ERIC Number: EJ956578
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1537-7903
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Enhancing On-Task Behavior in Fourth-Grade Students Using a Modified Color Wheel System
Blondin, Carolyn; Skinner, Christopher; Parkhurst, John; Wood, Allison; Snyder, Jamie
Journal of Applied School Psychology, v28 n1 p37-58 2012
The authors used a withdrawal design to evaluate the effects of a modified Color Wheel System (M-CWS) on the on-task behavior of 7 students enrolled in the 4th grade. Standard CWS procedures were modified to include a 4th set of rules designed to set behavioral expectation for cooperative learning activities. Mean data showed that immediately after the M-CWS was applied, on-task behavior increased. In subsequent phases, on-task behavior immediately decreased when the M-CWS was withdrawn and immediately increased when it was reapplied, with no overlapping data across adjacent phases. For each participant, effects sizes calculated across the 3 adjacent phases revealed large effects for 20/21 comparisons. In addition to providing evidence of internal validity, these results demonstrate how educators can adapt the system. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Evidence, Cooperative Learning, Time on Task, Grade 4, Teaching Methods, Student Behavior, Color, Data Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Educators, Effect Size, Validity, Evaluation, Elementary School Students, School Psychologists, Behavior Problems, Response to Intervention, Urban Areas
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4
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Language: English
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