The study investigates whether procrastination in Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) can be alleviated by two behavior-modification techniques. The efficacy of oral urging with praise by the proctor and a point reward for the early completion of units in reducing student procrastination behavior in two PSI psychology courses are examined. In…

This paper presents a comparison of the effects of two pacing contingencies on the rate and accuracy of unit completion in commercially available social studies materials. A class of sixth grade pupils were used as subjects. When the pupils were allowed to proceed through the materials at their own pace (Self Paced), the mean number of units…