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Gardner, James F.; Nudler, Sylvia; Chapman, Michael S. – Mental Retardation, 1997
The Council on Quality and Leadership in Supports for People with Disabilities conducted interviews with 447 people with disabilities to identify priority outcomes they expect from service and supports. An analysis resulted in 24 variables loading onto 7 major factors: identity, autonomy, affiliation, attainment, rights, health, and safeguards.…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Adults, Civil Liberties, Disabilities
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Marion, Marian – Young Children, 1997
Argues that teachers play a major role in guiding children toward responsible anger management. Addresses what researchers know about the development of children's feeling, expression, and understanding of anger. Examines factors contributing to managing anger including memory, language, and self-referential and self-regulatory behaviors.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anger, Behavior Development, Behavior Modification
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Trueman, Mark; Hartley, James – Higher Education, 1996
A study of first-time university students, aged under 21 (n=172), 21-25 (n=50), and over 25 years (n=71) found that women in general reported more time-management skills than men and that older students had better time-management skills than younger students. Academic performance was only modestly predicted by age and scores on one component of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Freshmen
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Reid, Robert – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This article reviews the literature on self-monitoring interventions with students having learning disabilities. It discusses results of self-monitoring studies in terms of major dependent measures, such as on-task behavior and academic productivity and accuracy. It then analyzes studies comparing effects of self-monitoring of attention and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Control, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
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Barabasz, Marianne; Barabasz, Arreed – Child Study Journal, 1996
Provides most recent information on attention deficit disorder including: (1) diagnostic considerations according to the latest behavioral criteria and breakthroughs using neurometric EEG assessment; (2) prevalence; (3) etiologies; (4) neurological basis; and (5) treatments. Evaluates alternatives to medication, behavior modification, cognitive…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Wehmeyer, Michael L. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1996
Presents findings from the field test of 261 adolescents with mild mental retardation and learning disabilities on a student self-report measure of self-determination. The four primary domains of the scale were autonomy, self-regulation, psychological empowerment, and self-realization. The utility of the scale for instructional and research…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Measurement Techniques, Mild Mental Retardation
Glazer, Susan Mandel – Teaching Pre K-8, 1997
Proposes a plan to help students become confident learners, which includes a progress report form on which students record what they know, and what they need to learn. Suggests that urging students to learn to express what they know about themselves and what they need to learn helps to build responsible risk-taking learners. (AA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies
Hughes, Carolyn; Agran, Martin – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1993
This literature review examines the effects of self-instructional programs on increasing independence of persons with moderate/severe mental retardation in integrated environments. The article discusses methodological issues, research needs, and recommendations for program implementation. The feasibility of using self-instruction to promote…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Generalization, Independent Living, Maintenance
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Healey, E. Charles; Scott, Lisa A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1995
A model of service delivery for elementary students who stutter is described, emphasizing the integration of fluency-shaping and stuttering modification techniques. The treatment program includes procedures for helping children to understand and identify fluency problems, techniques for teaching and integrating fluency-shaping and stuttering…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Delivery Systems, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities
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Martin, Kerri F.; Manno, Carla – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
This study examined the effects of a self-management procedure to teach three middle school boys with learning and behavior problems to improve the completeness and quality of their story compositions. Results indicated that stories were more complete when students used a simple check-off system to plan and monitor their work. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Check Lists, Creative Writing, Instructional Effectiveness
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Kennett, Deborah J. – Studies in Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated how persistence in an academic self-management course related to self-control. Results indicate that the students dropping out had a limited repertoire of general learned resourcefulness skills. However, both high- and low-resourceful students who completed the course used the skills they learned and achieved comparable final…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students, Higher Education
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Moran, Mike – Education in Science, 1999
Addresses the needs of higher education institutions relative to the Key Skills which will be established across the revised National Curriculum being introduced by the British government in September 2000. (WRM)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Communication Skills, Communications, Cooperative Planning
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Browder, Diane M.; Minarovic, Timothy J. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
Three employees with moderate mental retardation who were nonreaders were taught to use sight words to self-initiate job tasks in competitive employment settings. Training resulted in the ability to read job-specific sight words, to use verbalized self-instruction, to use a self-monitoring checklist, to self-initiate work tasks, and increased…
Descriptors: Adults, Employer Employee Relationship, Moderate Mental Retardation, Reading Instruction
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Shapiro, Edward S.; DuPaul, George J.; Bradley-Klug, Kathy L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
Reports on the application of a self-management strategy for improving the classroom behavior of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The intervention focuses on teaching students to systematically rate their own behavior according to the rating of their teacher. Two case-study illustrations are provided. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Rating Scales
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Ayers, David F. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
Identifies four climate conditions that influenced a rural community college's ability to respond to and recognize information relating to changes in learner needs: (1) organizational structure; (2) empowerment; (3) interdependence/communication; and (4) shared vision. Asserts that these four variables help college leaders initiate organizational…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Role, Community Colleges
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