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Direct linkSteele, Timothy Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This phenomenological study examined the perceptions of teachers and their involvement with positive behavior support (PBS) plans in a school district in Southern California. Three sub-questions emerged revealing the perceptions of the teachers: (a) how had the teachers been involved in preparing for the use of PBS plans; (b) What experiences have…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Phenomenology, Behavior Modification
Miller, Justin Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Educators in the state of California have struggled to reduce the number of minorities being suspended and expelled annually and significantly improve overall school climate and culture. To address this area of improvement, educators have begun to turn to a proactive approach to improve overall school climate and culture at their sites by…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Teaching Methods
Download full textVillegas, Ramon R. – Online Submission, 2011
The focus of this research is to understand how to engage at risk students at a continuation high school in mastering mathematics. These students typically fail math classes, and, as a result, are unmotivated to attempt to learn principles of mathematics. The purpose of the study is to develop strategies that build their understanding of Algebra…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Positive Reinforcement, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedKennedy, Brianna L. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2011
This article examines instruction at a school in California for expelled middle school students and illustrates the practices of its most and least effective teachers. Findings show that teachers' implementation of instructional practices, classroom management, and rapport building mutually reinforced each other to either facilitate or hinder…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Middle School Students, Teacher Effectiveness, Expulsion
Throne, Kurt Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to discover what teaching strategies were utilized by Special Day Class (SDC) teachers to prepare their 9-12 grade students to pass a course in Algebra 1 and the mathematics section of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). This study used a mixed methodology involving a quantitative survey and qualitative…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Exit Examinations, High School Students, Grade 9
MELARAGNO, RALPH J. – 1960
AN EXPERIMENT TO COMPARE SPACED NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT, MASSED NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT, AND POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IN AUTOMATED TEACHING IS DESCRIBED. THREE GROUPS OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN WERE USED IN THE STUDY. EACH GROUP WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL CONTAINING AMBIGUOUS IMFORMATION INTERSPERSED AMONG MEANINGFUL INFORMATION. ONE GROUP RECEIVED A…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Negative Reinforcement
