Recent research has emphasized the importance of manipulating antecedent variables to reduce interfering behaviors when teaching persons with autism. Few studies have focused on the effects of the rate of teacher-presented instructional demands as an independent variable. In this study, an alternating treatment design was used to evaluate the effects of varied rates of teacher-presented demands...

The role of teacher behavior management for children's disruptive behavior development (hyperactive and oppositional behavior) was investigated using a universal classroom preventive intervention study. Five-hundred seventy children were followed from second to third grade of elementary school. Observations of teacher behavior management and children's on-task and off-task classroom behavior an...

BOTH hypotheses and conclusions relating teacher-pupil behavior to pupil growth tend to be stated in simple, declara tive sentences, as: "Increased teacher indi rectness is associated with increased pupil growth in subject matter and more favor able attitudes"; or, "Decreased teacher criti cism is associated with more favorable pu pil attitudes and increased subject-matter growth." Yet probably...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of Preventing Obesity by Design (POD), a childcare center outdoor renovation intervention. DESIGN Pre-post intervention evaluation. SETTING North Carolina licensed childcare centers (N = 27). SUBJECTS Preschool children. INTERVENTION Outdoor renovation, teacher training. MEASURES Behavior mapping, Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (P...

-The purpose of this study focused on the learning behavior and performance of asynchronous distance learning with face recognition system among in-service teachers. Web set up the "distance learning – Excel practical course" for K-12 school teachers enrollment in-service education at the Nationwide Teacher In-service Education Information Web. There are 48 Participants. In this study, teacher'...

Studied the effectiveness of parent and teacher training as a selective prevention program for 272 Head Start mothers and their 4-year-old children and 61 Head Start teachers. Fourteen Head Start centers (34 classrooms) were randomly assigned to (a) an experimental condition in which parents, teachers, and family service workers participated in the prevention program (Incredible Years) or (b) a...

Though the professionalism of teaching is still a debatable issue, teaching provides an indispensible service to every society and civilization. The service provided by teaching seems to be more indispensible to any society than services provided by any other profession. To those that teach, the way they perceive themselves and the value of their services tend to make a lot of difference. The s...

This presentation draws on teacher effectiveness research to consider implications for teacher professional development. The first part provides a critical review of research on teacher effectiveness. The major findings of this field of research are analyzed. It is argued that teacher factors are presented as being in opposition to one another and that the whole process of searching for teacher...

The development of interactive online technology has enabled the development of online and virtual schools in Europe, North America and elsewhere. These forms of school education challenge conventional schooling modes characterised by the physical presence of teachers and students in a building using experiential modes of learning. This paper considers examples of online projects for European s...