This study analyzed the processes used by students when engaged in modeling activities and examined how students' abilities to solve modeling problems changed over time. Two student populations, one experimental and one control group, participated in the study. To examine students' modeling processes, the experimental group participated in an…

A prominent leader in the movement towards restorative approaches in juvenile justice presents cutting-edge practices for community service. Such programs balance community safety, accountability for behavior, and development of the competency of youth. This article describes the benefits and challenges of implementing this model and suggests the…

The effectiveness of two techniques to help nine elementary learning disabled students generalize a computation skill was investigated. Results showed that demonstration and modeling plus feedback was sufficient to increase some Ss' ability, but that others require further intervention. (Author/CL)

Third grade learning disabled students (N=72) were assigned randomly to one of two treatment groups or a control group. The group receiving the instructional program performed significantly better on two of the three tasks. (Author/SB)

Researchers studied the effects of self-modeling as an intervention for stuttering in school-aged students. Students viewed videotapes of themselves speaking fluently over a six-week period. All students evidenced a decrease in stuttering after viewing tapes. The increased fluency generalized to social settings. Results replicate those of an…

Grade retention is an intervention that has received increasing scrutiny as policies, practices, and results of research diverge. This longitudinal study examines the reading growth trajectories of students (n=147) from first-through eighth-grade. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) analytic procedures provide unique insights regarding the relative…

An adaptation of incidental teaching procedures was used to teach individually defined language responses to four language-delayed children (4-8 years old). Data showed that frequency of each targeted response increased only during incidental teaching, with most targeted responses produced spontaneously; and the teachers correctly implemented the…

Reports a long-term follow-up of the effects of self-modeling on the reduction of stuttering in two groups of students who initially evidenced different mean percentages of stuttered words. Results reveal that students involved in the initial study who initially exhibited substantially higher mean percentages of stuttered words, maintained their…

Defines self-modeling as positive change in behavior that results from repeated observations of oneself on videotapes that depict only appropriate or desired behaviors. Sees self-modeling as effective, short-term, and relatively inexpensive technique that can be used by school psychologists in educational settings. Presents case study in which…

This article offers an example of how teachers may successfully use a process for addressing problem behaviors in the classroom. The process includes (1) framing critical questions, (2) collecting relevant data, (3) taking well-researched actions, and (4) reflecting on the impact of these actions. Guided by these steps, the inappropriate comments…

Self-modeling is less anxiety provoking than is self-observation per se, and might have considerable potential in helping clients continually strengthen self-coping skills. Clients who view themselves as weak, inadequate, or unattractive often experience changes in such perceptions concomitantly when achieving desired positive changes in behavior.…

Describes a program designed to increase community involvement of a man with developmental disabilities who was refusing to go on outings following recent invasive medical procedures. The intervention phases involved brief presentations that portrayed peers or the subject himself going on outings. Illustrates the utility of peer- and self-modeling…

Investigates the effect of self-modeling as an intervention to increase individual participatory behavior in the classroom using a multiple baseline design across three second-grade students. Participants closely approximated or surpassed the control students' mean rate of participation, suggesting that the intervention was effective in increasing…

The paper, part of videotape presentation, highlights certain issues involved in a modeling approach to educational therapy for hearing impaired infants and their parents at the Lexington School for the Deaf (Jackson Heights, New York). Through the use of play and modeling techniques, the educational therapist encourages parents to interact and…

The research tested the hypothesis that in hyperactive (N=23) and normal (N=30) children from fifth and tenth grades, a cognitive modeling treatment procedure would produce improved scores on the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF), a primary index of impulsivity. (Author)