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The Generality and Social Validity of a Competency-Based Self-Control Training Intervention for Underachieving Students.

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Stevenson, Howard C.; Fantuzzo, John W. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1986

Three underachieving fifth-graders were trained in a tutoring procedure to use a self-control package (self-scorecard with goal options and reinforcer menu) to increase arithmetic proficiency. All possible classes of generalization were evidenced. Social validity data showed that the children's arithmetic performance either surpassed or approached…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Generalization, Intermediate Grades