Generalized Effects of a Highly Structured Time-on-Task Intervention

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald B. Bailey ◽  
William N. Bender ◽  
Gary B. Stuck ◽  
Marvin D. Wyne
Keyword(s):  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Regular Classroom ◽  
Time On Task ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Peer Ratings ◽  
Tutorial Program ◽  
Regular Class ◽  
Task Program

Peer ratings of the behaviors of 42 third and 73 sixth grade low-achieving children were examined to assess the extent co which effects of a highly structured time-on-task program generalized to the regular classroom. When compared with low-achieving peers who received supplementary remedial instruction in basic skills in a tutorial program, time-on-task students received significantly higher post-intervention peer ratings on task orientation. These results indicated that effects on task orientation generalized to the regular class, but effects on classroom misbehavior or social acceptance did not generalize. Implications for the availability of time-on-task in classrooms were discussed.

The Effects of Reverse-Role Tutoring on the Social Acceptance of Students with Behavioral Disorders

1987 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenore Shisler ◽  
Russell T. Osguthorpe ◽  
William D. Eiserman
Keyword(s):  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Behaviorally Disordered ◽  
Regular Class

The objective of the study was to determine whether participating in reverse-role tutoring would improve nonhandicapped students' attitudes toward behaviorally disordered peers. A total of 88 students participated in the study; 6 fifth grade and 8 sixth grade aged behaviorally disordered tutors, 12 fifth grade and 16 sixth grade aged regular class tutees, and 46 fifth and sixth grade aged regular class students comprising two control groups. A pretest-posttest control group design was utilized to compare the responses made by tutees on a student attitudes questionnaire with the responses made by those in the control groups. Analysis of variance of the regular class students' pretest responses indicated that the behaviorally disordered students were less accepted than were regular class peers. Analysis of covariance showed that the tutees rated their behaviorally disordered tutors significantly higher than different-class controls. The tutees did not, however, generalize more positive attitudes toward a class of behaviorally disordered students with whom they did not have tutoring contact.

Mainstreaming: An Examination of the Attitudes and Needs of Regular Classroom Teachers

1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floyd Hudson ◽  
Steve Graham ◽  
Michael Warner
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Regular Classroom ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Exceptional Children ◽  
Regular Class ◽  
Secondary Purpose ◽  
Educational Degree ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
And Training

A questionnaire was administered to elementary-school regular class teachers to determine their attitudes and needs in regard to mainstreaming the exceptional child. The questionnaire was designed to elicit teachers' attitudes and their perceptions of time, materials, skills, support services, and training needs in relation to teaching mainstreamed exceptional children in their classroom. The secondary purpose of the study was to determine whether locale, educational degree, or teaching level affect those perceptions. Results indicated that teachers evidenced unfavorable attitudes towards mainstreaming. They believed that they did not have the time, support services, or training necessary to teach exceptional children in their classroom effectively. It was speculated that with additional training, teachers would have the necessary skills to competently participate in a mainstreaming program. Locale, educational degree, and teaching level did not differentially affect teachers' attitudes and needs.

Social Position and Speaking Competence of Stuttering and Normally Fluent Boys

1974 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 740-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Lee Woods
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Peer Evaluation ◽  
Minor Importance ◽  
School Age ◽  
Peer Ratings ◽  
Elementary School Age ◽  
The Third

To assess the relation of social position to speaking competence and to determine the stuttering child’s awareness of peer evaluation, ratings of social position and speaking competence were obtained from 24 stuttering boys (12 mild and 12 moderate or severe) in each the third and sixth grade and from 562 of their normally fluent male classmates. Peer ratings, self-estimates of ratings, and reasons for certain ratings also were obtained. No significant differences between groups of stuttering boys were found. Upon comparison with fluent boys, stuttering boys both expected to be and were rated significantly poorer as speakers than were the normally fluent. No significant differences were found, however, between stuttering and fluent boys on social position measures, suggesting that whether or not an elementary-school-age boy stuttered was of minor importance in determining his social role among his peers.

Social Interaction and Acceptance of Mildly Retarded Children in a Mainstream Special Educational Setting

1985 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Espiner ◽  
Keri Wilton ◽  
Ted Glynn
Keyword(s):  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Special Class ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Academic Progress ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Regular Class ◽  
The Social

AbstractThe social acceptance (by non-handicapped children) and classroom and playground social behaviour of the five former special class pupils was studied. Six months prior to the study the pupils had been transferred to an experimental mainstream special educational programme within the same school. At the time of the study, the mainstreamed children were all maintaining or surpassing the rates of academic progress they had shown in the special class and they were well accepted by their classmates. Their social behaviour during unstructured classroom and playground activities closely approximated that of their classmates, but in the case of playground activities differed markedly from that of pupils who had remained in the special class. The results indicate that mainstream special educational facilities can work effectively — i.e., academically and socially, for at least some mildly retarded children. Where resources permit and the support of regular class teachers is available, there would appear to be some advantages for the children concerned.

scholarly journals Effects of Exergaming on Preschoolers’ Executive Functions and Perceived Competence: A Pilot Randomized Trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanying Xiong ◽  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Zan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Physical Competence ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Perceived Social Acceptance

