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Peer reviewedGlazzard, Margaret; Goetz, Janice L. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1977
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Contingency Management, Learning Disabilities, Operant Conditioning
Download full textRupley, William H. – 1976
This study investigated the effectiveness of behavior modification techniques used in a 16-week summer remedial reading program for primary-level students. Ten elementary teachers enrolled in an introductory graduate course in diagnostic and remedial reading received eight hours of training in the use of behavior management techniques:…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Primary Education, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedBarbetta, Patricia M. – Preventing School Failure, 1990
Red Light-Green Light is a levels system providing immediate behavior modification feedback and varying privilege levels throughout the school day for primary students with behavior disorders. This article presents guidelines for implementation, covering development of classroom rules, classroom expectations, and system maintenance. Tips for…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, 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
McCormick, Claire M. – 1977
This paper describes the results of a behavioral analysis of learning sequences used in initial instruction in the New Reading System, an early-reading curriculum. A rational analysis using behavioral categories yielded a set of strategies for teaching reading acquisition skills. Contingency management was assessed by an application of the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavioral Science Research, Contingency Management, Learning Processes
Johns, John Charles – 1976
Research in the area of handwriting legibility has been hampered in the past because of a lack of objective procedures for evaluating letter formations. This study used a recently developed evaluative instrument to answer questions concerning the legibility of the handwriting of 22 first-grade students. Two baseline conditions and four…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Grade 2
Peer reviewedBillingsley, Felix F. – Behavioral Disorders, 1987
A prompt fading method was employed to teach an eight-year-old student with severe behavior disorders the self-paced use of a functional behavior (requesting rather than grabbing food items). Initial pairing of prompts and natural cues was followed by a mix of prompted and probe (unprompted) trials. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Contingency Management
Holland, James G. – 1976
The use of the behavioral science principle of contingency in several approaches to teaching beginning reading is discussed in this paper. The failure to provide a contingent relationship between the given reading skill and student success in demonstrating the skill can lead to repeated apparent successes without the student actually manifesting…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavior Chaining, Behavioral Science Research, Conference Reports
