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Billingsley, Glenna M.; McKenzie, Jennifer M.; Scheuermann, Brenda K. – Exceptionality, 2020
Comprehensive classroom management that promotes positive student behavior is necessary in secondary school. Techniques must be easy for teachers to manage across multiple class periods and be developmentally appropriate for older students. While previous literature has examined elements of classroom management in isolation, this study introduced…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, High School Students, Special Education
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Renée E. Lastrapes; Jennifer N. Fritz; Robert C. Hasson – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use of a simplified version of the Good Behavior Game called the Teacher vs. Student Game, implemented as an interdependent group contingency, increased teachers' use of behavior-specific praise (BSP) statements. Two middle school resource teachers and their respective classes participated in…
Descriptors: Games, Positive Reinforcement, Group Dynamics, Contingency Management
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Williamson, Brenda D.; Campbell-Whatley, Gloria D.; Lo, Ya-yu – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Group contingencies have the advantages of encouraging individual students to collectively feel responsible for appropriate and inappropriate classroom behaviors and have shown effectiveness in improving students' behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a random dependent group contingency on the on-task behaviors of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Behavior, Disabilities, Contingency Management
Lazar, Alfred L.; Lazar, Patricia E. – Pointer, 1976
A reading club, developed for a group of children attending a reading resource room, served as positive social reinforcement for members and permitted students to serve as teacher surrogates. (GW)
Descriptors: Clubs, Contingency Management, Learning Disabilities, Reading
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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
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Rosenberg, Michael S. – Behavioral Disorders, 1986
Results of a study of five subjects (ages 7-9) in a multicategorical resource room employing a token economy indicated that the addition of a daily review of classroom rules resulted in an overall time-on-task improvement of 12% and a 50% reduction of instances of disruptive "talkout." (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
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Salend, Spencer J.; Gordon, Barbara D. – Behavioral Disorders, 1987
An interdependent group-oriented timeout ribbon procedure was effective in decreasing the inappropriate verbalizations of two groups of resource room students (grades 1-3). A timeout ribbon was removed for one minute following inappropriate verbalizations, during which time the group lost the opportunity to earn tokens for activity or tangible…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management, Emotional Disturbances