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Direct linkSewell, Alexandra – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2020
Social skill interventions are utilised by educational psychologists (EPs) to promote positive social behaviour amongst pupils. These have predominantly occurred for target populations, rather than at the whole-class level. Research into evidence-based, whole-class interventions for social skill development is warranted. The Good Behaviour Game…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Social Development, Contingency Management
Bohan, Clare; Smyth, Sinéad; McDowell, Claire – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2021
This study investigated the Caught Being Good Game (CBGG), for use with an adolescent student population. The CBGG is a positive variation of the Good Behavior Game (GBG), a popular group contingency intervention in classroom management literature. In this positive version, teams of students receive points for engaging in desirable behavior,…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Contingency Management, Behavior Modification, Educational Games
Costello, Karen M.; Smyth, Sinéad – Education and Treatment of Children, 2017
The current study employed a group contingency in order to increase school and project attendance in a group of 10 at-risk male adolescents. The participants were already attending a youth diversion project designed to reduce criminal and antisocial behaviors. The group contingency was based on the fantasy football model (an interactive, virtual…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Males, Adolescents, Youth Programs
Gilmour, Allison F.; Wehby, Joseph H.; McGuire, Terrell M. – Preventing School Failure, 2017
Many schools are beginning to implement universal behavior management interventions as part of multitiered systems of support. Past research suggests that teachers need support to implement new practices with fidelity. Coaching is one method for supporting implementation, but little is understood about how coaching takes place when relying on…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Intervention, Fidelity, Coaching (Performance)
Download full textNaylor, Anna Schmidt; Kamps, Debra; Wills, Howard – Education and Treatment of Children, 2018
The current study examined the effects of the Class-wide Function-related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT), a class-wide group contingency, on the on-task behavior of all students in a first grade class and the on-task and disruptive behavior of three target students within that class who were nominated by their teacher through a behavioral screening.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Contingency Management, Time on Task, Student Behavior
Kamps, Debra; Conklin, Carl; Wills, Howard – Education and Treatment of Children, 2015
The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of self-management as a tier two enhancement to the group contingency intervention, Class-Wide Function-related Intervention Teams Program (CW-FIT). Two classrooms, first and fourth grade, and two students in each of the classrooms participated in the intervention. The group contingency…
Descriptors: Self Management, Intervention, Contingency Management, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Shaw, Jason D.; Zhu, Jing; Duffy, Michelle K.; Scott, Kristin L.; Shih, Hsi-An; Susanto, Ely – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2011
The authors develop and test theoretical extensions of the relationships of task conflict, relationship conflict, and 2 dimensions of team effectiveness (performance and team-member satisfaction) among 2 samples of work teams in Taiwan and Indonesia. Findings show that relationship conflict moderates the task conflict-team performance…
Descriptors: Evidence, Conflict, Foreign Countries, Participant Satisfaction
Tingstrom, Daniel H.; Sterling-Turner, Heather E.; Wilczynski, Susan M. – Behavior Modification, 2006
The Good Behavior Game (GBG), a type of interdependent group-oriented contingency management procedure, was first introduced in 1969 and has been used with overwhelming success in classrooms and other settings. Since its inception, the "game" has utilized team competition and peer influence combined with reinforcement procedures. It has been found…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Peer Influence, Reinforcement, Behavior Change
Peer reviewedKember, David; Mezger, Ross – Distance Education, 1990
Discussion of staff development in distance education focuses on the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) for developing instructional design skills in subject experts. Contingency theories of management are examined, literature on CBAM is reviewed, and use of CBAM in a course team approach for course development is described. (22 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Contingency Management, Cooperative Planning
Peer reviewedO'Block, Frank; Evans, Fred – Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, 1981
Analyzed the effect of a seven-week motivational training program on competitive veteran swimmers. Results suggested that the motivational training program exerted significant and positive influences on swimming performances. Swimmers perceived the program effective in improving swimming performances, developing personal motivation, establishing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Competition, Contingency Management
Peer reviewedFantuzzo, John W.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1990
Evaluated effects of a reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT) intervention on arithmetic performance of 12 low-income, underachieving elementary school students. Results indicated that merely teaming students and providing them with positive attention for constructive team activities had no clear effect on arithmetic performance. RPT condition that…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Fox, William M. – 1974
Leadership is distinguished from management. A review of key leadership studies is presented. Data on leadership styles are presented, and problems in studying them are discussed. A normative model for leadership of team-oriented task groups based on current research findings is presented. Documented lead-lag relationships between leader behaviors…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Decision Making Skills, Goal Orientation, Leadership
