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Renshaw, Tyler L.; Kuriakose, Sarah – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2011
During the past 2 decades, pivotal response treatment (PRT) has emerged as an evidence-based methodology for intervening with the behavioral, communicative, social, and academic impairments of children with autism. Unlike other highly structured behavioral interventions for autism, PRT emphasizes principles over procedures and focuses on enhancing…
Descriptors: Autism, School Psychologists, Learning Motivation, Intervention
Leigh, Lauraine, Ed.; Gersch, Irvine, Ed.; Dix, Ann, Ed.; Haythorne, Deborah, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools" is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced dramatherapists, educational psychologists and childhood experts discuss the benefits to the children and young people, and also in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
Klein, J. P.; and others – Amer Educ Res J, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Achievement Gains, Anxiety
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Thomas, John W. – Review of Educational Research, 1980
Studies in self-management, attribution, and achievement motivation challenge the view that basic skills instruction requires strong teacher control, structure, convergence on learning activities, less pupil freedom, and less experimental teaching activities. Student-managed instruction yielded the greatest achievement gains and heightened…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Basic Skills, Behavior Modification
Bishop, John; And Others – 1985
This collection contains three studies of the relationship between incentives, learning, and employability. The first study, "Incentives, Learning, and Employability," by John Bishop, models students' choices concerning what to learn and how much effort to spend learning it in terms of the outcome of a comparison of benefits and expected costs and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis, Competition
Mitchell, Stephanie; Yagi, Kan – 1986
This report presents an evaluation of the Whitney M. Young Learning Center (WMYLC) program in the Portland (Oregon) School District. This after-school homework assistance and tutoring program for students in grades 7 through 12 was begun in 1980 by the Urban League of Portland. The goal of the WMYLC is to help students achieve academic success and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Behavior Modification, Compensatory Education