ERIC Number: ED480432
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002-Dec-30
Pages: 120
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Project PEGS! Practices in Effective Guidance Strategies: Interactive CD-ROM Series for Educators To Practice Positive Behavior Management Skills, October 1, 1999-December 30, 2002. Final Performance Report.
Quirk, Constance A.
This final report describes the activities and outcomes of a federally funded project designed to produce and field-test two computer-based interactive CD-ROMs: "PEGS! for Preschool" and "PEGS! for Secondary School". These programs, in a game format, provide beginning general and special educators with independent practice in using basic behavior management strategies. The 43 teachers and assistant teachers who volunteered to evaluate the PEGS! CD-ROM programs gave high ratings of approval overall and also on each quality criterion (relevant content, a helpful learning experience, and easy to use). A follow-up study in 23 classrooms showed statistically significant increases in the skills of participants after using the programs independently during a 2-week period. Average skills in behavior management increased 41% for 12 early childhood educators and 42% for 11 middle and high school teachers. In addition, negative responses from children decreased by 64% for early childhood educators and 28% for secondary teachers. While the sample sizes for these preliminary field tests were small, the results hold promise that the PEGS! programs can be effective inservice training tools for independent adult learning and enhanced behavior management skills. Appended are: (1) Parents and Professional Advisory Councils; (2) Instructional Design Documents and Definitions of Strategies; (3) Text Vignette Summaries; (4) Formative Evaluation of "PEGS! for Preschool" by College Students; (5) Formative Evaluation of "PEGS! for Middle/High School" by College Students; (6) Georgia Distribution; (7) Rating Scales for the CD-ROMs; and (8) Rating Adult Strategies: Early Childhood Educators [and] Middle/High School Teachers. (Contains 33 references, 14 tables, 7 figures, and 5 charts.) (Author/SG)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Georgia Univ., Athens. Coll. of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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