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a child-centered exergaming program and a traditional teacher-led physical activity (PA) program on preschoolers’ executive functions and perceived competence. Methods: Sixty children aged 4–5 years from an urban childcare center in China completed an 8-week exergaming/traditional PA intervention. After baseline measurements of executive functions and perceived competence (i.e., perceived physical competence and social acceptance), children were randomly assigned to either an exergaming group or traditional PA group (30 children per group). Exergaming and traditional PA programs were offered 20 min/session by trained instructors for 8 weeks. Post-intervention measures were identical to baseline measures. Results: In general, children’s executive functions, perceived physical competence, and perceived social acceptance were enhanced over time. Analysis of variance revealed significant time by group interaction effects for executive functions, F(1, 58) = 12.01, p = 0.01, and perceived social acceptance, F(1, 58) = 6.04, p = 0.02, indicating that the exergaming intervention group displayed significantly greater increases in executive functions and perceived social acceptance in comparison with traditional PA children. In addition, children’s executive functions and perceived physical and social competence significantly improved from baseline to post-intervention. However, there was no significant difference in the increase of children’s perceived physical competence across groups over time. Conclusion: The results suggested exergaming to be beneficial in enhancing young children’s executive functions and perceived social acceptance compared to the traditional PA program. More diverse samples with a longer intervention duration in preschool children in urban areas are warranted.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Using the Overlapping Waves Strategy During the Teaching of Geography in Acquiring the Realistic Thinking Skills and Improving the Attitudes Toward it Among the Sixth Grade Students in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Ahmed I. Daoud
Keyword(s):  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Geography Teaching ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

The study aimed to examine the effectiveness of using the overlapping waves strategy during the teaching of geography lessons in acquiring realistic thinking skills and improving the attitudes towards geography in a sample of sixth grade students in Jordan using the quasi-experimental method. The purposive method was used to select the study sample (n = 64) students, who were randomly assigned either to the experimental group (n = 32), taught geography lessons with the overlapping waves strategy method, or the control group (n = 32), taught  geography lessons with the usual method. The Realistic Thinking Skills Test (RTT) was prepared with its three dimensions, as well as the attitudes towards Geography Scale (AGS). After verifying their validity and validity, the two instruments were applied to the sample as pre post intervention. The results of the statistical analysis indicated that there were statistically significant differences at (α = 0.05) in the post test between the mean of the experimental group and the control group scores on the Realistic Thinking Skills Scale (RTS) and the Attitudes towards Geography Scale (AGS) in favor of the experimental group, indicating the efficiency of using the overlapping waves strategy used in the current study in geography teaching.

Teaching Secondary Learning Disabled Students to the Mainstream

1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa E. Laurie ◽  
Lorie Buchwach ◽  
Rita Silverman ◽  
Naomi Zigmond
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Regular Classroom ◽  
Educational Programming ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Regular Educators ◽  
Regular Class ◽  
Cooperative Planning

Without effective cooperative planning between the learning disabilities teacher and the regular classroom teacher, the probability of successfully mainstreaming an LD adolescent into the regular classroom is greatly reduced. Cooperative planning is an educational programming and monitoring arrangement between special and regular educators on behalf of LD students. This article presents the thesis that a major part of the learning disabilities teacher's role is to assist the mainstream teacher in developing and implementing instructional alternatives. The authors delineate prerequisites for bringing about educational change in the mainstream and specify a sequence of steps for systematically creating change in the regular class on behalf of LD adolescents.

Regular Classroom Sociometric Status of Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents

1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward J. Sabornie ◽  
James M. Kauffman
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Sociometric Status ◽  
Regular Classroom ◽  
School Students ◽  
Behaviorally Disordered ◽  
Regular Classrooms ◽  
School Day ◽  
Acceptance Scale

This study examined the regular classroom sociometric status of behaviorally disordered and nonhandicapped high school students. In six schools 43 behaviorally disordered subjects who attended regular classes for portions of the school day were matched with an equal number of nonhandicapped students. A rating scale sociometric instrument, the Ohio Social Acceptance Scale (OSAS), was administered in 33 physical education classes that had behaviorally disordered students enrolled. The results indicated that behaviorally disordered subjects, in comparison to matched nonhandicapped students, were lower in regular classroom sociometric status. In addition, behaviorally disordered students were as well known as their matched peers, and rated fellow behaviorally disordered students in the same classes higher than nonhandicapped raters. The findings are consistent with similar studies, and highlight the need for quality instruction to assist handicapped students in their social relationships in regular classrooms.

Maximising the Potential of the Gifted Child in the Regular Classroom: A Professional Development Issue

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Moltzen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Gifted And Talented ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Inservice Teachers ◽  
Regular Classroom ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regular Class ◽  
Class Teacher

Although most gifted students in most countries spend most of their time in the regular classroom, attention to equipping the regular class teacher to cater effectively for the gifted and talented in this context has been minimal. The opposition to basing primary provisions for the gifted in the regular classroom are more a legacy of the past, and often more difficult to sustain in the light of pedagogical shifts in many countries. On the other hand, our efforts directed at provisions outside the regular classroom, and particularly the pullout programme approach, may not have yielded the positive outcomes it was expected they would. The proposition of this paper, based on the author's extensive teaching experience, numerous professional development courses for preservice and inservice teachers, and first hand investigations of programmes for the gifted in a number of countries, is that the regular classroom may well be the most appropriate environment for the ‘primary’ delivery of programmes for most gifted students. The rationale for such a position is outlined, together with the essential elements of such an approach to be effective.

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