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The effects of school-based consultation on general education teachers' use of praise in the classroom
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The effects of school-based consultation on general education teachers' use of praise in the classroom
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Effects of consultation on teachers' use of praise
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Barbarasch
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Beth G.
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1987-
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Beth Barbarasch
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author
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Reddy
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Linda A.
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Linda A. Reddy
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Elias
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Maurice J.
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Maurice J. Elias
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Advisory Committee
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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theses
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2013
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2013-10
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xx
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eng
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Decades of research has shown that the single most effective method of improving students’ appropriate behavior in the classroom is behavioral praise, however it still continues to be one of the least used classroom practices in general education classrooms. Although teacher consultation has been deemed efficacious in improving teachers’ skills and competencies, few studies have investigated the utility of consultation on improving educators’ general classroom practices. The present study aimed to examine how teacher consultation can improve general education teachers’ use of praise in the classroom as well as the behavior functioning of their students, as perceived by the teacher. The study included thirty nine general education teachers who were assigned to one of three groups based on their baseline use of academic and behavioral praise: (1) below average rates of both academic and behavioral praise, (2) below average rates of behavioral praise and average rates of academic praise and (3) below average rates of behavioral praise and above average rates of academic praise. Moderating variables were also examined, specifically if already existing use of academic praise in the teachers’ daily practices could serve to increase their use of behavioral praise following consultation compared to teachers who use minimal academic praise at baseline. Within group effect sizes revealed that teachers’ use of academic and behavioral praise significantly increased following consultation in all three groups. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) did not reveal any differences between groups at post-test, indicating that pre-existing use of academic praise did not serve as a moderator to improving behavioral praise. While teachers reported improvements in their own behavior, they did not report improvements in their students’ behavior functioning from baseline to post test. Implications for research and practice are outlined.
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School Psychology
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Praise
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Learning, Psychology of
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School psychology
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD_4549
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electronic resource
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viii, 67 p. : ill.
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Psy.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Beth G. Barbarasch
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Teacher-student relationships
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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rucore10001800001
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doi:10.7282/T3TD9V9G
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Barbarasch
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Beth
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2013-03-26 10:07:59
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Beth Barbarasch
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Rutgers University. Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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