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Mable, Ted J.; Marholin, David, II – Pointer, 1980
The effectiveness of using the school principal for behavior contracting with problem students was studied with nine students (sixth through eighth grade). Implementation of administrator-student behavioral contracting successfully decreased the number of teacher referrals to the principal's office. Suggestions for implementing…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Ellington, Carol – Pointer, 1976
A teacher of elementary-age educable mentally handicapped students describes how the use of a point system motivated her students in academic work. (GW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
Folk, Mary – Pointer, 1975
Presented are case studies of three trainable retarded five to ten year-old children who learned basic sight vocabulary, letter and number recognition, and task attention through highly structured contingency management techniques. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
