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Assessing Teacher Use of Opportunities to Respond and Effective Classroom Management StrategiesComparisons Among High- and Low-Risk Elementary SchoolsUniversity of Missouri, stichterj{at}missouri.edu
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University of Texas-Austin
University of Missouri
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University of Texas-El Paso The importance of effective instruction on student academic and social achievement has been well documented. Strong classroom management and the use of high rates of opportunities to respond (OTR) have been two advocated classroom practices to positively impact student performance. This article presents an analysis of data collected across 35 general education classrooms in four elementary schools, assessing instructional variables associated with OTR. The relationship among OTR, measures of classroom management, and student work products was analyzed across Title and non-Title schools. Results indicate that teachers in the present study used components of OTR at rates similar to past research, but there were clear differences among Title I and non-Title schools. In addition, as teacher use of key instructional variables increased or decreased, other key variables posited as necessary by the literature often suffered. Implications for future research are discussed for students in high- and low-risk general education classrooms.
Key Words: effective instruction at-risk students classroom management
This version was published on April
1, 2009 Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Vol. 11, No. 2,
68-81 (2009) |
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