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Social Support and Behavioral and Affective School Engagement: The Effects of Peers, Parents, and Teachers
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Estell, David B.; Perdue, Neil H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
School engagement has long been seen as an important component of school completion, and research shows that social support in the home and school promotes engagement. However, many researchers have argued that it is not a unitary construct but rather a multifaceted phenomenon, and the role of peer social support has not been as well studied as…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Parent Influence, Teacher Influence, Social Support Groups
Teacher Inservice Training in Classroom Use of Contingency Management
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Martin, Felix – Psychology in the Schools, 1973
This project was undertaken to train teachers in more effective contingency management by extending the amount and kind of training. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Observation Techniques, Inservice Teacher Education
Stability of Pupil Behavior in Short-Term Classroom Observations
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Forness, Steven R.; Guthrie, Donald – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
To determine the point at which successive days of classroom observation results in a reliable sample of behavior, a classroom of 30 kindergarten children was observed over a period of 18 days in four behavior categories. High correlations between running and total averages were obtained around the fourth day. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Kindergarten Children
Behavioral Observations of Disruptive Behaviors with Referred and Nonreferred Elementary School Students.
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Book, Robert M.; Skeen, Judith A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Established local norms for the frequency of disruptive and unproductive classroom behaviors using a sample of 81 referred and 81 nonreferred elementary school students in grades kindergarten through five. For assessment purposes, frequency of behaviors (off task, talked out, out of seat, other behavior) was categorized by grade level. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
A Practical Observation Procedure for Monitoring Four Behaviors Relevant to Classroom Management
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Persons, W. Scott; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The authors present a quick and simple procedure for observing four behaviors relevant to classroom management: student disruption, student attention, and the teacher's use of both positive and negative events. The procedure utilizes paraprofessionals as raters and is validated by high interrater reliabilities. (Author/EJT)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Correlation, Observation, Rating Scales
Clusters of Observable Behavior in High-Risk Kindergarten Children
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Forness, Steven R.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Children in four kindergarten classes were observed directly in their classrooms over a 10-day period early in the school year. Cluster analysis revealed four distinct groups of children as determined by observable classroom behavior. One group with a particular pattern of observable behavior emerged as high-risk. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Classroom Observation Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
A Behavioral Observation Schedule for Pupils and Teachers
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Breyer, Norman L.; Calchera, David J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1971
A procedure for recording and coding teacher and pupil behaviors in the classroom has been described and suggested as an assessment instrument of the school psychologist. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Measurement Techniques
Patterns of Interference in an Elementarh School
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Happel, Lester C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1972
The results show that interferences occupy an impressive amount of consciousness throughout much of childhood. Despite their ubiquity and their apparent impact on the process of awareness and the content of socialization, interferences nevertheless remain ironically in the background of experience. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
A Unique Rural School Environment.
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Dodendorf, Diane M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Observed 34 children in a Midwest rural two-room school. Teacher strategies are described, as well as child behavior, as they differed from urban schools. Comparison of the Metropolitan Achievement Tests and the Science Research Associates (SRA) scores yielded little or no differences in performance between urban and rural children. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment