ERIC Number: EJ1051341
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 74
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0936-2835
Effects of Sentence Instruction and Frequency Building to a Performance Criterion on Elementary-Aged Students with Behavioral Concerns and EBD
Datchuk, Shawn M.; Kubina, Richard M.; Mason, Linda H.
Exceptionality, v23 n1 p34-53 2015
Elementary-aged students with behavioral concerns and disabilities struggling to construct sentences stand a high likelihood for continued academic difficulty. Several studies have used sentence instruction with picture-word prompts to improve sentence level writing skills, including construction of simple sentences, syntax, capitalization, and punctuation. Research in other academic areas, such as mathematics and reading, have found students benefited from deliberate practice procedures resulting in fluency. The present study combined sentence instruction with a practice procedure and measured its impact on the writing performance of four elementary-aged students with behavioral concerns and disabilities. The study used a single case experimental design. The intervention produced gains in the frequency of simple sentences constructed and other sentence level writing skills.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Sentences, Teaching Methods, Prompting, Pictorial Stimuli, Writing Skills, Syntax, Punctuation, Drills (Practice), Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Intervention, At Risk Students, Special Education, Inclusion, Maintenance
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: United States (East); Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement; Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills (Brigance)
IES Funded: Yes
IES Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A070199-07

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