Background: Promotion of a healthy lifestyle for individuals with mild intellectual disabilities is important. However, the suitability of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) for these individuals is still unclear. Methods: A Delphi study was performed using the Coventry, Aberdeen & LOndon -- REfined (CALO-RE) taxonomy of BCTs (n = 40). Health…

Purpose: This paper aims to present an interpretive case study in education for sustainability (EfS) that applies VanWynsberghe and Herman's (2015, 2016) adaptive education as pedagogy. Dewey's theory of behaviour change is applied to educative experiences based on habit disruption and real-world learning, leading to creativity in the formation of…

Less than 50% of a PE lesson is usually spent in MVPA. A dependent-group contingency strategy, "Fair Play Game," has shown effectiveness in increasing MVPA during PE lessons among students from affluent schools. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of this strategy on MVPA among students from an undeserved…

Play is, by definition, internally motivated, flexible, spontaneous and voluntary. Yet some researchers claim to have taught children with autism to play using behavioural interventions that are heavily structured, repetitive and make use of external reinforcements. In the current systematic review, we examine the extent to which these claims are…

Objections to the use of tangible reinforcers, such as prizes, candy, cigarettes, and money, are discussed. Treatment programs using tangible reinforcers are recommended as powerful modifers of behavior to be implemented only after less powerful means of modification have been tried. (Author)

By the novel system of rewards outlined in this article, two-year-old children learned to read, the hyperaggressive to sit calmly and study, and the nonverbal and the autistic to speak. (RJ)

The article describes ways in which band directors can use positive reinforcement techniques to improve band members' performance. (CD)

This manual is the result of an effort designed to solve the problems of the unemployed poor. A total of six agencies participated in this project and designed this manual which focuses on role modeling and role playing. The manual is directed toward the unsophisticated client who has had too little experience to be able to understand the fairly…

This study tests the contention that a reinforcing agent's manner of administering rewards and punishments is construed by his associates as revealing his margin of freedom, and that associates are more attentive to cues concerning a reinforcing agent's dispositional qualities, and more inclined to ingratiate themselves to him, when he employes…

Argues that the most important factor in the success of any teaching method is the teacher's ability to reward children for correct behavior rather than punish them for incorrect behavior. The application of behavior modification principles to language arts instruction and discovery learning is discussed. (CW)

A token reinforcement system was introduced into a second grade classroom, and seven (out of 21) class members and the teacher were observed for 8 months. Each of the eight phases of the study lasted from 2 to 5 weeks. The first four phases established a base period and determined the separate effects of classroom rules, half hour academic…

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…

This conference report consists of two presented papers and a selected bibliography. The paper by Joan Gussow, "Behavioral Management and Educational Goals," is concerned with operant conditioning as a theory of learning and an instructional method. Basing their methods on the work of B.F. Skinner, educators who are proponents of this…