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Self-Reported and Actual Use of Proactive and Reactive Classroom Management Strategies and Their Relationship with Teacher Stress and Student Behaviour
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Clunies-Ross, Penny; Little, Emma; Kienhuis, Mandy – Educational Psychology, 2008
This study investigated the relationship between primary school teachers' self-reported and actual use of classroom management strategies, and examined how the use of proactive and reactive strategies is related to teacher stress and student behaviour. The total sample consisted of 97 teachers from primary schools within Melbourne. Teachers…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Stress Management, Stress Variables
Effect Size Calculations and Single Subject Designs
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Olive, Melissa L.; Smith, Benjamin W. – Educational Psychology, 2005
This study compared visual analyses with five alternative methods for assessing the magnitude of effect with single subject designs. Each method was successful in detecting intervention effect. When rank ordered, each method was consistent in identifying the participants with the largest effect. We recommend the use of the standard mean difference…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Regression (Statistics), Evaluation Methods, Research Design
Treatment Effectiveness, Stimulus Generalization, and Acceptability to Parents of Functional Communication Training
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Wacker, David P.; Berg, Wendy K.; Harding, Jay W.; Barretto, Anjali; Rankin, Barbara; Ganzer, Jed – Educational Psychology, 2005
We trained parents to conduct functional analyses (n = 25) and functional communication training (n = 23) in home settings over a four-year period with 25 young children who had developmental and behavioural disorders. For 12 of the children, pre-treatment (baseline) probes and post-treatment stimulus condition probes were conducted to assess…
Descriptors: Stimulus Generalization, Behavior Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children
Blending Functional Communication Training and Choice Making to Improve Task Engagement and Decrease Problem Behaviour
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Peterson, Stephanie M. Peck; Caniglia, Cyndi; Royster, Amy Jo; Macfarlane, Emily; Plowman, Kristen; Baird, Sally Jo; Wu, Nadia – Educational Psychology, 2005
This study evaluated the effects of choice making within functional communication training (FCT) to increase the task engagement of two participants with inappropriate behaviour. Pretreatment functional analyses indicated that both participants' inappropriate behaviour was maintained by escape. For one of the participants, inappropriate behaviour…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment