ERIC Number: EJ1386068
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 32
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ISSN: ISSN-1047-4412
EISSN: EISSN-1532-768X
Effects of a Problem-Solving Team Consultation on the Problem-Solving Process: An Evaluation of Concept Knowledge, Implementation Integrity, and Student Outcomes
Vaccarello, Cara; Kratochwill, Thomas R.; Asmus, Jennifer M.
Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, v33 n2 p149-180 2023
We examined the outcomes of elementary school-based problem-solving teams (PSTs) who participated in a multi-component consultation focused on enhancing systematic problem solving. Consultation provided to each PST included training in the use of a problem-solving protocol (i.e., "Outcomes: Planning Monitoring, and Evaluating" ["Outcomes: PME"]) and subsequent performance feedback and training regarding team use of the protocol. A train-the-trainer model was used whereby researchers trained school psychologists to deliver the intervention and serve as coaches on the PSTs. At baseline, all three PSTs demonstrated low (i.e., <50%) problem-solving procedural integrity (i.e., the degree to which critical components of the problem-solving process were implemented), often scoring lowest for problem-solving components related to data collection and analysis (e.g., treatment integrity, progress monitoring, and pre-post intervention data). Each PST demonstrated increased problem-solving integrity following implementation of the first intervention component, problem-solving information and "Outcomes: PME" training. Procedural integrity also increased for the two PSTs that received the second intervention component, performance feedback. An increase in procedural integrity was not found for one PST that received the third intervention component, targeted consulting; however, data collection was incomplete. Results are discussed in terms of future research priorities to examine consultation that promotes the use of quality team problem-solving components.
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Problem Solving, Consultation Programs, Coaching (Performance), School Psychologists, Scores, Integrity, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Intervention, Feedback (Response), Training, Outcomes of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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