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Rapport, Mark D.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1980
Tested a response cost procedure, compared with Ritalin treatment, on hyperactive elementary school children to determine effectiveness in reducing hyperactive behavior and in increasing academic performance. The cost program alone and combined with medication were effective in reducing off-task behavior and in increasing academic performance.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Drug Therapy, Elementary Education, Hyperactivity
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Sigafoos, Jeff; O'Reilly, Mark; Ma, Chia Hui; Edrisinha, Chaturi; Cannella, Helen; Lancioni, Giulio E. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Embedded instruction and discrete-trial training are both recommended for teaching children with autism, but there is little research available comparing the two. The present study compared embedded instruction with discrete-trial training for a 12-year-old boy with autism. Method: An initial functional analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Autism, Self Destructive Behavior, Teaching Methods
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Novak, Gary; Hammond, J. Mark – Journal of Educational Research, 1983
Researchers used four token reinforcement systems--tokens only, descriptive praise, self-reinforcement, and a combination of all three--and observed the effect on the problem solving performance of fourth-grade reading students. Only students using the combination reward system maintained their progress after tokens were withdrawn. (Authors/PP)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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Buisson, Gerald J.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1995
Two elementary boys in a deaf education resource room who did not complete a writing assignment within the allotted time were subsequently given tokens contingent upon their starting promptly. The use of tokens was effective in reducing response latency. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments
Brophy, Jere; Rohrkemper, Mary – 1989
Experienced elementary teachers (N=98) described their general strategies for coping with perfectionist students told how they would handle incidents depicted in two vignettes portraying problems of perfectionism at school. Most of the teachers were oriented toward sympathetic responses featuring support, encouragement, assistance, and attempts at…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Elementary Education
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McGillivray, Jane A.; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Operant and cognitive behavior modification procedures were used to decrease impulsive aggressive responding by six hyperaggressive children, aged 7-11, in interpersonal problem situations. The procedures sought to improve participants' alternative response repertoires and develop internal speech as a self-control mechanism. Compared to controls,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Conceptual Tempo