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Ellis, Janet; Magee, Sandy K. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1999
This study describes the Behavioral Assessment and Technology Support Systems (BATSS) group who have been conducting functional analyses of disruptive behavior in children with emotional/behavioral disorders for 24 months in two school districts. Functional analysis outcomes and intervention data are presented on 3 male elementary school students.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education

Woodward, John; Baxter, Juliet – Exceptional Children, 1997
A year-long study of an innovative approach to mathematics, which emphasized in-depth problem solving and achievement of automaticity through math games, found such methods to be viable for students with average and above average academic abilities, but students with learning disabilities or at-risk students need much greater assistance if they…
Descriptors: Educational Games, High Risk Students, Inclusive Schools, Instructional Effectiveness

Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Ruby, Allen; Balfanz, Robert; Byrnes, Vaughan – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2002
Longitudinal case study of reform efforts centering on the Talent Development Middle School model at low-performing, high-poverty middle school in Philadelphia. Finds that student gains in mathematics, science, and reading achievement at subject school exceeded that of students in comparable school. (Contains 19 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Curriculum Design, Educational Change