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Download full textBlindert, H. Dieter – 1973
Twenty children diagnosed as mentally retarded (MR) were enrolled in a special training program designed to increase Ss' school-appropriate behaviors by means of the sequential and consequential arrangement of teaching objectives and teaching procedures. A hierarchy of achievement levels was established with a sequential and consequential…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Children, Exceptional Child Research
Piper, Terrence; Powe, Rosemary Hahn – Academic Therapy, 1977
Three children with reading difficulties increased their reading skill through a contingency program involving "happy face" charts and the opportunity to contribute to a class mural. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedO'Keefe, Maureen; Smaby, Marlowe – High School Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Class Activities, Discipline Problems, Educational Psychology
Coleman, Richard – Educ Training Ment Retarded, 1970
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedCrosson, James E. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedFlora, Stephen R.; Pavlik, William B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Contends that, although the operant approach to psychology is based on objective empirical observations, much of psychology is filled with subjective, interpretive terminology. Argues that such terminology produces confusion over the definitions of basic operant concepts. Suggests a solution that defines the concepts of positive and negative…
Descriptors: Definitions, Higher Education, Matrices, Negative Reinforcement
Direct linkEdens, Kellah M. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2008
This research compares a behaviorally based approach for using electronic student response system (SRS) technology with a metacognitive-oriented approach to determine effects on attendance, preparation for class, and achievement. Also examined are the interaction effects of pedagogical approach with self-regulatory and motivational characteristics…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Operant Conditioning, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation
Peer reviewedPerkins, William H. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1973
In a two part article the author first discusses the importance of fluency, rate, breathstream management, prosody, and self-confidence to the replacement of stuttering with normal speech; and second outlines specific clinical procedures for achieving these goals with adult and adolescent stutterers. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Adults, Exceptional Child Education, Operant Conditioning, Secondary Education
Pedrini, D. T.; Pedrini, B. C. – 1989
William James, the turn of the century psychologist, philospher, and educator, was avidly interested in the relationship between psychology and teaching. This paper considers operant conditioning, timing of reinforcers, and programmed instruction--touchstones of B.F. Skinner in the teaching/learning milieu. Of course, materials not just methods…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Educational Psychology, Operant Conditioning, Patterned Responses
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1973
Four conference papers center on educational strategies for use with emotionally distrubed epileptic, the multuply handicapped retarded, hospitalized, and learning disabled children and adolescents. Special education at the National Children's Rehabilitation Center for emotionally disturbed epileptics is said to stress optimum learning through…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Milieu Therapy
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
Woods, Thomas S. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1978
The article reviews the recent literature dealing with teaching autistic children acceptable behaviors using behavior modification techniques. (DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedReddy, N. Y. – University Administration, 1975
The development of the autoinstructional method of teaching is reviewed, including the underlying psychological principles. Various types of programs are described along with methods for writing them. (LBH)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, History
Parker, J. L.; Cook, James – Slow Learning Child, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development
Yeager, Joseph C. – Training and Development Journal, 1971
Projects a greater degree of success in developing management abilities in trainees by modifying and controlling human behavior. (EK)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Operant Conditioning, Organizational Climate, Performance Factors
