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Avery, Steven W. – Pointer, 1977
Teaching suggestions are given for students with color vision deficiency. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Special Health Problems, Teaching Methods, Visual Impairments
Gervase, Ellen L. – Pointer, 1975
Life-sized body puppets are used in role playing situations to facilitate children's problem solving and social skill learning. (CL)
Descriptors: General Education, Interpersonal Competence, Problem Solving, Puppetry
Bullock, Lyndal M. – Pointer, 1979
The article pinpoints some successful ways a teacher can direct and support a difficult student by developing a specific point system for social and academic accomplishments. Among suggestions are the use of individual work baskets and task sheets. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Behavior
Harris, Walter J. – Pointer, 1984
A program is described that is designed to improve the cognitive planning abilities and social skills of students nine to 16 years old with behavior problems. Students learn the cognitive planning sequence of stop, plan, do, and check. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Fagen, Stanely A. – Pointer, 1984
The article presents an instructional model for teaching frustration management without sacrificing traditional academic content. An illustration is offered of an adaptation of a language arts objective to promote acceptance of and coping with frustration. (CL)
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems
Neel, Richard S.; Winslow, Susan – Pointer, 1975
Social behavior skills were taught to 7- and 8-year-old resource room students through controlled simulation of real-life situations in which students were encouraged to think of various solutions to a problem, evaluate them, and apply the best one. (CL)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Interpersonal Competence, Primary Education
Naslund, Shellie R.; L'Homme, Bertrand P. – Pointer, 1979
A four-step process for the development of a system for the management of classroom behavior is presented. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Charts, Classroom Techniques
Gilles, Joanne – Pointer, 1979
Designed for use with emotionally and behaviorally disordered students, the materials presented in the column are intended to meet the developmental needs of the population, prevent or reduce crisis situations, or foster student awareness of alternative ways of handling conflict. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Decision Stories: A Tool for Developing the Problem-Solving Skills of Learning-Disabled Adolescents.
Unruh, David; Policastro, Margaret – Pointer, 1988
This article briefly reviews problem-solving deficits in learning-disabled adolescents; describes decision stories; and explores how they can be used to make students more active, problem-solving learners. Three decision stories are presented to demonstrate their potential for helping students approach and/or solve academic and social problems.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Learning Disabilities, Problem Solving
Greenfield, Susan D.; McNeil, Mary E. – Pointer, 1987
An intensive 10-day peer tutor training component is described as a key element in the success of a peer tutoring program in mathematics for 21 low-achieving second graders. Results suggest the program's effectiveness in increasing the speed and accuracy of responses on written speed tests of addition facts. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Addition, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Problems, Low Achievement
