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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Ennis, Robin Parks; Jolivette, Kristine; Boden, Lauren J. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2013
Self-regulated strategy development is an evidence-based practice for use with students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD). This study adds to the current research base by conducting the first investigation in a residential facility for students with E/BD and the first classwide investigation at the elementary level with students with…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Children, Residential Programs
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Bundy, Alysha; McWhirter, Paula T.; McWhirter, J. Jeffries – Education and Treatment of Children, 2011
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of booster sessions on the maintenance of intervention gains following an anger management prevention program: "Student Created Aggression Replacement Education Program" ("SCARE"). Participants who had completed the "SCARE" program a year earlier were randomly assigned into either a booster…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Empathy, Psychological Patterns
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Myers, Diane M.; Simonsen, Brandi; Sugai, George – Education and Treatment of Children, 2011
A multiple baseline design across teachers was used to evaluate the effects of a systematic, response-to-intervention (RTI) approach on rates of desired teacher behavior. Specifically, teachers whose rates of specific, contingent praise were nonresponsive to typical schoolwide positive behavior support training (primary intervention tier) were…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Problems, Behavior Problems, Teacher Behavior
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McDaniel, Sara C.; Duchaine, Ellen L.; Jolivette, Kristine – Education and Treatment of Children, 2010
Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) experience deficits in social, behavioral, and academic areas. Of great importance in the academic area is reading achievement. Students with E/BD who struggle with reading tend to have negative in-school and post-school outcomes. Due to the severity of potential outcomes, it is essential to…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Corrective Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
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Veerkamp, Mary Baldwin; Kamps, Debra M.; Cooper, Lori – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
This study investigated the effects of Classwide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) on the reading skills of urban middle-school students using novels as the curriculum. Teacher-led instruction was compared with CWPT and CWPT plus a lottery contingency for appropriate on-task and tutoring behaviors. Three sixth-grade general education reading classes under the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Oral Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Rate
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Kingery, Julie Newman; Erdley, Cynthia A. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
The role of peer acceptance, number of mutual friends, and friendship quality in predicting adjustment across the transition from elementary to middle school was examined. Participants were 146 students (68 boys, 78 girls) who participated in the Time 1 (spring of fifth grade) and Time 2 (fall of sixth grade) assessments. Peer acceptance and…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Friendship, Student Adjustment, Elementary School Students