Effects of Choice-Making Opportunities on the Behavior of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.

Jolivette, Kristine; Wehby, Joseph H.; Canale, Jennifer; Massey, N. Gayle

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ERIC Number: EJ623151

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Effects of Choice-Making Opportunities on the Behavior of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.

Jolivette, Kristine; Wehby, Joseph H.; Canale, Jennifer; Massey, N. Gayle

Behavioral Disorders, v26 n2 p131-45 Feb 2001

A study involving three elementary students with emotional/behavioral disorders in a self-contained special education classroom compared the effects of choice and no choice conditions on academic and social behaviors. Opportunities to make choices during academic situations positively affected the academic and social behaviors of two of the three students. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Personal Autonomy, Self Contained Classrooms, Self Determination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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