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Bear, George G.; Richards, Herbert C. – School Psychology Review, 1980
Ten elementary school children in four grades were participants in an interdependent group-contingency system in which the group's weekly average grade on written assignments (later the daily average) was used to control the amount of extra recess time that would be awarded to all members of the group. (CTM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
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Gresham, Frank M. – School Psychology Review, 1983
This study, an approach to controlling "acting-out" behaviors of handicapped children in elementary schools, describes the use of a home-based dependent group contingency to eliminate the destructive behavior (fire-setting, vandalizing property) of a mildly retarded eight-year-old boy. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Contingency Management, Elementary Education