Date of Award
8-1981
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Special Education: M.S.
Department
Special Education
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Floyd Ayers
Second Advisor
Stan Knox
Third Advisor
Doug Johnson
Creative Commons License
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Keywords and Subject Headings
Glasser’s Reality Therapy, Problem solving approach, Teacher training, Effectiveness of inservice training
Abstract
This study focused on inservice teacher education effectiveness by comparing the problem solving scores obtained by practicing teachers before and after their participation in an inservice course entitled "Learning and Behavior I.”
The instrument used for this study was the Student Behavior Intervention Simulations, which was developed by the inservice course instructor. The subjects responded to fourteen student behavior simulations by choosing from a list of behavior intervention alternatives or creating an alternative of their own. Responses were then classified as problem solving or non-problem solving in nature.
The subjects for the study were twenty teachers from a central Minnesota middle school. Three treatment groups consisting of twelve subjects each also responded to the instrument for comparison purposes. The three groups included a graduate group of practicing teachers, an upper division undergraduate (UDU), and lower division undergraduate\ (LDU) group.
A significant difference was found to exist between the inservice subjects' pre and. post problem solving scores. No significant difference was found to exist between the inservice subjects' pre and the graduate, UDU, or LDU problem solving scores. A significant difference was found to exist between the inservice subjects' post problem solving scores when compared to the graduate, UDU, or LDU scores. No significant difference was found to exist when problem solving scores of' the graduate, UDU, and LDU were compared. The level of confidence for all comparisons was .05.
Recommended Citation
Donohue, Janet Salk, "A Study of an Inservice Program's Impact on Teacher Practices in Dealing with Student Behavior Problems" (1981). Culminating Projects in Special Education. 200.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/sped_etds/200
