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Direct linkAshley K. Holt; Erik Drasgow; Katie Wolfe – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2024
Teachers of young children with moderate to significant support needs may have insufficient training to implement naturalistic instructional practices such as contingent responding. Naturalistic instructional practices are well researched, but limited studies exist on training teachers to use contingent responses to support children increasing…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Child Behavior, Teaching Methods, Special Education Teachers
Conradi, Lyndsey Aiono; Jameson, J. Matt; Fischer, Aaron J.; Farrell, Michael; Eichelberger, Carrie; Ryan, Joanna; Bowman, Jessica A.; McDonnell, John – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Numerous studies have demonstrated the positive effects of the Good Behavior Game (GBG); however, limited information exists on the impact of the GBG on students with severe disabilities. This study investigated the impact of the GBG on students with severe disabilities and their off-task behaviors. Three students in three self-contained…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Time on Task, Student Behavior, Self Contained Classrooms
Goetze, Herbert; Heinz, Neukater – 1978
A structured, student-centered approach to teaching hyperactive, emotionally disturbed children involves a contingency between instructional activities and play-time that is gradually faded out. During the instructional phase, behavior modification techniques are applied to shift students' behavior from external to internal control. Therapeutic…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Stott, D. H. – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1977
Described is the use of motivational strategy for instruction in remedial handwriting, and explained is the use of specific behavior modification techniques with a group of 10 students (9 to 11-years-old) with poor handwriting. (IM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedBroughton, Sam F. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1983
Reports on a study which attempted to determine whether an academic contingency system that successfully modified academic performance and on-task behavior of selected target children would also lead to vicarious academic or behavioral effects in non-target children. Results show that it did not. (CMG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Peer reviewedHarris, Sandra L.; Delmolino, Lara – Infants and Young Children, 2002
This article reviews the research on the benefits of applied behavior analysis (ABA) for the education of children with autism up to 5 or 6 years of age. The most common models for service delivery are presented (home- based and center- or school-based) and a few recent treatment innovations are discussed. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Broome, Kay; Wambold, Clark L. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1977
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
Darst, Paul W. – 1979
Contingency management is a system focused on managing the motivation of students, and can be developed and utilized in any type of physical education environment from elementary to college levels. An analysis of two existing contingency management learning systems (one for a fifth-grade gymnastics unit and the other for a seventh- and eigth-grade…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Gymnastics
Peer reviewedShapiro, Edward S.; Goldberg, Ronald – Journal of School Psychology, 1990
Investigated acceptability of intervention designed to improve spelling performance as rated by sixth grade students (n=93) in two studies. Results showed that these interventions were successful at improving spelling performance and that differences related to group size were inconsistent across studies. (Author/PVV)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Wilson, Bruce L.; And Others – 1983
This study examines the effects of task arrangements and management systems on student engagement rates. It is argued that the complexity of classroom arrangements influences the form and content of management systems, and that management decisions impact levels of student engagement. Intensive observation of 63 third and fourth grade students…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Educational Research
Peer reviewedLalli, Elizabeth Pinter; Shapiro, Edward S. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1990
Effects of self-monitoring alone and in combination with external contingent rewards on sight word acquisition were compared across two groups of four learning-disabled elementary students. Both treatments were found to increase sight word vocabulary, but contingent reward did not enhance the reactivity of self-monitoring for most students.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
Hodgson, Jan G. – 1979
The paper presents an overview of the methods used in a class for autistic children (ages 4-11 years) and reports on a longitudinal case study of an autistic 11 year-old girl. Autistic characteristics, such as poor eye contact and insensitivity to pain, are outlined. The author explains that the program emphasized teaching basic communication…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Communication Skills
Download full textWhitmore, Paul G.; And Others – 1972
During the summers of 1970 and 1971, the Human Resources Research Organization presented a special inservice training program to elementary teachers of the River Rouge, Michigan, School District. This report evaluates the effects of this training program and focuses on the determination of gains in student achievement that may be attributed to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Contingency Management
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An individualized motivation system was used to increase the performance of three students using a computerized number facts program. Previous research on number facts suggested that performance increments might occur through massive practice and/or changes in processing ability. In this study, points exchangeable for extra gym time were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
