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Pokorski, Elizabeth A.; Barton, Erin E.; Ledford, Jennifer R. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2017
Individual contingency management systems have been used successfully to improve behaviors in school settings--including preschools--but often come with associated challenges in time and personnel management. Group contingencies, in the form of independent, interdependent, and dependent contingencies, have been used in preschools to address these…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Behavior Modification, Preschool Education, Literature Reviews
Floress, Margaret T.; Beschta, Shelby L.; Meyer, Kari L.; Reinke, Wendy M. – Behavioral Disorders, 2017
Teacher praise is an effective classroom management tool. Training teachers to increase their use of praise can improve student disruptive and off-task behavior. The purpose of this article is to examine different characteristics of praise and the training methods used in the literature. Training methods with positive treatment acceptability and…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Techniques, Training Methods
Floress, Margaret T.; Beschta, Shelby L.; Meyer, Kari L.; Reinke, Wendy M. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Teacher praise is an effective classroom management tool. Training teachers to increase their use of praise can improve student disruptive and off-task behavior. The purpose of this article is to examine different characteristics of praise and the training methods used in the literature. Training methods with positive treatment acceptability and…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Techniques, Training Methods
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Freeman, Jennifer; Simonsen, Brandi; Briere, Donald E.; MacSuga-Gage, Ashley S. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2014
Effective classroom management skills are essential for teachers. Unfortunately, many teachers do not receive adequate classroom management training prior to beginning their teaching careers and feel unprepared for the demands of managing student behaviors in their classrooms. In this article, we describe (a) the number of states with state policy…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Accreditation (Institutions), Classroom Techniques, State Policy
MacSuga-Gage, Ashley S.; Simonsen, Brandi – Education and Treatment of Children, 2015
Research indicates that increasing teacher-directed opportunities to respond (TD-OTR) positively impacts student outcomes. Prior reviews of the empirical literature focused on outcomes for students with emotional behavioral disorders or on TD-OTRs as one of many classroom-management practices; however, prior reviews did not examine effects of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques