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Peer reviewedSofronoff, Kate; Farbotko, Michelle – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
A study compared the effectiveness of a 1-day parent workshop to improve parental self-efficacy in the management of problem behaviors associated with Asperger syndrome and six individual sessions. Parents in both intervention groups reported fewer problem behaviors compared to controls. Mothers reported a significantly greater increase in…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedHeller, Kurt A.; Ziegler, Albert – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1996
This article discusses using attributional retraining techniques with gifted girls to reduce gender differences in mathematics and science performance. Following an overview of the most important retraining techniques, two studies with extremely promising results are described, the first with 42 German high school students in mathematics, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Attitude Change, Attribution Theory
Download full textO'Connell, Philip J. – 1999
Data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) were analyzed to compare the incidence and volume of continuing education (CE) and training among adults in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following were among the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Age Differences
