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Feuerborn, Laura; Chinn, Donald – Behavioral Disorders, 2012
The practices of school-wide positive behavior supports (SWPBS) are dependent on teachers to implement them in their classrooms; thus, gaining the "buy-in" and support of teachers is a critical step in reaching full, building-wide implementation. One step toward achieving this support may be to gain a better understanding of the…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Grounded Theory
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Ruiz, Alberto; Ruiz, Grace V.; Sherman, Nestor W. – Rural Educator, 2012
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of a school wide positive behavior initiative designed to improve student behavior. Researchers analyzed the last 3 years (2005-2008) of student discipline referral data for grades 7 and 8. Implementation resulted in a significant reduction in the number of discipline referrals. Data revealed a…
Descriptors: Prevention, Discipline, Student Behavior, Middle Schools
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Burke, Mack D.; Davis, John L.; Lee, Yuan-Hsuan; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Kwok, Oi-man; Sugai, George – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
In this study, the authors examined the concurrent validity, predictive validity, and concurrent and predictive classification accuracy of using schoolwide behavior expectations as a universal behavioral screener. Three elementary schools implementing schoolwide positive behavior supports (SWPBS) participated. Within each school, the entire school…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior
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Weiland, Christine A.; Murakami, Elizabeth T.; Aguilera, Evangeline; Richards, Michael G. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2014
The purpose of this study is to explore the journey of one large urban inner-city school district with a high population of Hispanics in South Texas as it worked to implement Positive Behavior Intervention and Support into primary (elementary) schools. We questioned, "How does a large urban inner-city school district serving a majority of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School District Size, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Groups
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Lukowiak, Twila – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2009
The focus of this qualitative research study is the examination of academic interventions implemented by special education behavioral teachers, special education behavioral paraprofessionals, and general education teachers who work daily with students with emotional disturbance. "Which academic interventions did special education behavioral…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Emotional Disturbances, Intervention, Behavior Modification
Lumsden, Linda – Portraits of Success, 1996
In this issue, two teachers and a principal offer their perspective on classroom practices that can enhance students' learning experiences and keep them motivated and engaged. Ted Nussbaum, a primary teacher at a Eugene, Oregon, school serving primarily at-risk students, shows his enthusiasm and excitement at his students' learning progress, sets…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, High Risk Students
ELAM, CLAUDE B. – 1962
CONCEPT FORMATION--AS IT IS AFFECTED BY SUBJECTS (NORMAL AND RETARDED), PROBLEMS (SIMULTANEOUS, SUCCESSIVE, AND SIMILARITY-DIFFERENCE), RESPONSES (MANUAL AND VERBAL), REINFORCEMENT (100 PERCENT AND PARTIAL REINFORCEMENT), AND STIMULI--WAS INVESTIGATED. ELEVEN SEPARATE EXPERIMENTS ARE DESCRIBED. IT WAS FOUND THAT--(1) CONCEPT ATTAINMENT IS…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Experimental Programs, Learning Activities
Brophy, Jere E.; Evertson, Carolyn M. – 1976
This coding manual was developed for the Texas Teacher Effectiveness Study and is intended to be self-contained. The coding system provides for extensive coding of student initiated questions and comments, opinion questions, and expanded private work contracts, both teacher initiated and student initiated, including extensive coding of quality and…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Codification, Discipline
Crawford, W. John; And Others – 1975
Pearson correlation coefficients between first and second year classroom process data from the Texas Teacher Effectiveness Project are presented. These data are from 19 second and third grade teachers whose classrooms were observed during two consecutive school years. The stability of classroom behaviors varied greatly across the two years.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques