ERIC Number: EJ1485345
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-0819
EISSN: EISSN-1573-3513
Available Date: 2023-11-18
Redesigning Check-In/Check-Out to Improve On-Task Behavior in a Chinese Classroom
Han Jiang1; Wilma Vialle2; Stuart Woodcock3
Journal of Behavioral Education, v34 n2 p371-398 2025
Check-in/check-out (CICO) is a Tier 2 behavioral management system in the School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) framework, which is widely used in Western schools. However, this system is not currently used in public schools in mainland China, mainly because of the large class sizes. This study redesigned CICO to facilitate its implementation in schools in mainland China. This new intervention, which we call team leader-mediated check-in and check-out (TLM-CICO), combines the CICO system and the Chinese team leader system. We used an ABAB reversal design to evaluate the effects of TLM-CICO for three fifth-grade students who exhibited off-task behavior and varying degrees of problem behavior. The results indicated that there were functional relationships between the intervention and on-task behavior in teachers' instruction and self-study. The three teachers who implemented the TLM-CICO generally accepted the intervention and expressed their intention to use this system in their future classroom management. We also discussed the implications of the results, limitations of the study, and future directions.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Positive Behavior Supports, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Behavior Problems, Intervention
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1Zhejiang Normal University, College of Special Education, Hangzhou, China; 2University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia; 3Griffith University, School of Education and Professional Studies, Brisbane, Australia

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