Greeting Study - methodology
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Students
Intervention
- Greet all students verbally or greeting a subset - Researcher choice
- Plan A: greet all the students similarly
- Plan B: greet targeted students specially
- Identify the N students with behavioral problems
- Use names or personal details when possible – no questions during greeting time
- Greet several days in a row
Control
- Start with the normal greeting and implement intervention in second week
Data Collection
Measures
Measure of on taskness:
- Plan A: rate the % of students on task at a set time(s) each class
- Plan B: tally the number of behavioral issues for each of the targeted students
- Include disruptive behavior, off task, obvious non-participation
other potential measures
Attendance (easy to measure but not likely to show results) Completion of work (warm up activity) Participation
