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Markelz, Andrew; Riden, Benjamin; Floress, Margaret T.; Balint-Langel, Kinga; Heath, Joshua; Pavelka, Shelby – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2022
Behavior-specific praise is a research-based classroom management strategy that promotes appropriate student behaviors. Praise specificity, however, may not be the only characteristic of praise that enhances efficacy. The current study examined teacher's natural use of specific, contingent, and varied praise to understand additional qualities of…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Classroom Techniques, Behavior Modification, Special Education
Faith G. Miller; Nicole Swenson Wagner; Alexandria C. Robers – Preventing School Failure, 2025
Behavior specific praise (BSP) is widely regarded as an evidence-based classroom management strategy, with decades of research supporting its use. However, relatively few studies have examined the effect of BSP as a "targeted" intervention strategy, particularly for traditionally underrepresented students. The present study evaluated the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Evidence Based Practice, Program Effectiveness
Markelz, Andrew M.; Riden, Benjamin S.; Morano, Stephanie; Hazelwood, Alicia L.; Taylor, April M. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2023
Research has demonstrated that behavior specificity is a salient characteristic of teacher praise efficacy. Praise variety may also be an important characteristic to reinforce desired student behavior based on research about the quality of reinforcers. In this study, we used an alternating treatments design to examine the effects of varied and…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Student Behavior, Time on Task, Program Effectiveness
Eaves, Ashleigh E.; Radley, Keith C.; Dufrene, Brad A.; Olmi, D. Joe; Bernard, Lindsey E. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2021
The present study evaluated the effects of two reinforcement contingencies on teacher use of behavior-specific praise (BSP) in the classroom. An alternating treatments design was used to compare the implementation of both an independent and interdependent contingency to increase frequency of BSP delivery. Four general education elementary school…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
Robin Drogan; Stephanie Gardner; Michelle Dean; Kathryn Schlotter – Pennsylvania Teacher Educator, 2023
Explicit training is needed to support pre-service teachers in use of preventive behavior management strategies including behavior specific praise. This descriptive demonstration focused on a training process in universal prevention strategies, specifically behavior specific praise, to improve pre-service teachers' use of classroom management…
Descriptors: Intention, Reflection, Preservice Teachers, Behavior Modification
Andrew Chang; Emily Mauer – Grantee Submission, 2024
Teaching elementary students how to read is undeniably crucial, yet a substantial number of children encounter difficulties despite early interventions (NCES, 2022). Cross-age tutoring, a pedagogical approach that pairs older students with younger peers, emerges as a cost-effective solution that brings academic and social benefits to both the…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Tutoring, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
Knochel, Ashley Elizabeth; Blair, Kwang-Sun Cho; Kincaid, Donald; Randazzo, Anna – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2022
This study examined the impact of teacher training interventions on establishing equity in teacher implementation of a common positive behavior classroom support strategy, behavior-specific praise (BSP), in four elementary classrooms. Teacher self-monitoring and written performance feedback were used to support teachers in improving classroom…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Positive Reinforcement, Faculty Development, Intervention
Wright, Shelby; Skinner, Christopher H.; Crewdson, Margaret; Moore, Tara; McCurdy, Merilee; Coleman, Mari Beth; Rocconi, Louis M. – School Psychology, 2022
The present study was designed to extend research on supplementing social skills training (SST) with a Tootling intervention to enhance student performance of social skills in authentic social contexts. The Tootling intervention included an interdependent group contingency with randomly selected criteria, which involved the after-school class…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, At Risk Students, Elementary School Students
Casey B. Chauvin; Joseph H. Wehby; Lee Kern – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2024
Within the context of a multi-tiered framework for behavior support, intervention intensification is warranted when a Tier II intervention fails to adequately address a targeted behavior. A traditional approach to intensification is to shift from standardized supports at Tier II to individualized and more resource-intensive supports at Tier III.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Intervention, Positive Reinforcement
Peyton A. Johnstone; Paul Caldarella; Christian V. Sabey; Howard P. Wills – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2025
Class-wide Function-related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) is a classroom management intervention in which teachers incorporate positive behavior support (PBS) principles by teaching specific classroom expectations and providing feedback on student behavior as part of an interdependent group contingency. Interventions like CW-FIT may be helpful for…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Self Contained Classrooms, Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
What Works Clearinghouse, 2024
Over the past 25 years, research and practical experience have supported investments in strategies to encourage all students to behave according to agreed-upon expectations. In collaboration with expert panelists, the What Works Clearinghouseâ„¢ (WWC) distilled that research into practical recommendations for elementary educators. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Student Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Prosocial Behavior
What Works Clearinghouse, 2024
Students succeed in school environments that support them in demonstrating prosocial and positive behavior. Student behaviors that disrupt or distract from classroom instruction can result in fewer learning opportunities for students and decreased likelihood of academic success. Behavioral interventions can help students engage in positive…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Classroom Techniques
Kathleen Lynne Lane; Tabathia Baldy; Tammy Becker; Catherine Bradshaw; Virginia Dolan; Kent McIntosh; Rhonda Nese; Ruthie Payno-Simmons; Kevin Sutherland; Allison Dymnicki; Brian Freeman; Sebastian Lemire; Shawn Moulton; Allan Porowski; Laura Holian – What Works Clearinghouse, 2024
Students succeed in school environments that support them in demonstrating prosocial and expected behavior. Student behaviors that disrupt or distract from classroom instruction can result in fewer learning opportunities for students, strained relationships between students and teachers, perceptions of unsupportive classroom and school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Classroom Techniques
Wilcox, Holly C.; Petras, Hanno; Brown, Hendricks C.; Kellam, Sheppard G. – Prevention Science, 2022
Three generations of developmental epidemiologically based randomized field trials of the Good Behavior Game (GBG) have been delivered to Baltimore elementary schools. With the collaboration of family and community partners, all three trials were directed at decreasing proximal targets of aggressive behavior and improving learning in first-grade…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Educational Games, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification
Gersib, Jenna A.; Mason, Sarah – Behavioral Disorders, 2023
Students with emotional-behavioral disorders (EBDs) often learn in alternative classroom settings to provide more intensive instruction that meets their educational needs. Although research has demonstrated promise for several behavior intervention practices in general education settings, the generalizability of these practices to more restricted…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Students with Disabilities, Intervention