Kelley – Behavioral Disorders, 2013
Eight eighth-grade students identified as having emotional and/or behavioral disabilities participated in a multiple-baseline design study to assess the effects of teaching persuasive writing and applying writing in the civics content area. After baseline data were collected, two intervention phases were implemented. An instructional phase on…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Persuasive Discourse
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Mason, Linda H.; Kubina, Richard M., Jr.; Valasa, Lauren L.; Cramer, Anne Mong – Behavioral Disorders, 2010
A multiprobe multiple baseline design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of strategy instruction in persuasive quick writing with 5 seventh- and eighth-grade students who attended a county alternative placement school for students with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. Students were taught to plan and write a 10-minute persuasive…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness, Writing Instruction, Behavior Disorders