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Teaching Struggling Students Mathematics Online via Explicit Instruction
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Bouck, Emily C.; Long, Holly; Jakubow, Larissa – Preventing School Failure, 2022
Little-to-no research examines the provision of targeted mathematical interventions to students struggling with mathematics in a virtual environment. And yet, the global pandemic of 2020--extending into 2021--found schools in such a scenario. This article reports two studies in which researchers explored the intervention package of explicit…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Direct Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention
Survey of Secondary Youth on Relational Aggression: Impact of Bullying, Social Status, and Attitudes
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Kim, Ann Y.; Rose, Chad A.; Hopkins, Stephanie; Mc Cree, Nikita; Romero, Monica – Preventing School Failure, 2022
Aggression toward peers is a pervasive problem among school-aged youth. Specifically, relational aggression refers to actions intended to harm another through manipulating social relationships. A diverse group of students (N = 14,083) were surveyed regarding their pro-bullying attitudes, perceived social status, and whether they had perpetrated…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7
Paraprofessional Support and Perceptions of a Function-Based Classroom Intervention
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Hendrix, Nicole M.; Vancel, Samantha M.; Bruhn, Allison L.; Wise, Sara; Kang, Sungeun – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Paraprofessionals carry out behavior interventions for students with challenging behavior in inclusive classroom settings. Examination of paraprofessional involvement in behavior interventions informs how paraprofessionals may best support intervention implementation. The researchers used a withdrawal design to evaluate the effects of a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Intervention, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Student Behavior
Examining a Preteaching Framework to Improve Fraction Computation Outcomes among Struggling Learners
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Watt, Sarah J.; Therrien, William J. – Preventing School Failure, 2016
Thirty-two students enrolled in one of four sixth-grade classrooms across two elementary schools participated in this study. Students receiving supplemental and intensive instruction in math and those with math-related disabilities were participants. A treatment and control, pre/postexperimental design was used to examine the effect of preteaching…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
A Comparison of African American Students' Self-Perceptions of School Competence with Their Performance on State-Mandated Achievement Tests and Normed Tests of Oral and Written Language and Reading
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Gordon Pershey, Monica – Preventing School Failure, 2011
This study measured self-perceptions of school competence among 263 4th- and 6th-grade African American students who attended an academically challenged school district. Self-perceptions of school competence are defined as self-perceptions of ability, confidence, and school satisfaction. Results indicated that 4th-grade students had lesser…
Descriptors: African American Students, Written Language, Reading Tests, Academic Achievement
Oral Reading Fluency: Accuracy of Assessing Errors and Classification of Readers Using a 1-Min Timed Reading Sample
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Coulter, Gail; Shavin, Karen; Gichuru, Margaret – Preventing School Failure, 2009
Children in general education are classified by measures of oral reading fluency (ORF) to determine the level of support needed for reading. In addition, teachers use ORF measures with children who receive special education services to determine whether they are making progress toward their reading goals. In this descriptive study, the authors…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading Fluency, Scoring, Classification