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Sewell, Alexandra – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2020
Social skill interventions are utilised by educational psychologists (EPs) to promote positive social behaviour amongst pupils. These have predominantly occurred for target populations, rather than at the whole-class level. Research into evidence-based, whole-class interventions for social skill development is warranted. The Good Behaviour Game…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Social Development, Contingency Management
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Humphrey, Neil; Hennessey, Alexandra; Ashworth, Emma; Frearson, Kirsty; Black, Louise; Petersen, Kim; Wo, Lawrence; Panayiotou, Margarita; Lendrum, Ann; Wigelsworth, Michael; Birchinall, Liz; Squires, Garry; Pampaka, Maria – Education Endowment Foundation, 2018
The Good Behaviour Game (GBG) is a universal behaviour management intervention that aims to to improve pupil behaviour with the following core elements: classroom rules, team membership, monitoring of behaviour, and positive reinforcement (rewards). While it is primarily used with children in primary schools, it can also be implemented in early…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Intervention, Games
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Buckingham, Jennifer; Wheldall, Kevin; Beaman, Robyn – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2012
The response-to-intervention model is predicated upon increasingly intensive tiers of instruction. The aim of the present study was to examine the efficacy of a Tier-2 small-group literacy intervention ("MiniLit") designed for young readers who are still struggling after experiencing whole-class initial instruction. A total of 22…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Response to Intervention, Small Group Instruction, Reading Difficulties
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Terwel, Jan; van Oers, Bert; van Dijk, Ivanka; van den Eeden, Pieter – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
With regard to transfer, is it better to provide pupils with ready-made representations or is it more effective to scaffold pupils' thinking in the process of generating their own representations with the help of peers and under the guidance of a teacher in a process of guided co-construction? The sample comprises 10 classes and 239 Grade 5…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mathematics Education, Graphs, Grade 5
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Savage, Robert S.; Abrami, Philip; Hipps, Geoffrey; Deault, Louise – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
This study reports a randomized controlled trial evaluation of a computer-based balanced literacy intervention, ABRACADABRA (http://grover.concordia.ca/abra/version1/abracadabra.html). Children (N = 144) in Grade 1 were exposed either to computer activities for word analysis, text comprehension, and fluency, alongside shared stories (experimental…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Fluency
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Wright, Judith; Jacobs, Barrie – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 2003
Describes an applied training study investigating the differential effect of two instructional methods on the reading performance of British primary school children with reading difficulties. Explains that children ages 7 to 10 (n=65) were separated into two groups: (1) based on different types of phonological awareness instruction, and (2) a…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students