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Direct linkCaldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross A. A.; Williams, Leslie; Lulla, Saanya R.; Wills, Howard P. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2022
Middle level school teachers commonly measure and monitor students' academic performance, but such is not the case for students' classroom behavior. This is unfortunate, given the rise in students' classroom behavior problems in middle school, especially for students who experience emotional or behavioral disorders. The Classroom Performance…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Middle School Students, Student Evaluation, Behavior Problems
Gunersel, Adalet B.; Mason, Benjamin A.; Wills, Howard P.; Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie; Henley, Vanessa M. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2023
Disruptive student behavior is a significant challenge in schools and a predictor of student failure. Effective classroom management is a crucial skill that middle level teachers must acquire to foster student engagement and learning. This qualitative study explored the experiences and perceptions of 35 middle level teachers in both general…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness
Wills, Howard P.; Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie; Fleming, Kandace; Chen, Pei-Yu – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2023
Middle school is a cornerstone for success in high school. However, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral engagement of adolescents often decline as they transition from elementary to middle school, resulting in lower school grades and more challenging behaviors, especially for adolescents with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Intervention
Download full textMonson, Kimberly D.; Caldarella, Paul; Anderson, Darlene H.; Wills, Howard P. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2020
Classroom management is commonly challenging in middle schools. Class-wide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT) is a multitiered intervention designed to decrease problem behaviors at the classroom level. It is comprises evidence-based practices such as teaching classroom expectations, increasing teacher praise, and using positive…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Student Improvement, Classroom Techniques
Monson, Kimberly D.; Caldarella, Paul; Anderson, Darlene H.; Wills, Howard P. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Classroom management is commonly challenging in middle schools. Class-wide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT) is a multi-tiered intervention designed to decrease problem behaviors at the classroom level. It is comprised of evidence-based practices such as teaching classroom expectations, increasing teacher praise, and using positive…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Student Improvement, Classroom Techniques
Orr, Robyn K.; Caldarella, Paul; Hansen, Blake D.; Wills, Howard P. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Middle school special education teachers often express concern about challenging student behavior. Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT), a behavior management program based on school-wide positive behavior support, has been effective in elementary general education classrooms. The present study, the first to apply it in a middle…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Student Behavior, Middle School Students, Special Education
Wills, Howard P.; Caldarella, Paul; Mason, Benjamin A.; Lappin, Amanda; Anderson, Darlene H. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2019
Transitioning from elementary to middle school is a time of particular vulnerability for students with behavior problems. This study examined the effects of class-wide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT) in three middle school classrooms to determine whether this multitiered intervention could help teachers proactively manage student…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Middle School Students, Classroom Techniques, Intervention
Wills, Howard P.; Caldarella, Paul; Mason, Benjamin; Lappin, Amanda; Anderson, Darlene H. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Transitioning from elementary to middle school is a time of particular vulnerability for students with behavior problems. This study examined the effects of class-wide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT) in three middle school classrooms to determine whether this multi-tiered intervention could help teachers proactively manage student…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Middle School Students, Classroom Techniques, Intervention
Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross A. A.; Williams, Leslie; Wills, Howard P. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2023
Middle school teachers frequently struggle with positively managing student behavior. However, praise-to-reprimand ratios (PRRs) have received little research attention. PRRs studied in elementary school have been positively associated with improvements in on-task and prosocial behavior, but limited research has been conducted on optimal PRRs in…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Correlation, Prosocial Behavior, At Risk Students
Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross A. A.; Williams, Leslie; Wills, Howard P. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Middle school teachers frequently struggle with positively managing student behavior. However, praise-to-reprimands ratios (PRRs) have received little research attention. PRRs studied in elementary school have been associated positively with improvements in on-task and prosocial behavior, but limited research has been conducted on optimal PRRs in…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Correlation, Prosocial Behavior, At Risk Students
Caldarella, Paul; Wills, Howard P.; Anderson, Darlene H.; Williams, Leslie – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2019
During the transition from the elementary to middle grades, young adolescents may become increasingly vulnerable for emotional and behavioral problems. Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams for middle level school (CW-FIT MS), the independent variable examined in this study, was developed to improve teaching and learning by fostering…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Intervention, Early Adolescents
Caldarella, Paul; Wills, Howard P.; Anderson, Darlene H.; Williams, Leslie – Grantee Submission, 2019
During the transition from elementary to middle school, adolescents may become increasingly vulnerable for emotional and behavioral problems. Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams for middle school (CW-FIT MS), the independent variable examined in this study, was developed to improve teaching and learning by fostering student engagement.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Intervention, Early Adolescents
