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"You Actually Learn Something": Gathering Student Feedback through Focus Group Research to Enhance Needs-Based Programming
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Simpson, Allie; Waye, Laurie – BC TEAL Journal, 2016
In the spring of 2015, the Centre for Academic Communication (CAC) at the University of Victoria began a series of projects aimed at understanding the needs of undergraduate and graduate students with English as additional language (EAL), with the goal of increasing the effectiveness of the Centre's programming. The first project, detailed in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response)
Increasing the Social Skills of a Student with Autism through a Literacy-Based Behavioral Intervention
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Francis, Grace L.; McMullen, Victoria B.; Blue-Banning, Martha; Haines, Shana – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2013
Social skills instruction is as important for many students with disabilities as instruction in core academic subjects. Frequently, students with autism require individualized social skills instruction to experience success in general education settings. Literacy-based behavioral Interventions (LBBIs) are an effective intervention that instructors…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Skill Development, Autism, Behavior Modification
Prevent-Teach-Reinforce: The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support
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Dunlap, Glen; Iovannone, Rose; Kincaid, Donald; Wilson, Kelly; Christiansen, Kathy; Strain, Phillip; English, Carie – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
Solve serious behavior challenges in K-8 classrooms with this easy-to-use book, the first practical guide to the research-proven Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model. Developed by some of the most respected authorities on positive behavior support, this innovative model gives school-based teams a five-step plan for reducing problems unresolved by…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Prosocial Behavior, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Communication Skills
Profiling Programs: Formative Uses of Departmental Consultations in the Assessment of Communication across the Curriculum
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Anson, Chris M.; Dannels, Deanna – Across the Disciplines, 2009
Implementation of communication-across-the-curriculum initiatives has outpaced their systematic assessment, leaving many stakeholders wondering whether faculty and students are benefiting from the emphasis on writing, speaking, and other communicative media in discipline-based courses and curricula. Increasing interest in assessment, however, has…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Communication Skills, Program Implementation, Interdisciplinary Approach
Designing Successful Professional Meetings and Conferences in Education: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
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Mundry, Susan; Britton, Edward; Raizen, Senta; Loucks-Horsley, Susan – 2000
This book outlines the principles of planning, implementing, and evaluating successful professional meetings and conferences in education. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the knowledge base of effective meetings and conferences (nine principles held by effective meeting designers; characteristics of effective meetings and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agenda Setting, Audience Analysis
1975 Summer Skills Centers Evaluation Report.
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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1975
The 1975 Summer Skills Center program in the District of Columbia public schools consisted of elementary centers serving students in grades 3-8 and secondary centers serving students in grades 9-12. It called for instructional groupings containing students of several grade and age levels. Teachers were to be activity coordinators for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Art, Classroom Observation Techniques