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Valentine, C. Glenn – Educational Technology, 1971
The author presents some background material on the definition and theory of contingency management, explains how and where contingency management fits into the process of programming instruction" and gives some specific examples of how to use contingency management in the classroom." (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Environment, Educational Technology, Programed Instruction
Geis, George L. – Record, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Educational Innovation, Instructional Design, Programed Instruction
Download full textPedrini, Bonnie C.; Pedrini, D. T. – 1972
This research paper generally relates psychology to teaching; specifically, behavior shaping to curriculum planning. Reports are cited that emphasize operant learning as a means of behavior modification. In this instance, the teacher provides a favorable learning situation and arranges environmental factors to increase or decrease the frequency of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Layng, Terrence; And Others – 1976
The extension of the instructional programming process, as outlined by Markle and Tiemann (1967), to the treatment of psychiatric in-patients is described. Three case studies are presented as examples of the application of the programming procedures as derived from the Constructional Model of Dr. Israel Goldiamond. The emphasis throughout all…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Delay of Gratification, Instructional Programs, Models
Bernstein, Melvin A. – 1971
Behavior modification techniques were used in teaching reading to 181 disadvantaged Negro third graders. Students were divided into four groups--traditional reading with and without intermediate awards (chips with which they could purchase personal awards) and programed reading with and without intermediate awards. The Sullivan Remedial Reading…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conventional Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 3
Tawney, James W.; Hipsher, Lee Wright – 1970
The teacher's manual on programed language instruction for trainable mentally handicapped children consists of curriculum of basic level vocabulary and teaching methods of small group instruction, reinforcement techniques, and specific learning principles. Distinctive features of the program are said to be: controlled language statements and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines, Language Instruction
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
Prepared for a White House Conference on Children (December 1970), this report describes a program in which first- through third-graders in three schools in Dayton, Ohio, participate in a model of a Follow Through program sponsored by Siegfried Engelmann and Wesley Becker of the University of Oregon at Eugene. All teachers chose to participate,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Black Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Bijou, Sidney W. – 1968
A 4-year research project developed a preschool program for exceptional children unable to attend public school but not needing to be institutionalized on the basis of empirical behavioral principles. Children were referred from agencies and most had already unsuccessfully used special school services. The average age was 5-5 years, average IQ was…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Mathematics
Systematic Instruction for Retarded Children: The Illinois Program. Part III: Self-Help Instruction.
Linford, Maxine D.; And Others – 1970
The manual for programed instruction of self care skills for trainable mentally handicapped children consists of dressing, dining, grooming, and toilet training. Teaching methods used include behavioral analysis and management, task analysis, and errorless learning. The lesson plans in each section are programed to maximize the child's success at…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines, Lesson Plans
Jones, Reginald L., Ed. – 1970
The text presents a collection of articles dealing with new research and developments relevant to special education. Discussions include automation, teaching machines, programed instruction, psycholinguistic testing, differential diagnosis, language development and testing, and remediation techniques. Other topics consider measurement of behavior,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum Development, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Innovation
Baumeister, Alfred A., Ed. – 1967
Thirteen papers by different authors consider the application of research findings and theoretical formulations to the practical appraisal and treatment of mental retardation. All suggest methods for shaping appropriate and adaptive behaviors in retarded individuals. The papers include "Definition, Diagnosis, and Classification" by D.W. Brison,…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Problems
Ferster, C. B. – 1968
The report describes a 3-year project which utilized the techniques of experimental psychology and the principles of operant conditioning to gain in the understanding and treatment of autistic and schizophrenic children. Included are discussions of the autistic child, the project itself, arbitrary and natural reinforcement, the setting and…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis
Gerlach, Vernon S.; And Others – 1966
Instructional technology, defined as the application to instruction of a primary or underlying science, refers in the present context to the science of human behavior with regard to problems of instruction and learning. Instructional films, though of a very high technical standard, and though widely used nowadays, are seldom constructed along the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Autoinstructional Aids, Behavior Change
Gerlach, Vernon S. – 1968
How does one conduct a workshop in self-instructional film production? A demonstration kit was put together to enable a teacher to do this. It consists of five monographs' ("Programing the Instructional Film", "Stating Objectives", "Developing The Instructional Specification", "An Introduction to Programing", and "Lighting Fundamentals"), one 8mm…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Autoinstructional Aids, Behavior Change
MACAULAY, BARBARA D., ED.; SLOANE, HOWARD N., JR., ED. – 1968
INTENDED FOR SPEECH THERAPISTS, THEACHERS OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED, AND OTHERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE COLLECTION CONTAINS REPORTS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS ON SPEECH AND LANGUAGE MODIFICATION ATTEMPTS THAT HAVE UTILIZED OPERANT CONDITIONING PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS SEVERAL PAPERS ON BACKGROUND TOPICS. BACKGROUND PAPERS ON TEACHING TREAT ENVIRONMENTAL…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Articulation (Speech), Autism, Behavior Change
