Descriptor
| Behavior Problems | 5 |
| Learning | 5 |
| Operant Conditioning | 5 |
| Behavior Change | 3 |
| Reinforcement | 3 |
| Reading | 2 |
| Student Behavior | 2 |
| Teaching Methods | 2 |
| Academic Achievement | 1 |
| Achievement Gains | 1 |
| Adjustment (to Environment) | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Clearing House | 1 |
| Journal of Counseling… | 1 |
| PEN: The Preschool Education… | 1 |
| Psychology in the Schools | 1 |
Author
| Bednar, Richard L. | 1 |
| Denton, Jon J. | 1 |
| Guyer, Barbara P. | 1 |
| Katz, Lilian G. | 1 |
| PRINCE, ALBERT I. | 1 |
| Wagner, Rudolph F. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedBednar, Richard L.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1970
This study on operant conditioning showed that both groups showed significant improvement in reading skills from pretest to posttest, but that the reinforced group showed significantly more improvement than the nonreinforced group. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Learning, Operant Conditioning
Download full textKatz, Lilian G. – PEN: The Preschool Education Newsletter, 1971
Innovative models for education are often quickly adopted. Behavior modification, or operant conditioning, is an example of a technique which has been widely used because, when properly applied in the classroom, it "works." However, the application of a technique should be carefully thought through in terms of the meaning of the behavior in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children, Emotional Problems
Peer reviewedWagner, Rudolph F.; Guyer, Barbara P. – Psychology in the Schools, 1971
Findings suggest that conditioning a student's attending behavior to a given task seems to affect general adjustment behavior positively and thus decreases disciplinary problems in school. However, it does not seem to have an influence on performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Discipline Problems
Peer reviewedDenton, Jon J. – Clearing House, 1978
An overview is presented of systematic behavioral analysis as a method for modifying both social and cognitive behaviors through reinforcement. Various techniques are explained: response differentiation, shaping, chaining, fading, extinction, timeout, and response cost. (SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
PRINCE, ALBERT I. – 1967
A SET OF BEHAVIORAL PRINCIPLES USED IN INTELLECTUAL REHABILITATION OF A SMALL GROUP OF THIRD GRADERS WITH EDUCATIONAL AND RELATED BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS WAS EVALUATED. SUBJECTS SELECTED WERE EIGHT THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS AGED 8 TO 10, WHO WERE 1 YEAR BEHIND IN READING AS MEASURED BY A STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TEST AND 1 YEAR BEHIND IN EITHER SPELLING OR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Behavior, Behavior Change
