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Incorporating Two-Square into Physical Education
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Meyler, Tim; Wilson, Sandy – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2012
Physical educators often struggle to teach individual striking skills to upper level (3-5 grade) elementary students. Finding a developmentally appropriate striking activity with a high participation rate can be a challenge. And sports such as tennis, pickleball, and badminton are often not an option for a variety of reasons (e.g., space or…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Physical Education, Racquet Sports, Academic Achievement
When Pictures Aren't Pretty: Deconstructing Punitive Literacy Practices
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Fisher, Teresa R.; Albers, Peggy; Frederick, Temmy G. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2014
Young children frequently tell visual stories, drawing pictures to record and share their thoughts, feelings and understanding. How and what young children describe through art, especially when written language is not an option, is the focus of this interpretive analysis. A series of pictures by John, a 6-year-old boy, were drawn across the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Young Children, Freehand Drawing
The Psychometric Properties of the Difficult Behavior Self-Efficacy Scale
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Oh, Hyun-Kyoung; Kozub, Francis M. – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2010
The study was designed to estimate the psychometric properties of Hastings and Brown's (2002a) Difficult Behavior Self-efficacy Scale. Participants were two samples of physical educators teaching in Korea (n = 229) and the United States (U.S.; n = 139). An initial translation of the questionnaire to Korean and pilot study were conducted along with…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Factor Structure of the Child Behavior Checklist/6-18 in a Sample of Girls Adopted from China
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Dedrick, Robert F.; Tan, Tony Xing; Marfo, Kofi – Psychological Assessment, 2008
Confirmatory factor analysis with robust weighted least squares estimation of the 103 dichotomously scored items of the Child Behavior Checklist/6-18 (T. M. Achenbach & L. A. Rescorla, 2001) in a sample of 516 girls adopted from China (ages 6.0-15.7 years; M = 8.2, SD = 1.9) indicated that the fit of the 8-factor model was good…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Females, Factor Structure, Child Behavior
The PBS Triangle: Does It Fit as a Heuristic? A Reflection on the First International Conference on Positive Behavior Support
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Baker, Candace Kay – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2005
In this article, the author explores the evolution of the use of the triangle as a communication tool for describing positive behavior support (PBS) systems. The conceptual framework for the triangle used for PBS is credited to Walker et al. In that seminal work, the a model of school-based prevention strategies for children displaying antisocial…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Behavior Patterns, Antisocial Behavior, Prevention
Infrequent, but Not Frequent, Reinforcers Produce More Variable Responding and Deficient Sustained Attention in Young Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Aase, Heidi; Sagvolden, Terje – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: The underlying behavioral/psychological processes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are unclear. Motivational factors, related to dopamine dysfunction, may play an important role in the development of the behavioral symptoms. Particularly, infrequent, but not frequent, reinforcers have been suggested to be associated with…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Cartoons, Young Children, Reinforcement