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Hirsch, Shanna E.; Randall, Kristina N.; Common, Eric Alan; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2020
Content-focused practice-based professional development (PBPD) with active learning is one avenue to support teachers in learning new strategies, practices, and programs. This type of professional development moves away from traditional lectures. In this descriptive study, the authors used a pre-post group design to examine the extent to which a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Englert, Carol Sue; Mariage, Troy V.; Truckenmiller, Adrea J.; Brehmer, Julie; Hicks, Karen; Chamberlain, Courtney – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2020
In this study, the authors examine the learning of 48 preservice teachers (PSTs) taking a literacy course in special education and the primary-grade struggling readers they tutored in a field component of the course. The primary purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the effects of the course and tutoring on PSTs' knowledge and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Competencies
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Gettinger, Maribeth; Stoiber, Karen; Koscik, Rebecca – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2008
In this article, the effectiveness of pre-service training that focuses on collaborative consultation and positive behavior support for treatment of challenging behaviors is evaluated. The effectiveness of an 8-month training program is evaluated for three participant groups: (a) 16 advanced undergraduate and master's-level students who received…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Self Efficacy, Program Effectiveness, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)