This learning module is designed for the teacher of children in the middle school years. The purpose is to prepare the teacher to foster in the children a positive self-image thus improving their academic achievement and ability to cope with life situations. The module contains self-evaluation tests and perception tests as well as an extensive…

A description of an inservice teacher education learning module is provided. The module focuses on systematic principles of behavior modification, and emphasizes the procedures underlying effective social development and the use of positive motivational methods with children and young adults. Information is provided on the purposes and content of…

This module cluster enables (a) students to operationally define various classroom behaviors; (b) define and utilize behavioral principles; and (c) correctly employ measurement methods which facilitate information gathering, monitoring, and management of academic and/or "problem" classroom behaviors. It contains modules in the following ten areas:…

There are 13 modules included this module cluster for individualizing instruction in behavior modification at the college level: a) Writing Instructional Objectives, b) Defining Operant Terms, c) Basic Operant Principles, d) Analysis of Behavior in Operant Terms, e) Operant Measurement Techniques, f) Recording Operant Behaviors, g) Specifying the…

This study examined whether selected protocol materials in classroom management, used in inservice courses, would bring about long-term significant changes in teachers' classroom performance. Fifteen teachers participated in the study by taking an inservice course on classroom management and discipline. Two modules of classroom management…

This learning module, which is intended for use in inservice training for vocational rehabilitation counselors, deals with procedures for teaching clients behaviors that they are not presently exhibiting. The following training strategies are covered: prompting (verbal prompts, modeling, and physical guidance); fading; discrimination training;…

This learning module, which is intended for use in in-service training for vocational rehabilitation counselors, reviews the systematic methods available to measure and record client behavior. The first section covers procedures for making necessary calculations and keeping needed records with respect to behavioral events and their duration and…