An Interdependent Group-Oriented Contingency System for Improving Academic Performance.

Bear, George G.; Richards, Herbert C.

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Publication Date: 1980

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An Interdependent Group-Oriented Contingency System for Improving Academic Performance.

Bear, George G.; Richards, Herbert C.

School Psychology Review, v9 n2 p190-93 Spr 1980

Ten elementary school children in four grades were participants in an interdependent group-contingency system in which the group's weekly average grade on written assignments (later the daily average) was used to control the amount of extra recess time that would be awarded to all members of the group. (CTM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Group Behavior, Incentives, Motivation Techniques, Recess Breaks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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