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Lina G. Kitson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Problem behaviors are prevalent in schools and may result in negative effects for the students exhibiting those behaviors, teachers, and other students. Increasing on-task behaviors has been shown to minimize disruptive behaviors. The current study utilized an interdependent group contingency-based intervention, Class-Wide Function-related…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students
Mandel, Travis Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2017
When a new student comes to play an educational game, how can we determine what content to give them such that they learn as much as possible? When a frustrated customer calls in to a helpline, how can we determine what to say to best assist them? When an ill patient comes in to the clinic, how do we determine what tests to run and treatments to…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Learning Processes, Student Evaluation, Data Collection
Robyn Katie Wright – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Middle school special education teachers are often concerned about challenging behavior. In recent years, school wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) has been shown to be effective in improving students' behavior. Class-wide Function-related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) is a SWPBS-based program designed to for implementation at the classroom…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Special Education, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
Janet VanLone – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Classroom management is one of the most important factors contributing to positive learning outcomes for students. Despite its importance, many teachers report receiving no or insufficient pre-service training in evidence based classroom management practices (Darling- Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson, & Orphanos, 2009). New teacher attrition…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teacher Education, Evidence Based Practice, Student Behavior
Davis, Barbara E. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study focuses on knowing how at-home reinforcement of reading concepts can affect second grade students' improvement in reading. The intervention was geared to implement at-home reinforcement in reading concepts to improve grade-two elementary school students' performance in reading. In this study, the questions addressed were the following:…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Grade 2, Reading Achievement, Intervention
Cumiskey Moore, Colleen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In three experiments, I tested the effects of the conditioned reinforcement for reading (R+Reading) on reading comprehension with 5th graders. In Experiment 1, I conducted a series of statistical analyses with data from 18 participants for one year. I administered 4 pre/post measurements for reading repertoires which included: 1) state-wide…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Reinforcement, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Shauna Lynne – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Good Behavior Game (GBG) is an interdependent group contingency designed to address behavioral concerns. The vast majority of published findings on the GBG have supported its effectiveness in decreasing disruptive behavior in classroom settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and the social validity of a…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Student Behavior, Program Effectiveness
Darcy, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In Experiment 1, I conducted a functional analysis of student rate of learning with and without a peer-yoked contingency for 12 students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade in order to determine if they had conditioned reinforcement for collaboration. Using an ABAB reversal design, I compared rate of learning as measured by learn units to criterion…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Ashktorab, Zahra – ProQuest LLC, 2017
While cyberbullying is prevalent among adolescents, attempts by researchers to evaluate mechanisms for its prevention and mitigation have been largely non-existent. In this dissertation, I argue that the complex nature of cyberbullying, made more challenging by the affordances of diverse social media, cannot be solved through strictly algorithmic…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Mixed Methods Research, Adolescents
Anyanwu-Acholonu, Bibiana Adaure – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the Igbo Nigerian immigrant parents' lived experience with parental involvement in education of their children in the Delaware Valley. Theoretical frameworks for this study are Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory and Ogbu's cultural systems theory. The guiding research…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Parent Attitudes, Systems Approach, Parent Participation
White, Joshua E.P. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
School Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (SWPBIS) is a broad approach providing school personnel with tools and skills to enhance student academic achievement and improve socially relevant behavior (OSEP-TAC on PBIS, 2016). SWPBIS is a 'technology' with four core features: (1) behavioral strategies; (2) integrated interventions; (3)…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Program Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Referral
Su, Shu – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The ability to effectively, positively, and productively cope with social problems is considered one of the most important developmental tasks for children's emotional and psychosocial adjustment. However there is a paucity of empirical research on children's competent problem solving (CPS) in early school years. CPS is a process of finding…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Problem Solving
Savage, Melissa N. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
There are many benefits to engaging in regular physical activity such as increased quality of life and decreased levels of obesity. However, individuals with autism spectrum disorder often do not engage in healthy levels of physical activity. Low motivation, poor motor skills, and behavioral challenges combine to make engaging in regular physical…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Physical Activity Level, Positive Reinforcement
Sullivan, Samantha DeHaan – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation reports the results of a research project that examined the effects of varying rates of reinforcement on students' math performance and assignment preference. The relationship between students' instructional level and the rate of reinforcement threshold for influencing assignment preference was also explored. Participants were…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Reinforcement, Mathematics Instruction, Assignments
Folts, Lynda – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This research project was used to examine variables influencing preferred learning modes of online competency-based education (CBE) students registered in a Bachelor's of Organizational Leadership degree program at a traditional university in east Texas, using 4 learning modes (independent, instrumental, interactive, and collaborative). A…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preferences, Nontraditional Education, Learning Strategies