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Differential Reinforcement to Reduce Disruptive Behaviors in a Blind Boy with a Learning Disability.
Peer reviewedHeitzman, A. J.; Alimena, M. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
Differential reinforcement of low rates of responding was used to reduce the disruptive behaviors of a blind 12-year-old boy with a learning disability. The subject earned reinforcers by not exceeding the established criterion of disruptive behaviors. An overall 88 percent reduction in target behaviors was observed across a 26-day period.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Blindness, Intermediate Grades
Golub, Lester S.; Sweeney, Gladys M. – 1981
The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it evaluates the effectiveness of token economy programs in increasing academic performance in a bilingual education classroom setting. Second, it attempts to train the teacher in the basic behavior modification principles and assist her/him in the delivery of appropriate and consistent reinforcement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedWitt, Joseph C.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1983
Describes the effects of a home-based reinforcement program (designed to modify classroom behaviors) on the academic performance and behavior of three fourth-grade boys. Results demonstrated the effectiveness of home-based reinforcement intervention in improving the academic performance of underachieving children while simultaneously reducing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Download full textWilson, Patti; Rhymer, Katrina; Landis, Julie; Skinner, Christopher – 2001
A project was undertaken to investigate the effects of tootling on social skills, self-concept, interpersonal relations, and classroom environment. The tootling intervention reinforces students for engaging in acts of kindness. Two fifth-grade classes participated in the study over a seven-week period. The Social Skills Rating System, the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Environment, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedSalzberg, Rita S.; Salzberg, Charles L. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1981
Subjects of the study were five elementary string class students (grades 4-6) who performed consistently with incorrect left-hand positions. Although students varied in response to different teaching styles, praise was always as effective as corrective feedback in changing the left-hand position and more durable in its effectiveness. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Feedback, Generalization, Intermediate Grades
Witt, Joseph C.; And Others – 1983
A home-based reinforcement program was instituted with three underachieving fourth graders who exhibited inappropriate behavior. Each day the children brought home a workbook assignment indicating percentage of correct responses and parents provided reinforcement for correct items and for improvement over time. Effectiveness on completion of daily…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Grade 4
Peer reviewedSalend, Spencer J.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1992
This study found that use of a dependent group evaluation system effectively decreased the group's inappropriate verbalizations and that the 9 students (ages 11-13) with disabilities had positive reactions to the system. The system involved delivering reinforcement based on an identified student's rating and congruence of the student's rating with…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities
Peer reviewedSalend, Spencer J.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1993
Twenty students (ages 11-15) with disabilities used a consensus-based group evaluation system to evaluate their group's behavior during a specified time period. Comparing team ratings to teacher ratings and delivering reinforcement (based on group behavior and team accuracy in rating behavior) was found to be an effective strategy for modifying…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
