ERIC Number: ED385860
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Mar
Pages: 46
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Using Author-Created Literature To Correct Disciplinary Problems in the Kindergarten Classroom.
Wallace-Hendrick, Debora
A project was developed and implemented to help correct the behavioral problems most commonly found in the kindergarten classroom in a central Florida school. Three literature-based units were produced and used by a target group of six kindergarten teachers and their students. The objectives were to increase positive behaviors in listening, decrease aggressive behaviors, and increase getting along with other students by 10%. The main strategy was the use of writer-developed stories based around each of the identified behaviors along with follow-up classroom activities. A listening teacher observational tool, editorial team survey of aggressive behaviors, and a teacher-made rating scale for getting along with others were used by the target group of teachers to measure each student's behavioral change. All of the project objectives were met. Results of the posttest showed an 82% increase in positive behaviors in listening, a 40% decrease in aggressive behaviors, and a 77% increase in positive behaviors in the area of getting along with others. (Appendixes include a needs assessment survey, a literature evaluation form, a listening teacher observational tool, an editorial team survey of aggressive behaviors, and a teacher-made rating scale for getting along with others. Contains 12 references.) (Author/TB)
Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Practicum Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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