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Peer reviewedDroit, Sylvie – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1994
Investigated the role of an external clock in two temporal conditioning situations involving three-year olds. One situation required the spacing of responses to visual stimuli; the other, producing a response for a set duration. Found that the presence of the clock increased the efficiency of performance. (SW)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Foreign Countries, Performance Factors, Reinforcement
Thompson, L. J. – 1978
The question examined by this study was: Are the traditional reinforcers common to many planned programs of reinforcement in the classroom relevant and meaningful to the pupils themselves? Data is reported from a questionnaire administered to seven-year-old pupils, ten-year-old pupils, and their teachers. A discrepancy was found between reward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
