Teachers / Program Staff
Teachers' Views of the Efficacy of Incorporating the Project Approach into Classroom Practice with Diverse Learners
This study provides preliminary insight into teachers' perspectives on ways that the Project Approach can help to support instruction of learners with a range of strengths and needs, and learners from a vari
Addressing the Needs of Different Groups of Early Adolescents: Effects of Varying School and Classroom Organizational Practices on Students from Different Social Backgrounds and Abilities
This study addresses the issue of how different school organizational patterns affect the academic learning of students of different backgrounds and abilities.
Constructivist Teaching and Student Achievement: The Results of a School-level Classroom Observation Study in Washington
A classroom observation study was conducted in the 2001-2002 school year among a selection of Washington schools to identify the extent of constructivist teaching activity.
The evolution of discipline practices: School-wide positive behavior supports
In response to public requests to improve the purpose and structure of discipline systems, schools have increased their emphases on “school-wide” positive behavior support.
Operation BRAVE Families: A preventive approach to lessening the impact of war on military families through preclinical engagement
Objectives: Operation Building Resilience and Valuing Empowered Families (OBF) is a preventive, preclinical program that was developed by the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service
What works in prevention: Principles of effective prevention programs
The high prevalence of drug abuse, delinquency, youth violence, and other youth problems creates a need to identify, and disseminate effective prevention strategies.
Academic Press: Translating High Expectations into School Policies and Classroom Practices.
Examines the connection between staff beliefs and the academic press outcomes of student academic norms, self-concept of academic ability and sense of academic futility.