Teacher Instructional Language and Negative Reinforcement: A Conceptual Framework for Working with Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.

Harrison, Janet S.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ526093

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Publication Date: 1996

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Teacher Instructional Language and Negative Reinforcement: A Conceptual Framework for Working with Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.

Harrison, Janet S.; And Others

Education and Treatment of Children, v19 n2 p183-96 May 1996

This article suggests that students with emotional/behavioral disorders may use disruptive behaviors to escape and avoid teacher instructional language for which they do not have comprehension skills and thus find aversive. Teacher instructional language thus maintains aberrant behavior through a negative reinforcement paradigm. Recommendations for monitoring and modifying instructional language are offered. (DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Listening Comprehension, Negative Reinforcement, Student Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Models

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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